Getting into the month of september, the need is definitely there to start focussing again on the new crop South African raisins. This is a process which should be followed from the very beginning and holds many question-marks. Is the
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Dear Readers, The season 2016 is over and there is no other option then looking forward to 2017, as far as raisins in South Africa, are concerned. We have said it earlier. This was not the best season. Together with
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Dear Readers. . Getting now direction the end of April it is no longer a question but a fact that this was not the great season everybody had foreseen and had hoped for. Everything looked marvelous, to say the least,
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Dear Readers, Slowly, slowly the deliveries of the current crop are drying up. Although the quality of the later part of the crop is genuinly better than the sultanas, as they started coming in 6 weeks ago, it will not
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Dear Readers, Sad enough: we might call this season: The Lost Season We have said it before: for all those involved in the raisin-industry: this will be a bad year. Of course, we should always try to be a bit
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Dear Readers, Yes, having been in the fields and checking percentages with own eyes, we can fully confirm now what we have stated in our last bulletin... the crop in South Africa, has seen better days, to put it very
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Dear Readers, In our bulletin of the 18th of January we informed you that the raisin-area was hit by adverse weather-conditions. Farmers told us that there were big differences in damage depending on the area. The consequence of such situation
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Dear Readers, Apart from all kind of side-effects, like competition, currencies, carry-overs, embargoes and even wars, the price of a product depends normally and simply, in the first place, on supply and demand, Whether that is still the normal procedure
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Dear Readers, Back from S.Africa we have been seeing with our own eyes that the raisin-crop looks good. The fresh-grape-farmers have been starting meanwhile their campaign and if no adverse weathersystem plays a spoiling role, we expect the first raisins
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Dear Readers, Every year and for every product, farmers, producers, traders and buyers wish to know how the price-fluctuations for the new season will go. If prices should basically be appointed by means of worldwide new crop figures (1.42 mln
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