date:Nov 03, 2022
ackaging materials costs.
Rising electricity price
Besides staff shortages, rising electricity prices are one of the challenges the World Apple and Pear Association (WAPA) recently mentioned in a press release. The skyrocketing electricity price is another problem. That could drive up storage facility costs to unsustainable levels for growers. Several growers could be forced to not harvest some of their crops to avoid the economic impact. Storage costs and expected yields lower than the total c