Michael Barth of e-nema, in the Fungi-Chem stand. Barth explained visitors how nematodes work.
Career moves: Andrzej Piotrowski, managing director (r) and Michał Kustusch, operational director, both ex-Champion, in the stand of the new Polish subsi- diary of JFMcKenna.
situation influenced the prices of mushrooms very negatively (17% decrease compared to normal 2013 levels). However there is a recovery being observed, and prices climb slowly to their previous levels. Polish mushroom producers were advised to use the example of apple producers, and offer products that are first of all top quality (mushrooms exported to Russia from Poland were apparently not on the quality level that would allow them to be exported to western countries), and processed in a way that is attractive for their consumers. Another solution is the development of more storing infrastructure. According to the expert this difficult situation must be seen as a chance for the Polish mushroom sector that can emerge strengthened from this crisis and prepared to react more flexibly on various market situations.
Growing room climate After focusing strongly on the economic aspects there was time for addressing some more technical issues. The main speaker of this part was Jan Gielen, an expert on climate from consultancy firm DLV Plant Mushrooms in The Netherlands. His lecture was preceded by an introduction on practical control of air movement in the growing room made by Emil Głuchowski, key customer manager from the company Spyra. The company is paying a lot of attention to this issue and invested in modern equipment for climate control, offering an expert analysis for mushroom producers. The presentation of Jan Gielen was about the influence of climate on mushroom quality
and energy saving. Apart from explaining the general rules of evaporation the speaker con- centrated on issues like air distribution, energy saving options and climate related quality problems. The whole lecture was translated into Polish with some difficulty, and was followed by a short discussion session with the expert.
The next step
For the second day of the trade fair a branch discussion was planned: “The mushrooms are grown and what is the next step?” In the first part of this meeting the participants were confronted with some very interesting conclu- sions made after conducting a survey among the producers group and companies dealing with marketing mushrooms from the whole country (64 respondents). Eastern Poland is, according to this survey, still the indisputable leader of mushroom production (58% of the purchased mushroom come from this part of the country, whereas the western part of the country supplies 31% of the 300.000 + tons of mushrooms being produced in Poland). The export difficulties caused slight production limiting but according to experts the conclusion that the production capacity in Poland has definitely been decreased would come too early. Most of the respondents were optimistic about the future development of the branch. According to experts, the Polish industry must now concentrate mainly on raising or consolidating good quality levels and starting to promote the produce more intensively, both in Poland and abroad, where a strong brand of Polish mushrooms could be created.
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