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MUSHROOM HARVESTING COURSE IN POLAND 11.09.2023-13.09.2023

A unique opportunity to go to the COURSE to the LARGEST farms in Europe, which is provided by TOP-trainer of HARVESTING from Canada with 15 years` experience. Such an opportunity has not been for a long time and will not be repeated soon. Don’t miss it!

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13.09.2023

The three main rules of mushroom harvesting are like this

The first rule of picking – always keep Leader for next day. Rule №2 – give space for Leader to grow (even if you need to take 1-3 mushrooms from clump). The third picking-success rule and all others – you have opportunity to listen with the second group which starts 18-20 on Sopinscy farm in Poland.

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13.09.2023

BDC in Germany organises 75 Annual Mushroom Conference 28-30 of September

On September 28-30 in Germany takes place a large Mushroom Conference organised by Bund Deutscher Champignon- und Kulturpilzanbauer e.V. The event takes place in Heilbronn, Parkhotel Heilbronn which is now full-booked – showing that event is large. That is 75 Annual Conference of the BDC in Germany for the mushroom producers.

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06.09.2023

Natalia Jachimowicz answers 11 questions regarding Mushroom Harvesting

On September 11-13 Courses on Mushroom Harvesting with TOP-trainer from Canada take place at Mirek Jachimowicz’s farm Wierzbno in Poland. Mushroom producers from different countries regisetred for the Courses In anticipation of the courses, we asked Natalia Jachimowicz 11 questions about the farm and the organization of picking.

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02.09.2023

Why Ireland is the “warmest” country in terms of mushrooms? Leonne from JF McKenna showed us Ireland (1 of 5)

When I looked on the website of JF McKenna I liked one phrase from their client`s review: “The whole team at JF McKenna will go the extra mile”, which means “make effort”. Being the editor of UMDIS Mushroom Information Agency, I agreed on our promo company visit to JF McKenna in the beginning of July. In the moment of buying the tickets – I realised that JF McKenna, general contractor and supplier for mushroom industry, was located in Northern Ireland, not in Ireland as I thought – so I needed visa to UK as it is not EU anymore. After thinking about the situation for some hours I wrote to JF McKenna: – Maybe you will come to Ireland and show me your clients there? I was amazed receiving the answer: – Yes, for sure. I thought that time – wow, this company really “will go the extra mile”!

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25.08.2023

How many kg of CUCUMBERS can be bought for 1 kg of MUSHROOMS in Moldova?

According to the monitoring by UMDIS agency for the week of August 7-13, 2023, in the Moldovan supermarket, a kilogram of white champignons by weight costs 2.73 Euros. While on the same shelf there is a kilogram package of champignons at a price of 3.5 Euro – much more expensive, but probably the producer is different. A package of white champignons 400 grams costs 1.6 euros, 250 grams – 1.24 euros, 200 grams – 1.13 euros. Also, on the shelf of the Moldovan supermarket there are mixtures of white and brown champignons – 400 grams – 2 euros. For comparison, in Moldova, cucumbers cost 1 Euro, tomatoes – 1.2 Euro per kilogram. Chicken fillet in a package – 2.2 euros per half kilogram. A kilogram of champignons is between vegetables and chicken fillet. So, for a kilo of champignons you can buy about 3 kilograms of cucumbers.

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14.08.2023

Why champignon farms become oyster farms? Visit to Bispora Trade in Romania

In Romania we visited oyster farm Bispora Trade. It has 6 modern growing rooms. Mushrooms here are grown on the racks (actually usual champignon racks), there are control computers, climate control systems. Bispora Trade started to operate in 2014 as champignon production. After four years the owners decided to switch to oysters from button mushrooms. As the owner Corina Tiganas tells – for her to produce oysters is much easier. And that is not about making the right temperature or humidity.

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10.08.2023

Monitoring of mushrooms in the supermarket of Uzbekistan

This is what a fruit and vegetable shelf looks like in Tashkent. We don’t find mushrooms there. – No, there are no mushrooms, – an employee of a large Makro supermarket in the capital of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, in the Chelanzar district, tells us. To our question, there are no mushrooms now or they never being sold here at all, she says that at all. – People rarely take mushrooms here, – she explain to us. As for pickled mushrooms, they are represented by a fairly wide range compared to the complete absence of fresh mushrooms. There are Chinese Lorado (3.6 euros for 580 ml), Bonduelle (2.5 euros for 280 grams). Also on the shelf are two products that look local (or possibly imported but packaged in Uzbekistan). “Master of Taste”, for a liter jar 3.3 euros and Foodmaxx also in a liter – 3.7 euros.

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06.08.2023

In Uzbekistan at the conference: how is consumption, the number of farms and compost yards is growing?

The first conference for mushroom growers in Uzbekistan brought together medium and large mushroom producers and compost suppliers – in Tashkent on August 1, 2023. A large mushroom farm for Uzbekistan – more than 10 rooms and 10 tons of loading. The conference organizers are spawn supplier Amycel, UMDIS Mushroom Information Agency and compost supplier Toshkent Shampin`on. Mushroom growing in Uzbekistan is developing, new compost yards are being built, mushroom producers are increasing their volumes. Prospects were discussed at the event.

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05.08.2023