Apple Farmers: a Barren Year Is Followed by Luxuriant Harvest

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Late frosts, dry seasons and partly exploding costs: Styrian fruit growing is not easy. But after a miserable harvest in the previous year, the curve could be scratched this year. To visit the show business of the Reiter family in the eastern Styrian Gleisdorf. Crisp, juicy and preferably of the variety Gala: 18 kilograms – i.e. about 105 apples – the Austrian eats on average per year. With a high probability he bites into a Styrian fruit, becau…

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The apple harvest in Styria is better in 2025 with 142,000 tons than in the previous year. However, this is still less than the usual normal harvest.

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The apple harvest in Styria is in full swing and the expectation indicates the double yield of 2024: Heuer is harvested around 142,000 tons. In 2024 there were only 75,000 tons due to frosting during the flowering period. "The own supply of Austria is secured. A part can even be exported", says Manfred Kohlfürst, chairman of the Styrian and Austrian fruit growing association, on Thursday at the fruit-growing company Reiter near Gleisdorf.