Harvesting about 2000 tons of dates from palm trees of Karun city
The director of the Agricultural Jihad Office of Karun city said: the date harvest in this city has started from the end of September and will continue until the end of October this year.
Mehdi Siyahi stated: Due to the beginning of the date harvest in this city, about 2,000 tons of dates have been harvested from date palms so far, and we anticipate that more than 6,000 to 8,000 tons of dates will be harvested by the end of the harvest.
He added: The total area of Khorramshahr palm trees is 2500 hectares, of which 2300 hectares are fertile and 200 hectares are young palm trees.
Siyahi specified: Considering that the purchase of dates is done at an agreed rate, the price of each kilogram of first grade dates is 1600 Tomans and second grade is 15% less.
He said: The price for dates has improved a lot compared to last year, and we hope to see an increase in the price of dates in the coming years.
Tourist information has been provided so that farmers can deliver dates to shopping malls, and the presence of brokers in the market for this product will be reduced, Seyahi said.