AAFL announces 2025 Apple season rates, Premium LMS Apples to fetch Rs 85/kg
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Shimla, Aug 23,
Bringing clarity to growers amid fluctuating mandi prices, Adani AgriFresh Limited (AAFL) on Saturday announced its procurement rates for the 2025 apple season in Himachal Pradesh. The company will begin trial procurement on Sunday in select centres before rolling out full-scale operations from Monday, August 25.
According to the announced structure, the highest rate has been fixed at Rs 85 per kg for Large Medium Size (LMS) apples with 80 to 100 per cent colour, considered the premium grade this season. Extra Small (ES) apples of the same grade will fetch Rs 75 per kg, while Extra Extra Small (EES) has been pegged at Rs 65 per kg. Pittu apples in premium grade will be procured at Rs 45 per kg.
For the next bracket—60 to 80 per cent colour (Supreme grade)—procurement prices range from Rs 55 per kg for ES to Rs 35 per kg for Pittu. Apples with less than 60 per cent colour across all sizes, along with Regular Orchard Leftover (ROL), have been priced at Rs 24 per kg, whereas undersized and Extra Extra Large (EEL) apples will be procured at Rs 20 per kg.
Procurement operations will be staggered across the state: Rohru, Rampur, and Tutu-Pani centres will begin on August 24; Sainj and Jarol-Tikkar from August 25; and Reckong Peo from August 28.
The announcement comes at a crucial time when growers were awaiting price signals from corporates amid rising costs of production and uncertainty in open markets. While many orchardists see the LMS rate of Rs 85 per kg as encouraging, there is growing concern that lower grades will struggle to yield adequate returns.
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