Overview
- Cideries and mobile presses report heavy workloads, with some units fully booked and others turning customers away, while the Welsleben facility says it still has room.
- Official figures indicate a sharp upswing in yields, including 41% more cherries and an apple harvest projected to be 15.7% above last year.
- Market vendors in places like Treysa report slower sales because many households receive plentiful fruit from friends and local sources.
- Small-scale operators describe rapid, on-site processing that heats and fills juice for long storage, with minimum drop-off quantities and leftover pomace diverted to animal feed.
- Community activity around traditional orchards continues with apple identification events and training for orchard stewards, underscoring regional differences in capacity and practices.