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Mango Season Opens With Severe Crop Collapse and Rising Prices Expected
How 2 Israeli newsrooms covered this story — translated into English and compared side by side.
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By אלי אשכנזי
First reported by Ynet · Jun 16, 2026
What happened
Israel’s 2026 mango season is opening with a severe crop failure, with official estimates at only about 30% of orchard potential. Growers expect much higher prices after spring weather damage, and a first mango shade-house has been installed at Kibbutz Masada to help future harvests.
- 012026 mango season opens with only about 30% of normal potential.
- 02Growers expect sharp price increases because supply is down.
- 03Last year’s export problems came from boycotts, tariffs and no route to Gaza.
- 04Spring heat, cold, rain and humidity devastated flowering and fruit set.
- 05Kibbutz Masada built Israel’s first mango shade-house on about 50 dunams.
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