Blueberries

Consumers are pleased that the much sought-after cultivated blueberries are now available all year round. However, it is often forgotten that they are in season in Germany from July to September. For reasons of freshness, quality and sustainability, it is recommended,
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These days, the red, juicy fruits from Lower Saxony are increasingly on sale. Most of the produce currently still comes from protected cultivation. According to information from the Lower Saxony Chamber of Agriculture (LWK), excellent qualities from greenhouses and
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In the Netherlands, the late spring affected BerryBrothers' soft fruit production. "Last year, we started harvesting greenhouse redcurrants as early as the beginning of May. Now, we won't start until early next week, so two weeks later," begins Nijs van Zuilen. "The farm workers were especially
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This summer, there will be a lack of apricots, cherry plums, and early sweet cherries. The harvest of plums, cherries, and late sweet cherries is also uncertain as it depends on the weather in the second half of May. read more

Soon, you’ll be able to get a box of freshly picked, sweet strawberries from the grocery store or local farm stand. But it’s disappointing when you get them home and find that the ones at the bottom have started to rot. To increase the berries’ shelf life, researchers
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Peru has ambitions to turn the world blue with their fresh blueberries, and make it the most preferred fruit on earth. They aim to open new markets, with Indonesia the closest to opening next and receiving the blue gold from Peru as it is about to start the 2023/2024 campaign with 18% more
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British Berry Growers (BBG) has announced the formation of a new Research and Development (R&D) Board to advance sustainability and efficiency within the British berry industry. read more

The UK berry sector has announced that a new research and development board will be formed, aimed at advancing sustainability and efficiency for growers. read more

The soft fruit season is about to end in Morocco, earlier than usual, due to adverse weather conditions that have exhausted the plants, and a low demand that demotivated producers. Zouhir Daissoria, Moroccan soft fruits producer and exporter, comments on the situation.  read more

"I cannot fulfill all orders. I have to rationalize deliveries to still be able to provide the product to as many operators as possible. Currently, I supply a little over 10 wholesalers a day, all in northern Italy, in the wholesale markets of Milan, Verona, Genoa, Turin and Padua.
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Faced with the overflowing rivers and torrents that have hit Romagna in particular, the umpteenth count of damage to agriculture is also being made. "It is difficult to estimate the extent, but from an initial assessment it will exceed 1.5 billion on our territory," said the president of
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Along with the sharp expansion of area under raspberries in the countries of Central Asia in the recent two years, EastFruit analysts also note progress with the extension of the harvesting season of these trendy berries. read more

Egyptian exporters have become the main beneficiaries of rapidly growing demand for frozen strawberries in China in the past few years, according to EastFruit. Egypt has been the leading exporter of frozen berries to China since 2019 and keeps increasing its gap from other supplying countries. read more

Peruvian agricultural exports with added value in the first 3 months of the year climbed 9.7% to close to US$2.16bn compared to the same period last year, according to the Association of Exporters (ADEX). Grape exports (FOB) were the largest in value (US$704 million (+26.9%)), followed by
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World leading berry brand Driscoll’s celebrated its ten-year anniversary in the China market with a special banquet in Kunming Yunnan on 6th May. More than 300 guests including Yunnan government bodies, growers, clients and Driscoll’s executives attended the lavish event read more

Yunnan is an advantageous production area for blueberries in China. Yunnan blueberries usually enter the peak production period in March, and then the market volume gradually increases. This year's supply situation is slightly different. Since the Spring Festival at the end of January and the
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Using artificial intelligence (AI) technology in the strawberry chain can accurately predict this fruit's shelf life. As a result, 70,000 fewer kg will be thrown away. It's a step that fits within Albert Heijn's goal of wasting 50% less food by 2030 than in 2015, this Dutch supermarket chain
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The final calculation according to the Polish CIS (German Main Statistical Office) showed that berries ended 2022 with a production of around 589,000 tonnes. This is only 4 % more production than in the previous year. Strawberries achieved the largest share of the total harvest volume with 180,000 t, followed by
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“We still have two to three weeks of marketing left for the Moroccan blueberry season, but with the weather-related problems that production has experienced lately, the season could end at any time,” explains Arnaud of Lacour, a company present on the Rungis market. The campaign started four
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