Blueberries

The strawberry season is in full swing all over Germany. While the harvest in the high tunnels in the south and west is already over and coming to an end in the other areas, farms all over Germany are already harvesting strawberries in the open field. The days are warm and
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American cherries have arrived in the market this week; Vietnamese durians and Thai mangosteens have dropped in price as the arrivals increased; in addition, seasonal domestic fruits such as Shandong blueberries, Sichuan plums, Yunnan Summer Black grapes, and domestic Kyoho grapes have also
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SG Alimentación-Southgreen (SGA) will be renamed to SGA Group, thereby integrating the three main family-owned production companies that supply it under the same commercial structure. read more

Regulator Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ) says several outbreaks of foodborne illness across the three sectors in the past decade highlighted the need for the new regulations, which it describes as a positive for the industry. However, small-scale growers across Australia are
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Egypt has demonstrated the stunning pace of development in the frozen strawberry export in the past five years, as reported by EastFruit. The EU countries were the most important export destination for Egyptian frozen strawberries, and Egypt has doubled its exports to the EU since 2018. read more

Belgian cooperative BelOrta has announced the year’s first sale of locally grown blueberries, produced by Albert and Maarten Royakkers from Kinrooi. read more

The major production company Amplus celebrated in 2022 30 years and keeps enjoying a growing demand for Polish produce. The group produces on a large scale berries (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries), tomato, cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, lettuces are the main varieties produced. It also
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The organising committee of the 8th International Congress of Red Fruits is already working on the design of the event's programme, whose registration can be formalised through the website www.congresofrutosrojos.com, which will give access to the Congress venue, divided into the exhibition area, which will feature
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While plants can’t walk, they can certainly travel. Some species have travelled vast distances over millennia, moving by different and varied modes. read more

In week 21, the first tunnel raspberries of this year's season could be harvested at Obsthof Spinner in Oberkirch. "We started a few days later than last year, but the stands and budding are all very nice. Overall, we are expecting quite a bountiful yield of both raspberries and strawberries
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The Scottish strawberry season got off to a later start this year, as did the whole UK crop. This was due to the low light levels and colder weather, but picking is now in full swing at Angus Soft Fruit’s Arbroath farms. read more

Late spring rain and cooler weather in Serbia, is making the mainly blueberry producers anxious as they hope to have a good season, which is due to start in two weeks’ time. According to Sladjana Vuković, CEO of the Serbian exporting company Srbovoće: “Some blueberry producers might start
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Albert and Maarten Royakkers from Kinrooi grew the Duke variety berries, which were bought by Fangio Winckels, the person responsible for purchasing Belgian fruit at Bouvry NV. With this first-time sale, the season of local berries is in full swing, says BelOrta. read more

A massive harvesting of blueberries will begin in Georgia in a week. In the last two seasons due to relatively cold weather and rains in producing regions, the beginning of the harvesting season moved to June. However, the early harvest is already sold on the local market. Growers avoid making a
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Agadir has witnessed a rapid development of berries. In less than 10 years, raspberries and blueberries have exceeded an area of 4,500 hectares under greenhouse and out-of-soil cultivation. read more

From the beginning of June, the farmers' strawberry producers open their fields in the earliest locations. This is followed by the gradual start of the season in all regions of Upper Austria, according to the Upper Austrian Chamber of Agriculture. The season starts latest in
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"Interfresa would like to clarify some things regarding the campaign carried out by Campact (the German platform) urging citizens to ask German supermarkets not to sell strawberries from Spain." read more

The British strawberry season has arrived a bit late, but it seems that the fruit will be larger and sweeter than in previous years. According to British Berry Growers, the cooler spring weather had resulted in a slower ripening period, with fruit arriving on shop shelves around a month later
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A team of researchers from the Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego (UPAO) managed to field test a mobile robot to optimize the harvesting of blueberries, which has the ability to count, detect, and project the degree of maturity of the fruit in the bush, through artificial intelligence algorithms. read more