Blueberries
"When I made all my customers sell my fruit for twice the price of other strawberries, everyone called me crazy. But now the situation is out of control for our strawberries. The demand is much greater than the supply. Candy is the most in-demand and most lucrative strawberry ever," says
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5 a day' awarded at Freshuelva's 'Strawberry Awards'.
2023-04-18 00:00
The awards ceremony will take place at a gala on 20 April at the Muelle de las Carabelas, in Palos de la Frontera, Huelva.
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Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 17 April
2023-04-18 00:00
The pea campaign started with medium-high volumes. The May 1st holiday is expected to give a new impetus to broad beans. Decisive drop in asparagus prices with the start of the asparagus harvest (after Campania) in Apulia, Sardinia and Veneto. Demand for strawberries is reduced,
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Supplies of strawberries in California are picking up at a good pace. “The weather has turned, and it’s good because we’re getting the traditional warm sunny days and cool fog, which are ideal growing conditions. Right now, everything is looking good,” says Jim Grabowski of Well Pict.
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Blueberry fertilisation time to start
2023-04-17 00:00
This is the optimum time to start the blueberry's soil fertilisation. At the beginning of the season, it is worth applying Yara MilaComplex multi-nutrient fertiliser. It is also worth giving nitrogen in the form of ammonium sulphate already, and if you have an optimal or too low pH, you can use urea
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“The Plougastel strawberry is working on its PGI”
2023-04-17 00:00
The strawberry, an emblematic product of Plougastel, started its campaign last week at EARL Le Bot. The season kicked off with a bang and the arrival of the Gariguette variety. “Seasonal varieties will follow from early May with the Mariguette, Dream, Magnum, as well as the Murano in June.
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"May is going to be a crucial month to recover some of the lost kilos in production and retail"
2023-04-17 00:00
In the first part of the strawberry campaign in Huelva, producers had to deal with various factors that, as announced two weeks ago by the Association of Producers and Exporters of Strawberries from Huelva (Freshuelva), resulted in the production being up to 30% lower than at the same time last
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Milbor PMC: Searching for margin in blueberry packaging
2023-04-17 00:00
The blueberry market has experienced very high growth in recent years, both on the production and consumer side. In particular, the increase in production in various regions of Europe led to a seasonal oversupply and consequently to a decline in the
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Norfolk firm harvests strawberries earlier than ever
2023-04-17 00:00
A Norfolk fruit farm is making the earliest-ever start to its strawberry harvest - after investing £1.5m in a sustainable heating system. Place UK, based at Tunstead, near North Walsham, is heating a 2.2-hectare growing structure with a new ground source heat pump, which uses underground water
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Fruit symbol of the 2023 edition of Macfruts will be the blueberry. The International Blueberry Days will make it the world capital. Opened by a study day at the Università Politecnica della Marche (Ancona), the Forum will host the Symposium (3 May), with leading scholars and
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Movement of blueberries through Arizona, California and Texas expected to remain the same
2023-04-17 00:00
As winter weather in North America and the constant rains in California come to an end, the effects are still being felt around the produce markets.
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The sales of the first Moldovan strawberries will start this week
2023-04-17 00:00
Will the first Moldovan strawberries ripen by the Easter holidays? There were doubts about this due to two cold waves in late March – early April. However, according to the Pomușoarele Moldovei Association of Berry Producers, some producers of early greenhouse strawberries have decided to
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"We have come a long way in the democratization of technology and innovation processes in Chile's agribusiness"
2023-04-17 00:00
Hispatec Agrointeligencia, a leading company in technological solutions for global agriculture, will be present at two key events for the Chilean agricultural industry: the Global Cherry Summit and the South American Blueberry Convention.
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Online boycott against Huelva's strawberry because of Doñana's new irrigation system
2023-04-17 00:00
Messages calling for a boycott of the strawberry from Huelva have multiplied on social networks and instant messaging applications after the Plenary of the Parliament of Andalusia approved the processing of the bill promoted by the PP and supported by Vox to regularize some 600 family farms in
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VSSE: Start of the strawberry season
2023-04-17 00:00
All over Germany, the strawberry plants showed themselves rich in blossoms. So far, the frost nights have not caused any significant damage, as they have survived them well thanks to the fleece covers in the foil tunnel. Only in isolated cases was there minor frost damage in the outdoor crops. The
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Local raspberries boost berry popularity in Belgium
2023-04-14 15:00
Belgian cooperative BelOrta has announced the sale of the first locally grown raspberries of 2023, of the Kwanza variety, produced by Kwekerij De Koning of Etten-Leur and purchased by Ann De Rijck of Brussegem.
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GLOBAL MARKET OVERVIEW STRAWBERRIES
2023-04-14 00:00
As spring reaches the Northern Hemisphere, the strawberry markets in various countries enter new phases too. In the Netherlands, the shift from Spanish to Dutch strawberries is happening with local supply opportunities arising. Germany is still importing mainly from Southern Europe, but the
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Consorcio Tecnológico de la Fruta introduces four new 100 per cent Chilean raspberry varieties
2023-04-14 00:00
"Santa Eduvina", "Santa Guillermina", "Santa Rosa" and "Santa Isabel" are intended to build on the success of the first three raspberry varieties in the consortium's raspberry genetic improvement programme - "Santa Catalina", "Santa Clara" and "Santa Teresa".
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Grower Kwekerij De Koning from Etten-Leur delivered the first early raspberries of the Kwanza variety. "With this first sale we start the domestic soft fruit season. In the coming weeks and months we will start with the first sale of our blackberries, blueberries, currants,
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