Blueberries
According to the secretary general of Asaja Huelva, Félix Sanz, this year's strawberry and berries campaign is one of the most complicated campaigns in living memory due to many reasons, including water and phytosanitary problems. In addition, he said, the arrival of seasonal workers from
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Peru holds onto mantle of world’s top blueberry exporter
2023-04-11 15:00
Peru was the world’s top blueberry exporter for the fourth straight year, with shipments totalling US$1.36 billion in 2022. Peru held off competition from the US, Spain, Canada and Morocco, according to the Global Business and Economics Research Center of the Exporters Association CIEN-ADEX.
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Egyptian strawberries: a season to forget
2023-04-11 00:00
The strawberry season in Egypt is coming to an end. Growers are counting their losses and reflecting on an exceptionally difficult season which will have ramifications on other industries.
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It's usually hectic at the Belgian herb farm Kruiden Claus from mid-March in the run-up to Easter. This year, however, the proper pressure is a way off. "I think the weather's the biggest reason," begins Lode Claus of the herb farm specializing in herbs, forgotten vegetables, rare strawberry
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Already, almost all over the country and on all varieties of strawberries grown in tunnels in the ground, the time of flowering has arrived. This is the time for important treatments.
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Strawberry production in the Huelva region has undergone constant diversification, incorporating new crops into its production and reaching a total surface area of more than 6,295 hectares. Likewise, Huelva's red fruits are of great international relevance:
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France: Strawberry consumption should increase in the coming days
2023-04-11 00:00
All circumstances are in place for strawberry consumption to go up around Easter. “Strawberry sales are usually good in the week before Easter. We also have beautiful sunny days, which is always favorable for strawberry consumption,” explains Emeline Vanespen, director of Fraises de France.
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What makes blackberries a superfood?
2023-04-07 00:00
Recently, the blackberry (Rubus fruticosus) has come to be known as a superfood, which has further increased the demand for the fruit. A recent paper published in the Foods Journal looks at the phytochemical components of this fruit, focusing on terpenoids and the more commonly characterized…
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An Essex-based fruit farm has defied the odds to grow strawberries in challenging conditions, thanks to innovative farming practices and consistent, free-draining coir-growing media.
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Easter, it was decided not to risk
2023-04-07 00:00
Browsing through the leaflets of the various supermarkets such as Coop, Conad, Esselunga and discounters (Lidl, Aldi and Eurospin), there is no doubt about it: we will eat lots of strawberries, pineapples, tomatoes and potatoes.
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Toronto specialty store offers extremely rare strawberries for $28
2023-04-07 00:00
One Toronto specialty store is selling some extremely rare Spanish strawberry varieties, introducing the one-and-only Borga strawberries, available to you by the good people at Cheese Boutique, who specially orders the berries from all the way from Spain.
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Cutting robot increases yields
2023-04-07 00:00
"We’re well-positioned regarding what the market needs: robotizing the cutting process," begins Jeroen Pannekoek, PIP Innovations' Managing Director. This Dutch company focuses on robotized processing solutions for the fruit and vegetable sector. A major U.S. potato chip manufacturer, for
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This could be the toughest season ever for industrial fruit (part 1) - strawberries
2023-04-07 00:00
Last year was marked by an astonishing run in the purchase of many types of fruit for industrial use. We are talking about both concentrate and frozen food production. Prices for some fruits reached historically high levels. This is now resulting in problems with
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Tomatoes, Italiafruit's analysis
2023-04-07 00:00
During the Easter period, interest in vegetables increases in view of the various picnics and barbecues outside the home: among the best-selling products are definitely tomatoes.
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"The greenhouse was glazed with the LEDS already installed"
2023-04-07 00:00
Royal Berry was lucky on Wednesday afternoon; under a brilliant blue sky, the 12.5-year anniversary of the Dutch strawberry growing company was celebrated. Even better, grower Jan van Genderen was able to recount in an extensive speech his rise as a strawberry entrepreneur at the newest location
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Royal Berry was lucky on Wednesday afternoon; under a brilliant blue sky, the 12.5-year anniversary of the strawberry growing company was celebrated. Even better, grower Jan van Genderen was able to recount in an extensive speech his rise as a strawberry entrepreneur at the newest location in
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The blueberry world ready to meet at Macfrut
2023-04-07 00:00
Experts put the global consumption of blueberries at 2 million tonnes within the next ten years, with a purchase in Europe alone of 860 grams per person by 2026. To say that the future will be under the sign of the blueberry is telling as an almost niche product in
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Imported strawberries become cheaper in Poland
2023-04-06 00:00
This season, the traditional downward trend in prices for imported strawberries on the Polish wholesale market began in mid-February, when the volumes of Spanish strawberries sold there began to increase with a big delay. However, the average wholesale price for imported strawberries offered in
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“There currently is a complete focus on price, not quality”
2023-04-06 00:00
Banana cultivation in India has come a long way in the past few decades, says Ajay Chopra, founder of Indian fresh produce brand Wonderberry: “The Indian banana cultivation has seen a fair bit of evolution over the past two decades. For example, the change from flat irrigation technology to
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Wholesale, Easter sales without surprise
2023-04-06 00:00
Also at wholesale level, Easter is approaching and wholesalers are hoping to increase sales by changing the tone from the unsatisfactory winter months. But so far the festive air has not had any desired effect and sales are languishing. Even products such as:
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