Cherries

The Chilean cherry sector is preparing for a rosy season, with early forecasts indicating an export harvest of between 90 and 100 million cases. This estimate exceeds the previous season's shipments of 83 million cases, outlining a potential record for
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The second phase of Cherry Growers Australia andAgriculture Victoria's cherry traceability pilot project will begin this season with Victorian cherry grower-exporter CherryHill Orchards to test traceability from producer to customer. read more

Automation has become a crucial aspect of the fruit industry worldwide. Paclife leans on their decades of experience in the packaging sector as technology and modified atmosphere film suppliers to Chile's huge cherries and blueberries industries to present a new offering. "The company has taken
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The second phase of Cherry Growers Australia and Agriculture Victoria’s Cherries Traceability Pilot is set to commence this season with Victorian cherry grower-exporter CherryHill Orchards to pilot producer-to-customer traceability. read more

With summer drawing to a close and the weather turning, Dutch wholesale markets' offerings are changing, too. "Many items like stone fruit and cherries are falling away, and soft fruit sales are noticeably declining. People have been eating those fruits all summer, so they're ready for something
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In 2022 Japan was the world's sixth largest importer of fresh fruit - relying on imports for around one-third of total domestic supply. The United States was the fifth largest supplier of fresh fruits to Japan with five percent of the market. read more

South Korea’s interest in cherries from Canada’s British Colombia is “exciting” in this first season of full exports to that new market for them says Claire Donahue, export coordinator for British Colombia Fruits (BC Fruits). She also says Canada’s apple harvest season looks to start
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F.lli Orserocelebrates the return to school with a new special edition dedicated to bananas, the perfect snack for a burst of energy. Nine different subjects, three in each tray read more

The second day of Asia Fruit Logistica had slightly fewer visitors, but there was still a good flow of people. There was lots of interest from Asia for Australian and New Zealand cherries. Australians are just waiting on the final go ahead to ship the first loads of avocados to India. After the
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Claudia Soler, Executive Director of the Chilean Fruit Exporters Association (Asoex), predicts that the new season will see a 20% increase in the export of refrigerated cargo containing Chilean cherries. This projection is dependent on a variety of factors, including climatic and logistical
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Recently, there has been fewer imported fruit categories in the Xinfadi wholesale market in Gaobeidian. The best sellers are South African citrus, Thai durian, and young coconut. There are also a small amount of American cherries, Peruvian blueberries, and New Zealand apples. The easing of the
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American cherries by sea have arrived on the market. According to merchants, the market was relatively good when they first came into the market. The price of some early sea freight was basically the same as that of later air freight. In recent days, the market has dropped, and the price varies
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Despite challenging weather in Poland, the new apple harvest is looking positive according to Dominik Woźniak, of Polish apple exporter Rajpol: “The 2023 harvest of the Rajpol Cooperative is looking promising. We endured some challenging weather during the spring time in Poland. Spring frosts
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The cherry harvest at Haygrove, based in Hereford, England started in June, it was around two weeks later than a ‘normal’ year due to an unseasonably cold Spring. read more

“Economic Cooperative doo Serbia” is specialized nursery for the production of fruit plants: apples, pears, cherries, plums, apricots, peaches, nectarines, grapevines, raspberries, blackberries, walnuts, hazelnuts, etc., and also rootstock plants, rose seedlings and ornamental plants with an
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The Hatch chile season has arrived and many retailers featured the popular peppers in multiple regions of the country. Specials on grilling and roasting items like sweet onions, tomatoes, yellow squash, zucchini, pineapple, corn, and bell peppers were tied in with Hatch chile promotions. Sales
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A strong North American cherry season is forecast, with industry projections of 19.9 million 20-pound boxes, a 50% increase compared to the 13.3 million boxes harvested in 2022. read more

In fruit and vegetables, we fight daily over cents. We often tell of producers who are unable to get distribution chains to accept price increases in the range of 10-20 cents/kilo; therefore, we were rather surprised when for the same product we found,
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Exporters of Picota cherries – Europe’s only naturally stalkless variety grown exclusively in Spain’s Jerte Valley – welcomed key figures from the UK cherry industry, as well as Spanish chefs, social media influencers and trade press, to Barrafina Coal Drops Yard in London at the end of
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Chile’s Coquimbo Region exports about 200,000 tonnes of fresh fruit to the world each season, among them table grapes, citrus, cherries and blueberries. It plays a key role in supplying the first Chilean grapes of the season, principally to the US. In order to ship to this market, the grapes
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