Raspberries

According to EastFruit analysts, Ukraine has recently taken a huge step towards becoming the world leader in exports of frozen raspberries, which is amazing as it is happening despite the Russian aggression in Ukraine. Over the past five seasons, the volume of frozen raspberry exports from
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EW Group, a German based strategic family Holding has signed an agreement for the takeover of Planasa Group, from international private equity firm Cinven and the Spanish family office, Label Investments. read more

It took only a short time for Morocco to become the main supplier of raspberries to the UK, which is about three years. read more

According to EastFruit analysts, negative trends in the Ukrainian raspberry market continued last week, which led to the refusal of several medium-sized farms to continue harvesting berries from their orchards. read more

Moroccan exporters have recently raised their raspberry exports to the UK market sharply, reports EastFruit. The exports of fresh raspberries from Morocco to the UK have grown 40 times over just three past years and reached 15,800 tonnes in the MY 2022/23 (July-June). Those volumes have brought
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Moroccan exporters have recently raised their raspberry exports to the UK market sharply, reports EastFruit. The exports of fresh raspberries from Morocco to the UK have grown 40 times over just three past years and reached 15,800 tonnes in the MY 2022/23 (July-June). Those volumes have brought
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For six consecutive seasons, the agricultural enterprise "Dibrivka Agroservice" has been cultivating organic raspberries on a 30-hectare land in the Kyiv region of Ukraine. Annually, the farm exports hundreds of tons of frozen raspberries to Europe from this area. They employ Polish raspberry
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According to EastFruit analysts, Ukraine tripled exports of frozen raspberries to the US during the first half of 2023. This allowed Ukraine to enter the top ten largest suppliers of frozen raspberries in the USA, for the first time. Ukraine actually ranked 8th among largest exporters of frozen
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Global frozen raspberry market remains under the shock of ultra-low prices. EastFruit described this situation very well and provided very accurate forecast for its further development on the verge of the season in this article. read more

As far as raspberries for processing are concerned, this year's season cannot be counted as a success. Nowadays, only fruit picked by the farmer is delivered to the collection points. Some are abandoning the harvest altogether. 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 UK soft fruit season had a late start pretty much across the country and this was no different at Clock House Farm in Maidstone, Kent, where they started picking strawberries around 10 days later than normal. read more

After years of growth driven by the health trend, demand for raspberries and strawberries is slowing down, while demand for blueberries, increasingly regarded as a superfood, is at a standstill. Growing cultivation areas in Italy (especially blueberries and blackberries in the North, raspberries in the South), now
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EastFruit wrote earlier that the average wholesale prices for raspberries in the Georgian market this season had remained the same, despite higher prices at the beginning of the season. Now they are 9 lari per kg ($3.43). While some farmers fear potential marketing problems if supply increases
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The raspberry season has almost finished its transition from summer to everbearing varieties in EastFruit countries. However, raspberry prices are still frustrating for farmers almost everywhere. read more

The summer raspberry season has pleased Ukrainians with affordable prices, but it has become one of the most unprofitable in history for producers. Taras Bashtannik, head of the Ukrainian Horticulture Association (UHA), spoke about this with SEEDS. read more

Blackberries and raspberries are in high demand in the Saudi Arabian market, prompting certain growers to take up the challenge of producing berries locally. Dr. Muhammad Zohaib Anjum, production manager at AlFahhad Farms, is overseeing one of the first berry production ventures in the country. read more

Polish farmers fear a repeat of the situation with grain when uncontrolled imports affect the market and cause a significant price drop. This time we are talking about frozen strawberries and raspberries. read more

Dobrivoje Radovic, The president of the Association of Raspberry Producers of Serbia, stated on behalf of berry producers, he would ask the raspberries buyers and traders (mostly cold storage owners) to announce the final purchase price and payment conditions, otherwise he would ask farmers to
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Polish farmers fear a repeat of the situation with grain when uncontrolled imports affect the market and cause a significant price drop. This time we are talking about frozen strawberries and raspberries. read more