Sour cherries

The frost damage in April, followed by hail damage and heavy rainfall, resulted in crop failures. The exact extent of the damage will only be known at the end of the harvest season. The expected hectare yields for sweet cherries are 30.7 quintals and for sour cherries are 42.4 quintals. read more

According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), based on an initial estimate as of June 10, 2024, farms are projecting a total harvest of 41,100 tons of sweet and sour cherries for the year 2024. This indicates that the cherry harvest is expected to be slightly better. read more

Cherry purchase prices have gone up, and it's not surprising. We are only at the beginning of the cherry purchase campaign. What are today's cherry purchase prices for processing? read more

The cherry harvesting season has not officially started yet, but the first pricing proposals for frozen cherries have already appeared. This has caused a lot of nervousness on the supply side of the cherry market. Why? What are the wholesale prices for cherries intended for processing and for fresh consumption? read more

The initial forecast for sour cherries is 3.6 tons per hectare. A similarly low cherry harvest was last seen in 2002, with 2.2 tons per hectare for sweet cherries and 4.3 tons for sour cherries recorded at that time. read more

CMR Group recently joined a campaign dedicated to informing consumers about the crucial role of the agri-food industry in safeguarding Spain's food security. read more

German fruit growers expect a smaller cherry harvest this summer than in the 2022 harvest year. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) following an initial harvest estimate as of 10 June 2023, farms expect a total harvest for 2023 for
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Ukrainian growers have started their sour cherry season last week. However, first large shipments of Ukrainian sour cherries appeared in the market only this week, as reported by EastFruit. The current sour cherry season kicked off in Ukraine several weeks later than last year, but with higher
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Ukrainian growers have started their sour cherry season last week. However, first large shipments of Ukrainian sour cherries appeared in the market only this week, as reported by EastFruit. The current sour cherry season kicked off in Ukraine several weeks later than last year, but with higher
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Heavy late spring rain across Hungary last week caused significant cracking damage to early season cherry orchards. “The damage is reportedly widespread, even some sweet cherries under plastic cover suffered losses,” according to Peter Kelemen, from the Medifruct cooperative in Hungary, who
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As relatively good, warm spring weather continues across Hungary, producers in the country expect a normal 2023 cherry harvest of about 10 000 tons again. The harvest is due to start with the early greenhouse-grown cherries from May 10. read more

The Hungarian fruit and vegetable cooperative Szatmár Régió, based in the eastern part of the country, said that, due to long-term contracts, they are reasonably covered from external shocks, such as high energy prices. They specialize in exporting sour cherries, gherkins, apples and pears. read more

LinkThings, an innovative company specializing in supply chain technology, today introduces a new multilingual platform, Coldcha 2.0. read more

The first stone fruit from southern European countries are now appearing on the Polish market. The marketing season for Spanish and Italian nectarines, peaches and apricots will be very challenging this year. read more

On Thursday 10 March 2022, the directors of Growers United launched the Sustainable Together scheme. Growers United interprets Sustainable Together as increasing the sustainability of the supply chain from the grower to the point of sale. read more

The volume of imports to Poland of frozen sour cherries (CN 08119075 - Sour cherries (Prunus cerasus) uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter) amounted, in 2021, to 2176 tonnes, and its value reached PLN 10.7 million. read more

On 6th December 2021, Belarus decided to respond to the latest international sanctions by implementing an embargo on food import into the country for food products originating from the European Union but also the UK, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, North Macedonia, Albania, the USA, and Canada. read more

Belarus is introducing its sanctions from January 1, 2022, reports PAP based on reports by Belarusian News Agency BelTa. read more

The volume of frozen sour cherries exported from Poland amounted, after three quarters of 2021, to 46.2 thousand tons, and its value reached PLN 197.2 million. read more

The volume of imports to Poland of frozen sour cherries amounted, in the first half of 2021, to 1182 tonnes, and its value reached 5.4 million PLN. read more