Strawberries

In Belgium, median prices for both loose tomatoes and TOVs rose slightly in week 40. For vine tomatoes, that still means a price that is below the five-year average. This year's prices are no match for those realized in the fall of 2022. Prices for the other large greenhouse crops (cucumber,
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"In Spain, we usually begin harvesting raspberries in mid-September. It's already a month later now," says Jan van Bergeijk. The Dutchman is responsible for raspberry sales at the Plusberries group in Huelva, Spain. He hopes it will rain soon. "It's getting really urgent; we want to start
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According to EastFruit, Egypt has doubled its exports of frozen strawberries to the EU market over the past five years and continued to increase its exports this year. In the first seven months of this year, the export of these berries in frozen form from Egypt to EU countries reached a record
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Positive figures for Apofruit's spring liquidations 2023. Between strawberries, asparagus, early potatoes and small fruits (raspberries and blueberries), 21,900,000 euro will be liquidated to producer members, compared to 19,660,000 euro the previous year: +11.3% in value, against a quantity
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The strawberry plugs of Nova Siri Genetics varieties were distribute last week while, this week, it will be the turn of fresh ones. Destination countries are those in the Mediterranean basin, i.e. southern Italy, Spain, Greece, Albania, Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia. read more

All this is possible thanks to the varietal study and the commitment to produce strawberries in Avila during the summer season. "We seek to guarantee our clients the availability of fruit and its quality", explained the president of Cuna de Platero, Francisco José Gómez. read more

Tesco is joining forces with sustainable resource management company Veolia, Groundwork and local councils to introduce greener areas in schools, and give children a stronger start by learning more about the environment. read more

Paco the tomato, Raniero the radicchio, Valeria the peach, Melchiorre the melon, Cinzia the cherry, Francesca the strawberry, Carmen the carrot, Car Carlo the artichoke, Lino the lemon, Carlone the cardboard wizard. These are just a few of the 22 fantastic fruit and packaging characters
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Actors on stage on an unusual stage: the fruit and vegetable department of participating shops. The Spettacoli alla Frutta (Fruit Shows) initiative is back, a live edition that 'stages' 22 performers as fantastic characters such as Paco the tomato or Raniero the radicchio, Valeria the
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The red fruit growers in the province of Huelva have already begun preparatory work for the new season, marked, as every year, by the use of plastic solutions, from mulch to greenhouse coverings. The strawberry sector is increasingly opting for more efficient techniques.
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There are a number of farms in southern Italy that have made the drastic decision to eliminate early September potted strawberry transplants from their production program. read more

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

Egypt has been increasing its exports of frozen strawberries to the US market this year,EastFruit reports. Egypt became the fourth largest exporter of this product to the US last year, and in the first seven months of this year, the volume of exports in this direction increased by 17%. read more

In the first half of 2023, exports were up 1.3% in volume and +7.1% in value, but imports were up 3.5% and +8.6% respectively. The trade balance worsened (-24.9%) as did the trade balance in volume from -291,127 tonnes in the first six months of 2022
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Morocco has been rapidly expanding its presence in the Japanese market for frozen strawberries, reports EastFruit. The export volumes have been growing for several seasons in a row and finallly hit 3,700 tonnes in the MY 2022/23 (July-June). read more

Speed, market loyalty and sustainable techniques are the factors contributing to the growth of the strawberry sector. In view of the next campaign, which should start in mid-December, we analysed the prospects with Carmela Suriano, Emea director of Nova Siri
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UK: Iceland launches back-to-school deals, including bags and bottles read more

Freshuelva, the association of strawberry producers and exporters of Huelva, has taken part in a protest by Spanish growers in Córdoba to demand a change in European agricultural policy that guarantees the food system and a professionalized model of agriculture. read more

In 2022, the EU’s combined harvested production of muskmelons, watermelons, strawberries, peaches and nectarines was 8.6 million tons, representing a decrease of 6.3% on the level in 2021 (9.2 million tons). This downturn was due to the lower harvested production of muskmelons (-9.5% in 2022)
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The cucumber price in week 34 again plunged below the five-year average at the auctions of the Verbond van Belgische Tuinbouwcoöperaties (Federation of Belgian Horticultural Cooperatives). The unit price stood at 25.7 euro cents. In the past eight years, the price was lower only in 2017. The
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