Strawberries

Dyson Farming has partnered with glasshouse engineering specialist CambridgeHOK to build the second phase of its strawberry glasshouse in Lincolnshire. read more

Henceforth, REO Veiling will sell its Tomabel strawberries as standard in Rpet punnets. The Belgian cooperative reports that these are made from 100% recycled raw materials and can, in turn, be entirely recycled. These new sustainable strawberry punnets no longer have plastic handles, making
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Dyson Farming is to build the second phase of its strawberry growing glasshouse in Lincolnshire. read more

The Romagnola strawberries grown off the land project continues (click here to read more) and the fruit will continue to be harvested during the month of July. read more

Inflation may be driving up food prices, but at Wimbledon, sports fans are set to still pay just £2.50 for a punnet the delicious fruit (with cream). For the last 13 years, strawberries and cream have remained at £2.50 for visitors to the world’s oldest tennis championships. read more

Sales of fresh fruit in Germany declined in May 2023 (-3%). According to the current GfK Consumer Index, one of the drivers behind this was the weaker performance of strawberries. "Due to the strong sales in May 2022, however, there is a clear trend behind this.
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Some two million strawberries are to be delivered to the All England Club during Wimbledon, and this year’s crop have had ideal growing conditions. Lack of spring frosts and the current dry weather are the perfect combination for delivering a plentiful supply over the coming weeks. read more

In Fife the Scottish strawberry harvest got off to a good reasonable start in mid-May. Robert Simpson from Fife Fruits who grows soft fruit on 32 hectares in Fife said that the early strawberry crop is good. read more

The DFHV Juniors' online X-Change on the topic of start-ups in the food industry went into the second round on 28 June. In around 1.5 hours, four young people once again presented their company and its history. This time, Grapes, Organifarms, shipzero and vGreens took part. read more

Italy: Francesco Pugliese stepping down as Conad CEO read more

A current evaluation from the QS residue monitoring, in the context of which 197 strawberry samples were tested for pesticide residues, attests QS-certified strawberry producers a high sense of responsibility in the handling and use of pesticides. The
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In the current marketing season in Ukraine, grapes have become the most expensive imported fruit at $1.57 per kilogram. In second place in terms of import value are “other fresh fruits” and berries at $1.48 per kilogram. This includes strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, mulberry fruit,
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According to the North Caucasus Interregional Administration of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor), the volume of sweet cherry imports from Armenia to Russia in June increased by 2.5 times and strawberry imports increased by 1.4 times compared to
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From 1 July, Tomabel strawberries from Belgian cooperative REO Veiling, are set to be offered in new strawberry punnets that meet the latest sustainability requirements. read more

With the integration of BFV as of July 1st, the fruit offering of the leading Belgian organisation is estimated this season at around 200,000 tons of pears, 75,000 tons of apple, 13,000 tons of strawberries, 6,000 tons of cherries and 3,000 tons of other berries. Melons and prunes are also part
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As reported in the journal Postharvest, Osman Nuri Öcalane and other Turkish scientists conducted a study focusing on the post-harvesting of strawberries to understand how to increase shelf life. They focused on several parameters such as skin colour, flesh firmness and
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The Spanish Federation of Wooden Light Weight Packaging and their Components, FEDEMCO,and the Andalusian interprofessional strawberry association, Interfresa, have signed a new collaboration agreement. The agreement arose out of the need to work together to comply with the new national and
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Conservation and innovation: this is the binomial that guides the work of Fondazione Agrion's Boves experimental centre, which has an operational section specialising in research on strawberries, small fruits and horticultural crops. With the will to maintain and improve tradition, with 5.5
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Home-grown rocket has returned to kitchens in spring - and it will stay until October. And thus even longer than strawberries, which are in season until September. In the early 1980s, the tasty leafy vegetable was still considered a weed in this country.
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A hesitant start to the season due to cool and cloudy spring days was followed by many sunny weeks with cool nights and only since one week with warmer nights. Thanks to innovative irrigation technology, the severe drought of the past few weeks was not a problem for strawberry growers.
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