Strawberries from Lower Saxony: outdoor harvest begins in early June
The red, juicy fruits from Lower Saxony are increasingly on sale these days. Most of the produce currently still comes from protected cultivation. According to the Lower Saxony Chamber of

Edible CBD coating could extend the shelf life of strawberries
Soon, you’ll be able to get a box of freshly picked, sweet strawberries from the grocery store or local farm stand. But it’s disappointing when you get them home and find that the ones at the

Concerns about strawberry prices
Supply of strawberries is increasing, but in symbolic quantities. Strawberry prices, on the other hand, are showing too rapid a decline. Symbolic quantities of strawberries are being traded at the

[Update] Strawberries 2023: How much for a lupine in New Przybojev?
The supply of strawberries is increasing but we will still have to wait a while for the full season. At the New Przybojewo market, the supply of fruit is still low. How do prices compare? Today's

Strawberries 2023: How much for a lupine in New Przybyszew?
The supply of strawberries is increasing but we will still have to wait a while for the full season. At the New Przybojewo market, the supply of fruit is still low. How do prices compare? The

Moroccan soft fruit season ends earlier than usual
The soft fruit season is about to end in Morocco, earlier than usual, due to adverse weather conditions that have exhausted the plants, and a low demand that demotivated producers. Zouhir

Italian wholesale markets' hunger for strawberries is unabated
"I cannot fulfill all orders. I have to rationalize deliveries to still be able to provide the product to as many operators as possible. Currently, I supply a little over 10 wholesalers

Floods in Emilia Romagna, at least 1.5 billion in damage to agriculture
Faced with the overflowing rivers and torrents that have hit Romagna in particular, the umpteenth count of damage to agriculture is also being made. "It is difficult to estimate the extent, but

Egyptian frozen strawberry exports to China increase 10-fold in 5 years!
Egyptian exporters have become the main beneficiaries of rapidly growing demand for frozen strawberries in China in the past few years, according to EastFruit. Egypt has been the leading exporter

Strawberries 2023: how is the harvest going? "Lower rates will not allow development"
Author: Aneta Gwara-Tarczyńska 17 May 2023 09:53 At the beginning of May, we reported on the first strawberry harvest at the Rajska Truskawka farm. Grzegorz Kasprzak, owner of the farm, we asked

Poland: Exports of most berries increased, except strawberries
The final calculation according to the Polish CIS (German Main Statistical Office) showed that berries ended 2022 with a production of around 589,000 tonnes. This is only 4 % more production than

"It was particularly important to me that the technology was thought through to the end in every respect"
On March 28, the first local strawberries of the 'Sonsation' variety could already be harvested in the new 1.5-acre strawberry greenhouse of the Mann fruit farm in the Alte Land. Only a few months

What are the prices of strawberries in Novi Plover?
This year's strawberry season, although delayed by small steps, is booming. Domestic fruit is starting to appear on strawberry markets. Polish strawberries have been available at popular wholesale

A SUCCESSFUL WAY TO GROW STRAWBERRIES UNDER COVER
From the video below, you can find out how Paweł Kalicki - a greenhouse strawberry grower - dealt with, among other things, strawberry crown rot using the Agro ECA product. The video also shows

A well-balanced French strawberry campaign so far
The 2022 campaign was marked by notable production peaks and a quality impacted by the various heat waves. This year, the strawberry season seems to be going much better. “Since the beginning of

Schleswig-Holstein: The first local strawberries are ripe
The Schleswig-Holstein Chamber of Agriculture and the Obstbauversuchsring des Alten Landes e. V. have opened the 2023 strawberry season on Bastian Soltau's farm in Barsbüttel (in the district of

Study unlocks secret of strawberry colouration
A team of researchers from the University of Córdoba in Spain have made a major breakthrough in understanding what gives strawberries their characteristic red colour when ripe. The discovery

Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 15 May
The wave of bad weather conditions and slows down production, affecting price changes. Courgette prices have risen sharply, while peaches and nectarines are falling and demand for them is

Netherlands: Albert Heijn reduces food waste in strawberries
By using artificial intelligence and precise information on the shelf life of products, the Dutch supermarket chain Albert Heijn wants to allow considerably less food waste. According to the

Improving business resilience through climate-friendly farming
Read how NFU member and Fruit Grower of the Year 2022 Anthony Snell is improving his business resilience through climate-friendly farming: I am based in South Herefordshire and farm just under

Strawberry prices 2023: How much are strawberries at wholesale?
This year's strawberry season is slowly gaining momentum. The supply of fruit is gradually increasing and prices are also changing. Nowadays, only fruit from crops under covers is available in the

Spreafico innovates fruit salads with banana
Hitherto in ready-to-eat fruit salads there was one big absentee: the banana. The handling of the fruit, which tends to blacken quickly, has always seemed too complicated for fourth range

Strawberries are blooming, but ... there are already serious problems!
Lustration, lustration and more lustration. This is what rational protection of all crops should be based on, including, of course, strawberries. Together with Michał Malicki and Magdalena

Strawberry buying 2023: Will last year's rates satisfy producers?
Farmers who grow strawberries in fields rather than greenhouses fear competition from Ukrainian fruit that was expected to fill warehouses, reports polsatnews.pl. Farmers who grow strawberries in

"Passion fruit benefiting from delays in most summer fruit"
Exotics are benefiting from the current delays in most summer fruit. "The large Spanish peach and nectarine volumes are still some way off, and strawberries also remain quite pricey. Demand for