La revue de presse des matières premières pour l’industrie agroalimentaire
Blueberry growers in Maine are finding evidence of a leaf fungus that has devastated crops in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and can only be cured by burning the fields. Valdensinia leaf spot spreads easily and quickly in damp weather.
The purchase of industrial apples started a week ago. Early varieties of apples with bigger acidity are a valuable element of apple juice concentrate. Purchase prices are stable at the level 0.14 – 0.15 PLN (0.033-0.35 euro)/kg.
Prices of sour cherries are already so low that their picking is completely unprofitable. Processing plants which limit the purchase of sour cherries and reduce the purchase prices seem to send the clear information to fruit growers…
In wielkopolskie province the price in processing plants is from 0.80 (0.19 euro) to 1.00 PLN (0.23 euro)/kg. In the lódzkie province the price is also 1 PLN (0.23 euro)/kg. Last year the average price of sour cherries in purchasing centers was 0.90 PLN,…
While the industry works for more purchases of value-added fresh produce for school programs, the U.S.D.A. is adding to its already hefty total of processed blueberry products. The department intends to purchase up to $14.7 million…
The union of berry fruit producers in Serbia has asked President Boris Tadic to intervene to protect them from retailers who have reduced raspberry purchase prices, daily Blic reports. In a letter sent to the president on Monday, the union claims that retailers abuse…
La filière ananas de Côte d’Ivoire, en crise depuis plusieurs années, s’est dotée d’un “plan de sauvetage” de 20 milliards de FCFA (30 millions d’euros) pour relancer la production et reconquérir le marché européen, son principal débouché,…
Last season was a banner year for Maine’s wild blueberry producers, with nearly 90 million pounds of berries harvested. Wild blueberries are a $250 million economic engine in Maine, most of it in Washington and Hancock counties.
Two federal government programs will put up a total of $1.15 million in repayable startup funding for a Quebec company to launch a blueberry processing business. The company, Bleuets Deshydrates, will get $700,000 from the Innovation Support….
Compared with prices of other fruit, price of black currants aren’t bad. However the expectation of fruit growers are still higher. At the moment the purchase price of black currants is 2.00 – 2.20 PLN (0.47-0.51 euro)/kg and they are higher than last year.
As we already informed, the purchase prices of industrial sour cherries for freezing further decreased from about 1.00 PLN (0.23 euro)/kg to about 0.80 PLN (0.19 euro)/kg. Prices of dessert sour cherries intended for export are more stable so far.
Maine’s wild blueberry farmers can grow berries: 90 million pounds last year, a bumper crop. But while the market was flooded with native and imported cultivated berries and the prices paid for all berries continued to drop, …
Figures from the Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI) show that soft fruit crops in Scotland are worth around £12 million annually for raspberries and around £0.79 million for blackcurrants, although the latter value rises to an added-value of more than £200 million…
It appears that adverse weather has severely damaged this years Polish blackcurrant crop. Frost affected the fruit development in May and the rain and cool temperatures which have impacted on the strawberry harvest have also compounded the damage.
Calamansi, calamondin, Philippine lime – this versatile citrus fruit is the secret ingredient to many mouthwatering Filipino delicacies such as pancit palabok, Leyte kinilaw, beefsteak Tagalog, and arroz caldo.
At the moment the purchase prices are rather low – from 0.75 to 1 PLN (0.17-0.23 euro)/kg. However one can expect that the demand from the processing plants will be quite big and a lot of fruit growers expect higher prices.
Up to week 26, the Chilean kiwi exports worldwide total nearly 13.7 million boxes (about 127,000 tons) -same volume from last year to date. According to iQonsulting forecast, which is about 179,341 tons, there are almost 52,000 tons…
Mississippi agriculture officials predict blueberry farmers will see a more than 50 percent increase in production this year, harvesting about 5 million pounds. Earlier in the year, experts thought this year’s haul would hit 8 million pounds, topping the 7.8 million pounds….