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The strawberry harvest has started in Greece and the first batches are already being exported, as European supermarkets, especially German ones, show strong demand. Producers have negotiated high prices this year as the quantity available is still low, but supermarkets are already ordering small quantities to ensure continuous supply. Labor shortages remain a problem in the sector.

The Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development, María González Corral, has highlighted the leading role of Castilla y León in the production of strawberry plants and their transformation, to which is now added the obtaining of the fruit directly in greenhouses. Castilla y León, with 35 strawberry plant producing nurseries and a surface area of 1,500 hectares, is the first producer of plants in Europe, with some 950 million units per year. “The climatic conditions of the community, together with the experience of the producers, have allowed us to be absolute references for a crop of high economic value”, she pointed out during a work day in the Carracillo region, in Segovia. The nurseries of the community are finishing these days the harvest of the plants that have been cultivated and multiplied in fields in Segovia, Ávila, Valladolid and Soria for their transplantation in fields and greenhouses in more southern latitudes. The production of strawberry plants (87% of the national total)

With the change of weather in most regions, there is a slight decrease in the demand for strawberries, which are consumed mainly in the summer. in France, these berries are cheaper than usual, and in Germany - a smaller harvest due to bad weather. A decrease in harvest is also expected in Egypt. FreshPlaza writes about this in an overview of the world strawberry market. There are enough products on the market in the Netherlands to […]