Berry insights

Brazilian grape exports declined in January, as usual. However, there was at least an increase compared to January last year. According to data from Comex Stat, the volume shipped was 2.06 thousand tons, a decrease of 86% compared to December/24, but an increase of 18% compared to January/24. This number was the highest for the month of January in the last six years, second only to 2019, when 3.66 thousand tons of grapes were shipped. However, the increase in volume was not followed by revenue, which remained practically stable compared to January/24, at US$ 5.32 million (-1%). According to collaborators from Hortifrúti/Cepea, the increase is due to the good demand from importing countries, such as the United States and the United Kingdom, as a result of maintaining extended agreements due to logistical obstacles in competing countries, such as Peru and South Africa. Although the year started with good results, the scenario is expected to be a reduction in the supply of Cat 1 and ...

On January 21, 2025, the Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the Changping District Agricultural Service Center of Beijing signed a strawberry technology cooperation agreement in Beijing. Director Cao Ke attended the signing ceremony and conducted on-site research on the development of the strawberry industry in Changping District. At the signing ceremony, the strawberry germplasm improvement team of the Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute introduced the excellent characteristics of new strawberry varieties such as Zhongmei Huayue, Zhongmei Xiangyu, and Zhongmei No. 6, and comprehensively promoted the strawberry scientific and technological achievements of our institute. Cao Ke pointed out that the cooperation between the two parties will take the "Zhongmei" series of strawberry new variety rights as the starting point, integrate their respective resource advantages, and carry out all-round scientific and technological cooperation around strawberry breeding, new variety introduction, seedling breeding, etc., and jointly undertake the "(Changping) 2023 Rural Comprehensive Reform Pilot Project" to support the high-quality development of the strawberry industry in Changping District and jointly create a display platform and efficient production demonstration park for new strawberry varieties, new technologies, new products, and new models. (Correspondent: Qi Wenli)

There are now 362 registered wineries in Bulgaria, grape and wine producers have received 31 million leva in subsidies per year