21 Jan 2025
This January, two important names, Northwest Cherries and Chukar Cherries, are collaborating to highlight the benefits of Northwest sweet cherries, backed by research, and encourage their inclusion in daily nutritional plans.
21 Jan 2025
Raúl Orellana highlights that “firmness and the green color of the stem are key attributes for Chinese consumers,” as a brown stem is perceived as a sign of loss of freshness.
20 Jan 2025
The objectives of the study was to phenotype a segregating population of sweet cherries for selected key traits of the Zipper model and for their susceptibility to cracking, for which the QTLs for cracking susceptibility were established earlier.
20 Jan 2025
Last year, extreme weather conditions and fires deeply affected this sector. The subsidies aim to mitigate the effects of adverse climatic factors that had a significant impact on the crop during the 2023 campaign.
20 Jan 2025
Chilean agronomist Jorge Astudillo Galvez visited the farms of 15 producers in Mendoza to analyse production conditions and give technical advice, with the aim of providing a diagnosis on how to improve local production to reach new markets.
17 Jan 2025
A low-quality plant will hardly be able to express its productive potential and if possible, it will have a high productive cost. This is the number one mistake when establishing a garden: it is important to be clear that a “good plant" is priceless.
17 Jan 2025
This model can explain the fluctuations in prices and production in the Chilean cherry market. This model is relevant because cherries have an annual production cycle and are subject to factors such as seasonality, limited supply, and variations in demand.
17 Jan 2025
An impressive 59% growth in exports to the vast Chinese market has turned into a harsh “reality check. The excess supply has saturated the market and caused a 50% price drop, which no one had predicted. The situation has alarmed the Chilean industry of ambassadors in Asia.
17 Jan 2025
A launch event to celebrate the official start of the Tasmanian cherries season was held on January 8 in Taipei. The event brought together the Tasmanian cherry industry, Fruit Growers Tasmania, Cherry Growers Australia, and Austrade, along with Taiwanese importers and buyers.
16 Jan 2025
The study conducted at the University of Guizhou (China) aimed to investigate the impact of the dwarfing rootstock ‘Pd1’ (Prunus tomentosa) on sweet cherry ‘Shuguang2’ shoots. To achieve this goal, morphological observations were conducted.
