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Sour cherry pits to purify contaminated water

Processed

28 Jan 2025

Countries such as Serbia can successfully utilise waste by transforming it into biochar. Due to its special structure, biochar is able to adsorb and immobilise enzymes useful for the degradation of toxic substances.

Michigan State University against Drosophila suzukii: research continues into control factors

Crop protection

27 Jan 2025

Entomologist Julianna Wilson will tackle this research with the help of the Agricultural Climate Resilience Programme, a new partnership supported by MSU, the Michigan Plant Coalition and the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Taking a look at local parasitoids that kill Drosophila suzukii in the Southeast USA

Crop protection

27 Jan 2025

Between 2021 and 2022, researchers at the University of Georgia conducted field surveys to study the North American native parasitoids of Drosophila suzukii. A total of 371 Drosophila parasitoids were collected through the deployment of sentinel traps consisting of fruit baits.

2024 on the upswing for Northwest (USA) cherries: average harvest of the last five seasons exceeded

Markets

27 Jan 2025

“We got off to a great start in June and our early fruit was of excellent quality and helped drive promotions that led to consistent purchasing (through July and early August)", said B.J. Thurlby, president of Northwest Cherry Growers, in his recap of the 2024 season.

FDA supports tart cherries in promoting a healthy diet

Health

27 Jan 2025

The Cherry Marketing Institute, which represents 385 growers of cherries across the country, congratulates the Food and Drug Administration for its support of tart cherries in the recently announced decision.

Amy Cohn (Cherry Market Institute): the challenge of combining tradition and global market

Markets

24 Jan 2025

Cohn said that despite the challenges faced by tart cherry growers—from price fluctuations to rising production costs and the impact of climate change on the industry—there are several positive trends to highlight in the sector.

Recession threat in the Midwest (USA): unstable weather and rising costs threaten production

Production

24 Jan 2025

Some regions, like the Midwest, are facing the onset of an agricultural recession. The recession stems largely from extreme weather conditions, rising production and labor costs, global supply-and-demand imbalances, and declining farmer revenues and disaster aid.

Research in Uzbekistan aims at improving cherry freezing technology

Processed

24 Jan 2025

For the research raw materials and generally accepted standard, physico-chemical, special organoleptic and correlation-regression analysis and statistical-mathematical planning methods of experiments were used to determine the properties of frozen products.

Collaboration with 16 countries: the strategic plan for Spanish exports

Markets

24 Jan 2025

Between 25% and 30% of cherry exports are destined for the EU, but the aim is to open a new market window in China. The Cherry Sector Roundtable, which brings together 70% of cherry producers, wants to “highlight the high capacity of Spanish cherries as an exportable product”

Bad season for the Alicante mountain cherry: more than 70% of the harvest lost

Specialties

23 Jan 2025

This season, 1,500 tons out of the 5,000 that the 1,200 hectares in the province have the potential to produce were harvested. This represents a 70% decline, reaching 100% in several areas devastated by drought and lack of rain