22 Oct 2024
The last lesson held by Christian Gallegos, a consultant specializing in blueberries and cherries, founder of Berrycherry and technical director of CropSolutions, concluded with the topic of stress reduction in cherry trees with an average participation of 400 people.
22 Oct 2024
The Chilean cherry industry has been aware of the importance of market diversification but has struggled to expand beyond the lucrative Chinese market due to the high prices paid in that country. However, India is emerging as a promising alternative destination.
18 Oct 2024
According to the Market Intelligence Department of ProChile, based on data from January to December 2023, Chilean fresh fruit shipments to India totaled 163 million dollars, representing about 3% of total global exports, equivalent to 5.791 billion dollars.
17 Oct 2024
This season has added another hurdle for producers and exporters, specifically the fruit fly. Given its importance for the sector, Frutas de Chile has organized the webinar “Preparing for the 2024-2025 cherry season with phytosanitary challenges.”
16 Oct 2024
Riverking stated to Asiafruit that 80 boxes of Río King cherries landed at Shanghai Pudong Airport on October 12 and were transferred to the Shanghai Huizhan market on October 14. The delivery included a range of extra-large and jumbo cherries of the Cheery Crunch variety.
16 Oct 2024
In these key early weeks an offer ranging from 10,000 to 20,000 tons is expected. Although a small percentage (3%) of Chile's total volume, it is important in terms of potential competition from other countries looking to take advantage of this commercial window with high prices.
15 Oct 2024
The course instructor, Christian Gallegos, a consultant specializing in blueberries and cherries, founder of Berrycherry and technical director of CropSolutions, addressed the topic of using hormonal regulators to improve fruit set and size.
14 Oct 2024
The sixth Global Cherry Summit will be held on April 22, 2025, at the Monticello Conference Center in San Francisco de Mostazal, Chile. The 2025 event marks a milestone in the history of the meeting with an expanded format and demand for participation growing.
14 Oct 2024
A Chilean study examined four levels of fruit load over two consecutive seasons. The results showed that reducing the fruit load, especially in the 60% and 40% treatments, significantly improved cherries weight, size, and firmness. However, the yield was unaffected.
14 Oct 2024
The Ñuble Farmers' Association turned to the regional government to ask researchers from the INIA to work on identifying conditions that ensure the quality of the fruit, giving rise to the project “Optimization of cherry harvest management.”
