News about Cile

Positive outlook for Chilean cherries, but more focus on quality is needed

Planting systems

06 Nov 2024

Consultant and professor Óscar Carrasco is both optimistic and critical about what he sees for Chilean cherries: a great 24/25 season and a long promising period, but also the need to take better care of quality attributes.

Chilean researchers study how to optimise rain protection systems

Covers

05 Nov 2024

In Osorno, cherry production is protected by covers due to the climatic conditions; this is one of the reasons why UdeC Agronomy experts will have to conduct studies to achieve improvements in production and marketing.

How cold treatment works for shipping cherries to China

Post-harvest​

30 Oct 2024

One of the restrictions imposed by the Chinese authorities concerns the packaging warehouse, which has to establish how to apply differentiated fruit handling throughout the process, from receipt to packaging and storage of the cherries.

Strong demand ahead of Chinese New Year as Guangzhou unloads 200 containers of Chilean cherries a day

Markets

23 Jan 2024

Chilean exporter Valle Maule is strengthening its position as an exporter of cherries to China. Cherry Times interviewed Oscar Loyola, Valle Maule's sales manager, who has been presiding over the Chinese market in recent weeks.

Downward forecast for Chile: -30% volume compared to the previous season

Markets Press review

18 Jan 2024

Supplies have decreased, explains Evan Myers, CEO of Forever Fresh. Chile has shipped about 3.3 million crates to the US. So far, about 1.8 million crates have arrived and the total projection for this season is about 2.3 million.

New tests for Bloom Fresh: new trials in Chile, Peru and Brazil for early and low-chill requirement varieties

Breeding Production Varieties

02 Nov 2023

They will invest in tests in Arica, a northern region of Chile bordering Peru, and also in Brazil, where a professional, Bloom Fresh, will start exploring alliances to look for areas that can produce these fruits.

Selección 21 (S-21): the first entirely Chilean variety

Press review Varieties

20 Oct 2023

The step taken by S-21 was to successfully overcome the first institutional constraint, being unanimously approved by the INIA's Regional Committee for the Release of New Varieties, a milestone for regional and national fruit growing.

Washington State University promotes the two-day webinar on cherry and blueberry quality

Events

11 Oct 2023

On Thursday, November 2nd, and Friday, November 3rd, the webinar "From table to farm: Ensuring Premium Blueberry and Sweet Cherry Quality" will take place online. The event is organized by the Washington State University in collaboration with the University of Florida and the Uni