News about Spain

Valle del Jerte cherry: after a few seasons with the handbrake on, the focus is on the 2024 season

Markets

11 Jun 2024

After a season, that of 2022, characterised by heavy losses, the Jerte-based organisation is pinning all its hopes on this season. ‘We expect an average season between 16,000 and 18,000 tonnes,’ says Monica Tierno, the organisation's general manager.

PDO Cereza del Jerte: new visual identity for greater sustainability

Specialties

06 Jun 2024

The aim of this renewal is to adapt the visual identity of the PDO to an increasingly digital world. The Regulatory Council renews the corporate image by launching a new logo, representing both cherries and PDO picotas.

Sierra (Spain) cherry crisis: less and less quantity and insufficient labour

Production

06 Jun 2024

‘Agriculture is disappearing in Sierra,’ warns Inocencio Manuel Sánchez vice-president in charge of the Cepeda cooperative and points out that it can become problematic for a small producer or cooperative to be able to sell, for example, cherries.

Optimising plant material in the nursery to improve varietal innovation

Varieties

30 May 2024

Jacob Marsal, research director of Viveros Ebros, explains in this interview how to face the future of variety development, explaining the main demands of customers and giving an overview of the stone fruit season in the Ribera d'Ebre region.

Producers and retailers together for early and low-chill varieties at International Cherry Open Day

Events

28 May 2024

To show nurserymen, growers and retailers the varieties, BLOOM FRESH organised the International Cherry Open Day. Forty international participants from Chile, Brazil, Spain, Greece, Italy, UK, South Africa and Australia gathered in Spain.

Royal Apache, a new early cherry variety

Varieties

22 May 2024

The new cherry variety is the result of years of observation and contrasting its characteristics. Since 2012, it has been attracting a lot of attention in the test fields for its good qualities in terms of hardness (80 Durofel) and sugar content above 20 °brix.

Good start for Catalonia: quality and size even after climate problems

Production

21 May 2024

The weather factors mainly affected the first cherries of the year. The harvest will not reach its maximum production potential and will be around 8,700 tonnes out of a possible 9,500 tonnes, which is slightly above the average of the last five years.

Valle del Jerte cherries: 2024 P.D.O. certification campaign kicks off

Specialties

16 May 2024

According to the president of the Regulatory Body, "there have been no meteorological problems other than those usual for this time of year in spring. Despite the rains, in full bloom, a harvest of 400 tons of Navalinda and about 2,000 or 3,000 tons of picota is estimated".

Early start for Catalonia: good prices, but forecasts reveal less harvest for 2024

Production

16 May 2024

‘We started a few days earlier than last year, when the harvest began on 4 May,’ says David Manero, producing partner of Cerima Cherries. ‘The campaign started well in terms of prices, but this year there will be fewer kilos of early cherries.

Valle del Jerte cherries: how technology and manual processes come together for a quality product

Post-harvest​

06 May 2024

‘In production we find traditional and mechanised processes, but logistics are still mainly manual,’ says Mónica Tierno, general manager of the Valle del Jerte Cooperative Group, ‘although this does not mean that it is slower. Time is against this product’.