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The USDA RAPP programme announced $300 million in funding in its first year to support trade expansion projects.

Agrion is organising an event dedicated to June-bearing strawberry, with field visits and a large exhibition to see the latest in strawberry cultivation live.

Raspberries and blueberries push down the Italian small fruits e-commerce index, which drops 1.9% in the week 22/2024

The University of Bío-Bío (Chile) has developed an innovative project for continuous field monitoring of blueberries: where artificial intelligence optimises cultivation operations and product control.

The collaboration between Italian Berry and myfruit.it has resulted in an event entirely dedicated to small fruits, which this year reaches its fourth edition.

Orsero launches an institutional campaign signed QUIQUEG to celebrate berries and the new joint venture with the Molari family. Published on Cairo RCS Media, the campaign enhances the quality of berries with vivid images and the Orsero brand designed with white currants.

The drop in blackberries drags down the Italian retail price index for e-commerce sales as measured weekly by Italian Berry.

Innovations in the packaging of small fruits come from the research activities of the University of Basilicata. Methods to lengthen their shelf life are being studied. The National Centre for Agricultural Technology Agritech is in charge of this.

There were general increases in global blueberry prices in the week 21/2024, with the organic segment growing by 6% in one week.

Global Plant Genetics (GPG) has signed a licensing agreement with the Polish breeding programme Niwa, for two new early blackberry varieties. As a result of the agreement GPG will represent the cultivars Maryna and Juhas in a range of international territories.