Steve Brabbs (Dupont) and Dia Romanowicz from Amsafe, showing their joint project to protect fruits from heat and rain. Steve Brabbs from Dupont and Dia Romanowicz from Amsafe. Witold Gaj and Adam Sikorski at the SoFruPak stand.Īdam Sikorski showing the newest lid for their cardboard packaging system, ideal for fresh mushrooms and tomatoes. Tom Roger and Robbert Leisink at the Solo Berry stand. Janja Postruznik and Zoran Petrovic, Slovenian honeyberry producers from Haskap d.o.o. Mike Knowles (EuroFruit) interviews Samual Rowe (Berry World Varieties) and Jan Engelen (Coöperatie Hoogstraten).īranko Bajatovic and Milos Tipsarevic from Bluemond Ltd., along with Fred Douven from abbGrowers. (From left to right) Maura Maxwell (EuroFruit), Sergio Sainz (Cuna de Platero), Fernando Zaforas (FNM), Oliver Huesmann (Fruit Consulting) and Emilio Fuertes (Planasa)įreddy Hoflack (Harvest 52) speaking about the Mexican market. Tom Joyce interviews Hans Widmann (Herbert Widmann) and Ben Maes (Special Fruit) about new growing regions. Nicolas Marston (British Summer Fruits) and John Gray (Angus Soft Fruits) are interviewed about the impact of Brexit.ĭavid Brazelton (Fall Creek Farm & Nursery)speaking about the new challenges for blueberries.ĭavid Brazelton (Fall Creek Farm & Nursery) and Andres Armstrong (Chilean Blueberry Committee) listening attentively to Carlos Stabile(Samconsult).Ĭarlos Stabile(Samconsult)speaking about Blue Horizons-New Challenges for Blueberries. Nicolas Marston from British Summer Fruits. Marieke Appel from Driscoll’s (EMEA, speaking about new trends in the International Berry Market and How to React. Mihai Ciobanu from Frsh4Cast and Cindy van Rijswick, Rabobank. Together we aim to reach 200 hectares planted and to be a major player at European level”, said Camil Perian, MerryBerry General Manager.Joop de Vries from Infia/Lin Pac Packaging and Alessandro Mariani at the Infia stand.Ĭindy van Rijswick from Rabobank during her presentation called 'The Big Picture-Key Trends for the Berry Trade'. Being a new domain in Romania to which the banking system will probably adapt in 5-10 years, we found in OTP Bank a partner with know-how and willing to follow the latest market trends. „Being the fastest growing blueberry plantation in Romania, for the last 2 years we have encountered many obstacles, of which financing has been an essential point of our development. Financing the MerryBerry deposit is another step we take in this direction”, said Alexandru Neagu, SME Division Director, OTP Bank România. We have for products and services designed to support them in this endeavor, having the potential to change the Romanian agriculture for the better. Thus, we had the opportunity to observe their tendency to invest in technology more and more, which is why we decided to expand the range of products and services addressed to them. „Our contribution to the agribusiness sector is a long-term one and we work closely with the Romanian farmers regardless of the size of their business. The warehouse will have three cooling chambers and five CA / ULO chambers. The surface of the warehouse is 2500 square meters, and among its facilities there is a high performance automatic sorting and packing line. For immediate access after harvesting the fruit, it is located in the middle of the MerryBerry plantation and will use the most advanced refrigeration technologies, thus ensuring the freshness of the fruit. OTP Bank România financed with RON 10.5 million the construction of the MerryBerry refrigerated warehouse, necessary for keeping the blueberries in optimal conditions, sorting them and delivering them in the best conditions to the stores in Romania, England or Germany where the company has distribution contracts. The fruits are harvested year by year in June, July and August. Besides irrigating the crop of blueberries, this system also allows the introduction of fertilizers in the irrigation water after a predetermined nutrition program, at different stages of crop development. The MerryBerry plantation distinguishes by its efficiency and technology: it has modern video surveillance systems, GPS monitoring of the machines and an irrigation system that ensures fruit production regardless of the rainfall water supply. Thus, MerryBerry has the potential to become the largest organic blueberries plantation in Europe, competing with the big established producers in Spain, Poland, Germany and France. It currently covers a 100 hectares area, on which the shrubs were planted in 2016 – 2017, meaning that it will reach an annual production of over 1,500 tons of blueberries, starting 2021. Caragiale commune in Dambovita, MerryBerry is the largest organic blueberry plantation in Romania.
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