El primer eje será standarizar todo el packaging chileno en envases the one pint que han demostrado ser mucho mas eficientes para colocar cantidad durante la campaña pasada bajando los costos de embalaje.
martes, septiembre 29, 2009
Chile va a invertir USd350 000 este año para aumentar la colocación de berries en EEUU un 35%
El primer eje será standarizar todo el packaging chileno en envases the one pint que han demostrado ser mucho mas eficientes para colocar cantidad durante la campaña pasada bajando los costos de embalaje.
viernes, septiembre 25, 2009
Se atrasa el comienzo de la cosecha argentina
Fuente LATINBERRIES t agradecemos al Ing. agr. Gonzalo Carlazara
martes, septiembre 22, 2009
Duplican el costo aplicado a importadores de arándanos para promoción de la fruta en EE.UU.
Generic promotion works for fruits and vegetables, at least according to recent Federal Register proposed rules that seek to increase assessment for blueberries and potatoes.The July 27 blueberry rule seeks to amend the Blueberry Promotion, Research, and Information Order to increase the assessment rate on producers and importers who produce or import more than 2,000 pounds of highbush blueberries annually from $12 per ton to $24 per ton.
For blueberries, the summary of the proposed rule states the action was taken to expand promotional activities and add an “advertising component” to fill the potential gap between demand and growing supply. Here is a nugget about coming blueberry supply:Given worldwide acreage estimates, projections show that given optimal conditions with no crop losses or disruptions, total worldwide highbush blueberry production has the potential to increase from an estimated 606 million pounds in 2008 to an estimated 1.5 billion pounds by the year 2015, more than two times the current level of production in the next seven years.TK: Also, the council indicated it wants to use the additional revenue to strengthen existing programs, fund additional research and help develop and define food safety practices at home and abroad.The interesting element to the proposed rule – beyond fascinating statistics on the growth of blueberry – was this section about the track record of generic promotion for blueberries:Section 1218.55 of the Order requires the Council to conduct an independent evaluation of the effectiveness of the program conducted by the Council pursuant to the Act every five years. The Council submits the independent evaluation to the Department which is available to the public.An econometric evaluation titled ``An Economic Analysis of Domestic Market Impacts of the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council'' was conducted by Dr. Harry Kaiser of Cornell University in 2005. The study evaluated the Council's progress based on data from 2001 to 2004.
The estimated demand equation used in the study was simulated to determine the market impacts of the Council's promotion activities for the period of 2001 to 2004.In the baseline scenario, promotion expenditures were set equal to actual levels from 2001 to 2004. In another scenario without the Council's marketing activities, promotion expenditures were set equal to zero for the same period.
The simulation results indicated that the Council had a major impact on annual highbush blueberry demand in the United States. From 2001 to 2004, the Council's promotion activities increased total highbush blueberry commercial disappearance by 36 million pounds, or 9 million pounds per year. This represents an annual increase in highbush blueberry commercial disappearance of almost three percent during this period. The study concluded that the promotional spending by the Council clearly had a positive effect on domestic highbush blueberry demand.The evaluation also indicated that generic highbush blueberry promotion by the Council had a positive impact on the highbush blueberry growers' price over this period. The average increase in price ranged from 2.3 cents per pound in the case of the least elastic supply response, to 0.8 cents per pound in the case of the most elastic supply response. The average impact over all supply responses was 1.4 cents per pound. According to the evaluation, had there not been generic highbush blueberry promotion by the Council, the average growers' price would have been 1.4 cents per pound, or 1.8 percent, lower from 2001 to 2004.
The benefits of the Council program were highlighted using a Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) analysis. An average BCR was computed for the generic promotion activities of the Council, and the BCR exceeded 1.0 for every supply response considered in the simulation. For the least elastic supply response, the average BCR was 13.22. This implies that, on average over the period 2001-2004, the benefits of the Council promotion programs have been over 13 times greater than the costs. At the opposite end of the spectrum in supply response, the average BCR was computed to be 4.46, implying that the benefits of the Council were over four times greater than the costs.Given the wide range of supply responses considered in the analysis, and the fact that the BCR was above 1.0 in all cases, there is significant evidence that the Council's promotion programs have been profitable for the domestic highbush blueberry industry. According to the Council, such findings give added confidence that an expanded market promotion program will help the industry to work toward a supply and demand balance in the coming years as highbush blueberry production expands at an increasing rate.
Source Blog de Tom Karst
domingo, septiembre 20, 2009
El ciclo de precios de los arándanos en EEUU
BCBusiness Online
What investors can learn from blueberry farmers.
When it comes to investing, the phrase “It’s different this time” usually proves to be wrong because cyclical forces invariably win out. Yet surprisingly few investors know that economic and market cycles exist, or how they work.
In the June edition of BCBusiness, Allen Garr’s article on blueberries (“Kind of Blue”) describes the vicious cycle B.C. farmers are experiencing. Besides the fact that I love blueberries (as a kid I picked them with my mother) and everything they’re in (pies, muffins, pancakes, smoothies, cereal) the article grabbed my attention because it’s a classic example of a cycle.
Borrowing facts from the article, here is how what I’ll dub “The Great Blueberry Cycle” plays
• Farmers are paid around $0.70 a pound for their blueberries.
• Blueberries are declared one of the world’s 10 wonder foods, and the “health halo” causes demand to take off.
• Rising demand plus short-term supply limitations equal higher prices: in 2006 farmers are paid $1.60 a pound.
• Blueberry farmers around the world increase production and less-profitable crops are plowed under. Between 2005 and 2009, North American farmland dedicated to blueberries increases 30 per cent.
• Anticipating further growth, speculators get into the act by buying and planting land in the Fraser Valley; prices for farmland go up.
• While the impact of recent planting is just starting to be felt, production is expected to keep rising for several more years, since it takes three years for plants to produce a blueberry and 10 to reach full production. Meanwhile, storage facilities for fresh and frozen blueberries are bursting at the seams.
• Prices pull back to $1.00 in 2008 and are expected to be $0.70 in 2009.
• Farmers are struggling to make a living. Production costs have risen while prices are back to where they were a few years.
Fuente BCBusiness online
jueves, septiembre 17, 2009
Panorama de precios de arandanos en EEUU
Aqui recopilamos información de precios al productor y envíos en las últimas zonas productoras de arándanos frescos en EEUU que son las que compiten con la primicia Argentina y chilena. Las informaciones nos fueron enviadas de Washington, Michigan, Oregon y British Columbia
Blueberries — F.o.b.s as of Sept. 8
06/Sept/2009 - 19/sept/2009
MICHIGAN — Shipments (38-32-22) — Movement expected to decrease as season continues to wind down. Trading very active. Prices higher. Flats of 12 1-pint cups with lids medium-large $28.50-32, flats of 12 6-ounce cups with lids medium $22-24.50. Quality variable. BRITISH COLUMBIA CROSSINGS THROUGH NORTHWEST WASHINGTON — Crossings (9-13-10) — Movement expected to decrease seasonally. Trading moderate. Prices slightly higher. Prices of 12 6-ounce cups with lids Canada 1 medium-large mostly elliots and bluecrop, mostly $16.50-18.50. 12 1-pint cups with lids Canada 1 remaining supplies insufficient to establish a market. Prices in U.S. dollars. Includes palletizing and cooling. Quality generally good. OREGON/WASHINGTON — Shipments (9-8-6) — Movement expected to decrease slightly. Trading moderate. Prices slightly higher. Flats of 12 6-ounce cups with lids medium-large mostly elliot, $16.50-20.50. Includes palletizing and cooling. Handlers generally anticipated packing and shipping 12 6-ounce cup flats the week of Sept. 7 before transitioning to 12 4.4-ounce cup flats. Quality generally good.
Blueberries — F.o.b.s as of Aug. 31
30/Aug/2009 - 12/Sept/2009
MICHIGAN — Shipments (51-38-32) — Movement expected to decrease as below normal temperatures has slowed fruit maturity. Trading very active. Prices higher but in a wide range. Flats of 12 1-pint cups with lids medium-large $24-26.50, flats of 12 6-ounce cups with lids medium $14.50-17. Most harvesting curtailed Aug. 26-29 because of rain and wet fields. Many shipments from prior commitments at lower prices. Quality variable. OREGON/WASHINGTON — Shipments (11-8-8) — Movement expected to decrease slightly. Trading moderate. Prices higher. Flats of 12 1-pint cups with lids medium-large mostly $20-22, flats of 12 6-ounce cups with lids medium-large $14.50-16.50. Includes palletizing and cooling. Varieties being harvested as of Aug. 31 were elliots, aurora and briggita. Quality generally good
Fuente LATINBERRIES
martes, septiembre 15, 2009
Heladas en Uruguay causan daños a primicia de arándanos
Fuente LATINBERRIES
jueves, septiembre 10, 2009
Regulaciones Fitosanitarias de productos frescos importados por EEUU
Data on the absolute and relative importance of these countries in international fruit and vegetable production and trade, individually and in aggregate, are included. Exporting countries are also classified according to income level.
Released Monday, August 24, 2009
Clickear http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/FruitVegPhyto/
martes, septiembre 08, 2009
Comité de Berries de Chile publica mapa de consumo per capita de arándanos en EE.UU.
Uno de los principales puntos que se consideraron durante la recolección de información, fue el consumo de arándanos en invierno y verano en el mercado norteamericano.
De acuerdo a Andrés Armstrong, gerente del Comité de Berries de Asoex, “el mapa nos permite identificar dónde están las mayores diferencias entre estos índices, indicándonos dónde existen los mayores potenciales de consumo durante el invierno, que es cuando llega nuestra fruta”.
En su opinión “es interesante ver cómo se comporta el mercado en cada ciudad”. Dicha información es necesaria para elaborar estrategias de promoción de acuerdo al comportamiento de cada zona.
Armstrong explica que “hay regiones donde el consumo del arándano no es habitual, ni siquiera en la temporada de verano del Hemisferio Norte. En estas zonas por lo tanto, se generan importantes oportunidades, donde podemos desarrollar nuevos mercados para el consumo”.
Desde esta perspectiva, la estrategia del Comité de Berries será la creación de un programa de promoción enfocado en aquellas áreas donde existe un alto índice de consumo durante el verano, pero no así en invierno.
Fuente Portal Frutihorticola
lunes, septiembre 07, 2009
Fuerte tormenta y algo de granizo en Concordia
Fuente LATINBERRIES
domingo, septiembre 06, 2009
Michelle Obama cultiva arándanos orgánicos en su jardín
Entre todos plantaron brócoli, pimientos, tomates, arándanos, zanahorias y lechugas con ayuda de jardineros expertos que además comentaron en su momento las ventajas de plantar y cosechar en casa ingredientes saludables y sin químicos de por medio.Pero el jardín de la Casa Blanca tiene una historia mucho más profunda. Algunas verduras del jardín que con tanto amor cuida Michelle Obama con sus hijas nacieron directamente de semillas que vinieron de Monticello, casa del tercer presidente de Estados Unidos Thomas Jefferson ubicada en la cima de las montañas de Charlottesville, Virginia.
Según el blog oficial de la Casa Blanca, Washington se rehusó a un tercer mandato como presidente, en parte, porque perdió su jardín en Mount Vernon. Otra primera dama, Eleanore Roosevelt, en 1943 quiso uno, que denominó "jardín de la victoria" durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. En los 1.100 metros cuadrados de jardín crecen brócoli, guisantes, pimientos, coles, zanahorias, tomates, batatas, arándanos y una variedad de hierbas. De este huerto se alimenta la primera familia y los invitados en las cenas de estado, y algunos vegetales van a un comedor de beneficencia local.
Nueva Comisión Directiva de CAPAB
Fuente CAPAB
viernes, septiembre 04, 2009
En Chile gran preocupación de los exportadores por la perdida de competitividad debido al tipo de cambio
Estas son algunas de los comentarios recopilados en las últimas semanas
"Nosotros queremos que en vez de venderse los dólares en tres o cuatro meses, se vendan en tres o cuatro años ... esto en vista que el Banco Central no quiere hacer la compra de dólares", dijo Echeverría el presidente de Fedefruta y agregó que "al endeudarse internamente a largo plazo se tiene la ventaja que si bien se paga interés, la plata se gana vía un mejor tipo de cambio".
Particularmente en el caso de los berries, la mano de obra de cosecha cada vez es mas cara en dólares haciendo que la rentabilidad para el productor sea exigua o no exista.
Fuente LATINBERRIES
jueves, septiembre 03, 2009
Mexico inviertiría en plantaciones de arandano chileno
En entrevista, en el marco del X Aniversario del TLC México-ProChile, ex-plicó que el hecho de que México tenga las estaciones del año a la inversa que el país sudamericano es una ventaja para producir diversos alimentos en Jalisco durante la temporada invernal chilena.
Con respecto a las coinversiones para producir arándanos en esta entidad, dijo que para Jalisco es importante cosechar esa fruta con el apoyo de empresas chilenas porque abriría la posibilidad de nuevos mercados para la exportación, por la posición geográfica de México.
Reiteró que el objetivo de hacer negocios con Chile “es producir aquí lo que ellos no pueden cosechar allá porque tienen el invierno y aprovechar los mercados que las empresas chilenas ya tienen, como Estados Unidos, Europa y Asia, y surtirles todo el año”.
miércoles, septiembre 02, 2009
Condenan en Argentina a productor por fumigar con 2,4 D el campo de arándanos del vecino
Según el fallo, los hechos se originaron en la tarde del 23 de septiembre de 2002, en ubicado en la localidad de Lima, Partido de Zárate, donde existían 14 hectáreas plantadas con arándanos.
El encargado del lugar percibió “un olor muy desagradable y fuerte” que provenía del “predio colindante, donde había un tractor que estaba fumigando”. Tras comprobar que las hojas de las plantas de arándanos estaban “totalmente deterioradas”, el encargado logró determinar que se trataba de “un herbicida a base de 2,4 D, marca Herbifen Super 100, de Laboratorios Atanor”.
El tribunal condenó a los responsables del campo contaminante a pagar a sus una indemnización en moneda nacional más intereses a contar desde los seis años de tramitación que lleva el juicio.