Many berry producers were prepared for the frost

This year, the situation with garden strawberries in Russia is noticeably better than in 2024, when the harshest frosts occurred in the first decade of May and coincided with the flowering period of most berry varieties, with temperatures dropping to 9 degrees below zero in some regions. "By early June, we see that the volumes of local strawberry supplies are higher than last year. Now, farms from Southern Russia are massively entering the market with their berries," said Irina Koziy, CEO of FruitNews Agency and head of the "Berry Academy" project. However, according to the expert, the berry season started later than a year earlier due to a long cold spring, whereas last year it was significantly warmer and shorter. The peak of the garden strawberry harvest in open ground in southern regions in 2025 will be at the end of the first to the beginning of the second decade of June, she believes. Accordingly, berry prices will be lowest during this period. Earlier, "RBC Caucasus" with ...