Rather a lot has occurred to Norwegian strawberry manufacturing in recent times. It has turn out to be widespread to import “manufacturing prepared” strawberry crops, and increasingly persons are rising berries on so-called “desk tops” in tunnels.
Strawberry farmer Håkon Myklebust in Valldal is frightened concerning the improvement.
– The day Norwegian berries and imported berries style the identical, we’re misplaced. Then it will likely be very troublesome to realize worthwhile straw manufacturing in Norway, he says to Nettavisen.
Strawberries on a desk
He himself grows berries in open fields, that’s, the strawberry crops stand within the area as they’ve performed all 12 months.
– Extra desk prime bets. I feel it may have an effect on the style. I hold a button on cultivation and not using a area, says the free-range farmer, who’s absolutely conscious that he’s not fully impartial on this concern.
There are a number of explanation why he sticks to a free nation.
– The highest of the desk brings extra predictability and might lengthen the season. However it’s important to have new crops yearly. It’s a costlier product, however the danger is decrease, says Myklebust.
– Undoubtedly higher style
A number of miles additional south, Jacob Mæle produces strawberries. He’s betting on the highest of the desk, however he’s additionally frightened concerning the style of Norwegian strawberries.
– Sure, after all I’m. And that’s the reason we’re holding on to Korona. It’s clear that it tastes higher than the imported berries, says Mæle.
– In any other case, increasingly folks will swap to the identical sorts discovered elsewhere in Europe. And clearly the style might be higher then, he says.
He believes it’s a fantasy that desk cultivation impacts style. However the alternative of selection is extraordinarily essential, he believes. Mæle is without doubt one of the few within the space that also operates the well-known Korona selection.
– Corona has extra work and is extra difficult. So from an financial standpoint alone, it may be debated whether or not it’s a good selection. However they’ve made the selection primarily primarily based on style.
Quick shelf life
A problem with Korona is that he’ll keep for a short while after an election.
– We’ve got our personal gross sales heart on the farm, after which we keep away from transport and logistics, which may be difficult. Korona will not final lengthy after being elected, says Mæle.
Myklebust in Valldal believes that it’s a drawback that increasingly folks in Norway are investing in varieties which can be much like the varieties which can be additionally grown in Belgium and the Netherlands.
– I am frightened about Norwegian strawberries, he says.
That’s the reason he’s involved about style when he chooses the kind of berries he needs to speculate.
– I attempt new varieties, however I am frightened that it ought to style good. Folks know that Korona has good style. Polka and Saga are additionally good varieties, he says.
Local weather change
There are a number of explanation why many individuals select to farm on tables in tunnels.
– All we’ve is a desk prime. It is an effective way to drive. It is easy for builders. It is onerous, I feel, to get folks to need to crawl to choose berries, he says.
At Mæle in Rogaland, they’ve been harvesting strawberries for 3 weeks already.
– We purchase crops prepared for manufacturing. Because of this we will harvest 50 days after receiving the plant. It’s too costly to develop these crops in Norway, says Mæle.
Tunnel cultivation is essential with more and more wilder climate. Straws may be fragile issues.
– I perceive that he has been with you right now?
– Sure, that is proper.
– Then possibly you might be glad that you’re rising in a tunnel?
– Sure, it is just the primary letter. River climate is an actual emergency if you do not have your berries in a tunnel.
2024-06-08 04:39:13
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