Press release No. 269 of 19 July 2018
WIESBADEN – There will be higher strawberry yields in 2018 as weather conditions have been more favourable than in the previous year. According to a first provisional estimate of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the outdoor strawberry harvest is expected to yield approximately 122,300 tonnes in all of Germany, which would be 6% more than in 2017. However, the relevant area under cultivation has declined by 3% to 12,500 hectares.
