Raspberry harvest in 2025: Northern Germany conquers the fields and tunnels!

Raspberry harvest in 2025: Northern Germany conquers the fields and tunnels!

The raspberry harvest really took speed in northern Germany. With the first berries from the field and popular self -picking fields, fresh pleasure is announced again. According to gabot are the raspberries from protected cultivation, for example from film tunnels and greenhouses, also available in food retail.

Regional shows that the extension increasingly shifted from the field to the protected cultivation. This trend has established itself for a good reason: new cultural processes offer the opportunity to provide raspberries from May to September in the required quality and quantity. Felix Koschnick from the Lower Saxony Chamber of Agriculture (LWK) explains that the harvest in the tunnels is already in full swing.

challenges and opportunities in cultivation

But if you think that raspberry cultivation is a child's play, you are wrong. Increasing challenges increase, especially due to changeable weather conditions and the annoying cherry vinegar fly, a pest that makes life difficult for farmers. Nevertheless, the protected cultivation is booming: In 2023, impressive 76 % of the harvested raspberries came from this form of cultivation, a clear increase compared to only 30 % in 2015, reports the Fruitnet .

In order to meet the growing demand and the requirements, the companies continuously expand the areas in protected cultivation. In the period from 2015 to 2024, the acreage grows annually by around 31 hectares, which corresponds to an increase of almost 9 %. In 2024, raspberries were cultivated on 454 hectares under glass, which corresponds to an increase of 4 % compared to the previous year.

regional peculiarities and CO2 balance

The centers of raspberry cultivation in Lower Saxony extend across the district of Vechta, especially in Langförden, and the Stader Geest south of the Old Land. Throughout the north German lowlands, around 62 companies cultivate a total of 70 hectares of raspberries. Particularly gratifying from an environmental point of view: German raspberries score with a better CO2 balance and lower water consumption compared to imports from Spain, Morocco and Portugal, according to the assessment of Gabot .

Consumers are willing to accept longer travel routes to harvest the freshest fruits directly. The popular hobby of self -picking has established itself in northern Germany. In 2022, 34 companies in Lower Saxony were able to harvest 99 tons of raspberries at 41 hectares. A year later, the numbers with 37 companies and 48 hectares already show an increase to 117 tons.

Even in the protected cultivation, the figures show a positive development in 2023: 16 companies managed an area of ​​63 hectares and received around 782 tons of raspberries. This is a great success for farmers and a sign that the good hand for raspberry cultivation in the region is not just a trend, but the future of sweet fruits.

Overall, the raspberry is not only a delicious pleasure, but also an important economic factor in northern Germany. So, enjoy the freshly picked berries!