Grape news archive – Page 122

  • Grapes
    Article

    SA Table Grapes completes Deciduous Fruit Producers' Trust withdrawal

    2008-05-20T11:48:42Z

    The South African grape industry has moved to secure future growth by withdrawing from the DFPT

  • Capespan lands importer trophy
    Article

    Capespan lands importer trophy

    2008-05-09T13:01:01Z

    Leading supplier of fresh produce Capespan scooped the Importer of the Year award at the Re:fresh awards at the London Marriott, on Thursday.

  • Garden of Europe
    Article

    Garden of Europe

    2008-05-09T10:13:36Z

    Spain truly is the market garden of Europe, providing not only its own fruit and vegetable needs, but also a substantial proportion of those of the rest of the continent and beyond. Kathy Hammond looks across a handful of the different sectors.

  • Cold hits Egyptian grape supplies
    Article

    Cold hits Egyptian grape supplies

    2008-05-04T09:01:01Z

    An unseasonably cold January will cause a serious dent in Egyptian grape availability.

  • Article

    Grape research in disease breakthrough

    2008-05-02T15:01:02Z

    Researchers at the renowned Agricultural Research Service of the US department of agriculture are close to finding a solution to powdery mildew.

  • Article

    Chileans lament poor returns

    2008-05-02T12:01:02Z

    The cost of production is rising and returns are falling for grape growers in the Chilean central valley, as they work out just how much it costs them to produce each bunch.

  • Article

    Indian grapes set to come up short

    2008-05-02T10:01:01Z

    The Indian grape campaign just starting is likely to come up short, as the full extent of rainfall in Andhra Pradesh at the end of March makes itself known.

  • Delivering the goods
    Article

    Delivering the goods

    2008-05-02T09:44:37Z

    Since scooping the Foods from Spain Multiple Retailer of the Year award at both Re:fresh 2006 and 2007, Waitrose has continued to secure its position in the hearts and minds of UK consumers as a supermarket renowned for both high quality and innovation. Laura Gould caught up with the produce buying team at the firm’s Bracknell headquarters.

  • Is grape bubble bursting after years of growth?
    Article

    Is grape bubble bursting after years of growth?

    2008-05-02T09:41:06Z

    Following encouraging rates of growth year on year for a decade, the development of the grape market in the UK has been showing the first signs of a slowdown this quarter, as yet another three-month period is dogged by difficulties in supply. Kathy Hammond reports.

  • Article

    Mexican grape all set to go

    2008-05-01T11:01:01Z

    The Mexican grape season is expected to kick off this weekend with Perlette the first variety to be harvested, according to the Sonora grape growers association Asociación Agricola Local Productores de Uva de Mesa.

  • Yacovson will take the reins
    Article

    Agrexco UK management changes hands

    2008-05-01T09:01:02Z

    Agrexco UK will be headed by new general manager from this week.

  • Egypt hotting up
    Article

    Egypt hotting up

    2008-04-25T14:29:43Z

    Mother Nature has been in a contrary mood over the last few months; just ask the Egyptian fruit sector. Producers there have handled extreme weather conditions, resulting in supply volatility, and marketers are forecasting a premature end to the citrus season. Doris Lee Butterworth talks to leading producers and importers to discuss the state of play.

  • Article

    Deep fried kiddies anyone?

    2008-04-25T14:29:28Z

    Hardly a day goes by without new concerns about our children’s diets. Despite it being newsworthy, the attitudes of our

  • Article

    Italians link up to grow exports

    2008-04-24T10:01:01Z

    A number of Italian exporters have come together to target emerging markets under a new Macfrut International banner.

  • South African grapes wind down
    Article

    South African grapes wind down

    2008-04-15T09:01:01Z

    The South African grape season is winding down with sendings so far down seven per cent on levels to the same point in 2007, according to figures released by South African Table Grape Industry.

  • David Marguleas has a new role
    Article

    Sun World unveils new business units

    2008-04-10T17:01:02Z

    Sun World International has established three distinct new business units and “realigned” key executives, president and ceo Allen J. Vangelos has announced.

  • California Table Grape Commission: "constitutional"
    Article

    Grape commission ruled constitutional

    2008-04-07T15:01:01Z

    A Californian judge has ruled that the law establishing the California Table Grape Commission and authorising its programmes is constitutional.

  • Article

    NZ firm poised to release residue-free spray

    2008-04-07T13:01:01Z

    A residue-free spray has been developed by Hawkes Bay-based Post-Harvest Solutions to safeguard crops against bad weather and protect from rot and disease.

  • Blue times in Chile
    Article

    Chilean complications deepen

    2008-04-05T08:01:01Z

    UK importers are keeping a watchful eye on protests in Chile by grower and exporter groups, as the South American country experiences one of its most complicated seasons in decades.

  • Apples could help prevent colon cancer
    Article

    Apples could help prevent colon cancer

    2008-04-01T11:01:01Z

    Apple pectin and polyphenol-rich apple juice can help ward off colon cancer, by encouraging the production of suspected chemopreventative metabolite butyrate, say researchers.