All articles by Jeremy Smith – Page 3
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Fruiterers pledge continued support for courses
After the success of the most recent course at Wye College, the Worshipful Company of Fruiterers has said that it will continue to provide support for future courses.
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Martex buys leading Puerto Rican mango business
Martex Farms has purchased Pango Mango, the largest exporter of mangoes out of Puerto Rico. Martex is a major supplier to Birmingham-based Minor, Weir & Willis.
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US organics logo set to carry disclaimer
Under pressure from the Nartional Food Processors' Association the USDA has announced that its new organic logo will not "disparage" other kinds of foods.
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Brazil seeks Chilean expertise
Brazilian horticultural entrepreneurs and agricultural officials have been visiting Chile to study the development of the fruit sector.
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French apple exports recovering
There are more French apples than this time last year, but without the boycott that affected UK sales in 1999-2000, sales are encouraging season
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Portuguese citrus given own label
Portuguese citrus has been awarded a regional certification mark, which can be put on fruit that conforms to a set of rigorous specifications.
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HRI to research cabbage aphid
Horticulture Research International has launched research into cabbage aphids, in the hope of eventually developing plants resistant to the bug.
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NFU close to million pound mark in red tractor promotion
THE National Farmers Union has spent almost £1 million promoting the little red tracto logo since it began to appear on food earlier this year.
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SA citrus producers to form organisation to co-ordinate export
After a disastrous 2000, with unco-ordinated marketing efforts leading to unnecessary competition and unplanned consignments, many of South Africa's leading citrus producers have decided to unite to avoid a repeat next year
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Farm Retail Association boosted by grant
The Countryside Agency has provided a welcome boost to the Farm Retail Association through a £100,000 match funded grant to wards training of members.
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Holus Bureau announces intention to diversify
Holus Bureau, which has built its reputation on an in depth understanding of onions, is set to broaden its scope into the sourcing and supplying of other vegetable lines.
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Chiquita farms certified by Better Banana Project
Chiquita becomes the first large banana company to achieve 100 per cent certification for its owned farms under the Rainforest Alliance's Better Banana Project.
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FTA welcomes fuel concessions
The Freight Transport Association has greeted the chancellor's pre-budget speech warmly, seeing it as a significant change of policy. Hauliers want more, but it is a beginning, they say.
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BPC gives growers clinical advice
The British Potato Council is to hold a series of clinics aimed at helping UK potato growers to understand and deal with the problems they face.
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Honey Crunch sweetens apple sector
French apple grower-exporter Pomanjou has launched a new branded apple variety onto the European market.
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Farmer suicide rates worst for over a decade
Provisional figures from the Rural Stress Information Network paint a desperate picture of the mood in UK agriculture.
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HRI opens Walnut Club
Nut-growers and Horticultural Research International have acted together to launch a growers' walnut club.
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National Fruit Show hopes its influence will be long lasting
Last week's National Fruit Show saw a range of exhibitors, seminars and competitions, and a general belief that the industry could be about to return to better days. After it had finished, the fruit was spread far and wide into the hands of those the industry most wanted to reach
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Gala growers optimistic for coming season
With the prospects of the largest ever crop of Gala apples ahead of them, growers gathered to exhort each other to maintain their "pole position".
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New campaign to promote Canaries tomatoes
With the first shipments of Canaries tomatoes due to arrive in Southampton in a couple of weeks, the islands are getting ready for their first campaign in the UK since 1991.