All articles by Kathy Hammond – Page 12

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    Biobest launches Flying Doctors

    2013-04-16T10:16:00Z

    Biological control specialist Biobest has launched a new system for delivering biological plant protection, replacing spraying.

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    Groceries code adjudicator named

    2013-04-16T10:16:00Z

    Christine Tacon, former MD of Co-operative Farms has been named as the long-awaited independent groceries code adjudicator.

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    Striking workers could stall pear havest

    2013-04-16T10:15:55Z

    Rural workers in Argentina are on strike just as the pear harvest gets under way.

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    Rabobank: "industry must look east for growth"

    2013-04-16T10:15:55Z

    A new report from Rabobank suggests that the fresh produce sector should look to the new EU member states for growth when CAP reforms come into effect in January next year.

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    Helicopter crash causes market evacuation

    2013-04-16T10:15:55Z

    New Covent Garden Flower Market was evacuated and one person was taken to hospital with minor injuries after a helicopter crash on Wednesday morning.

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    Aid package disappoints Canadian growers

    2013-04-16T10:15:55Z

    Apple growers in the Canadian province of Ontario are dismayed that their federal and provincial governments have rejected their application for disaster relief funding.

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    Public hearings to settle unrest in South Africa

    2013-04-16T10:15:55Z

    The South African Department of Labour has announced public hearings across the Western Cape this week in a review of farm workers’ minimum wages as unrest surged again in the troubled region.

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    Pepper man honoured with MBE

    2013-04-16T10:15:54Z

    Gary Taylor, managing director of Valley Grown Nurseries has been selected as part of the new year's honours list with an MBE for services to the UK pepper industry.

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    Unite lobbies peers to keep AWB

    2013-04-16T10:15:54Z

    The fight to save the Agricultural Wages Board has stepped up gear as the Unite union announces it is lobbying peers ahead of tomorrow's debate.

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    NFU offers negotiation summit

    2013-04-16T10:15:53Z

    The National Farmers Union is holding the first summit of its kind to help UK horticulture and potato growers improve their negotiation powers, particularly in dealing with contracts with processors.

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    Researchers find orange-juice clue to HLB

    2013-04-16T10:15:53Z

    Amino acids in orange juice may hold the key to winning the battle against citrus greening (Huanglongbing) disease.

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    Nunhems celebrates Amaregal anniversary

    2013-04-16T10:15:53Z

    Seed-breeder Nunhems is celebrating the fifth anniversary of its Galia melon variety Amaregal.

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    FPC slams waste claims

    2013-04-16T10:15:52Z

    The Fresh Produce Consortium has hit back at claims regarding waste in the supply chain.

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    Violence surges in Western Cape

    2013-04-16T10:15:52Z

    Johan van Niekerk, chairman of the South African Table Grape Industry has called for urgent intervention by all stakeholders to bring an end to violence in the Western Cape area.

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    Ex-policeman takes charge at GLA

    2013-04-16T10:15:46Z

    The Gangmasters Licensing Authority has announced the appointment of Paul Broadbent as its new chief executive.

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    Growth in store for foodservice, says Horizons

    2013-04-16T10:15:45Z

    Foodservice consultancy Horizons predicts that ethical issues regarding sustainability, food provenance and ethical trading, which have become less important over the past few years, will once again come to the fore during 2013.

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    Book project comes to fruition

    2013-04-16T10:15:45Z

    South African growers have delivered the first packages of English language reading and textbooks to farming schools in the Western Cape of the country.

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    Change4LIfe in TV ad takeover

    2013-04-16T10:15:44Z

    Public-health minister Anna Soubry launched a new phase in the Change4Life campaign today with a prime-time TV advertising “takeover” in England set to boost fruit and vegetable uptake through Aldi, Asda and The Co-operative.

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    Court judgment reserved for garlic case

    2013-04-16T10:15:37Z

    The Court of Criminal Appeal in Dublin has reserved judgment to a later date in an appeal by Paul Begley who was jailed for six years earlier this year for avoiding payment of €1.6million in garlic import duty.

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    Murcia issues broccoli warning

    2013-04-16T10:15:36Z

    Producer-exporters in the south-eastern Spanish region of Murcia are warning that bad weather conditions could sink broccoli production and leave the market short as output plummets to barely half of usual volumes for the time of year.