All articles by Kathy Hammond – Page 145
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ArticleStrawberries snap unhappy
The warm July and the cold snap in May are taking their toll on availability of UK summer fruits with strawberries and plums most affected.
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ArticleCalifornia creates grape quandary
The California table grape crop is forecast by the US National Agriculture Statistics Service to fall by some nine per cent on last season, presenting growers in other countries with increased opportunity.
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ArticleApple job balanced
The apple market in the UK is well-balanced as the northern hemisphere season begins, but there are still words of warning that exporters should not get complacent.
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Chilean varieties all set
New varieties of Chilean-bred peaches and nectarines are set to be planted next year in commercial trial volumes.
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ArticleUK plum season takes off
The Summerfruit Company started marketing UK plums this week as growers began picking at their Kent orchards.
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ArticleKiwis back levy and embark on R&D
NZ apple industry body Pipfruit NZ is conducting research to find what it is that sets the taste of New Zealand apples apart as growers back continued levy payment.
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ArticleSundowner's Juicy project
Sundowner apple campaign manager Coregeo is targeting students and children in an innovative promotion this summer.
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Defra agrees plant-health funding
IT funding has now been agreed for an electronic plant-health pre-notification system as part of the plant import regime, Defra announces.
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Rival ripeness sticker ready for launch
A US academic has developed a sticker that tells consumers when fresh produce is ready to eat.
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Low prices fail to boost demand
The 2005-06 season has closed leaving growers in the Spanish production region of Almeria licking their wounds as production rose and prices fell.
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ArticleUK gets US inspiration
A surge in new soft-fruit varieties from the US is forming the backbone of production in an extended UK season.
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Modified atmosphere breakthrough
Applied maths researchers at the Spanish UPCT university in Cartagena have developed a mathematical model which could provide fresh produce with a longer shelf life.
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ArticleSpain forecasts more lemons
Lemon volumes from Spain in the up-coming season are forecast to rise, despite increasing supplies year on year from other Mediterranean sources.
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ArticleZespri growers back year-round supply
NZ kiwifruit exporter Zespri revealed at its agm last week that its growers are strongly behind its year-round supply programme which involves growing fruit outside New Zealand.
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Muñoz focuses on consumption
Antonio Muñoz, incoming president of Spanish citrus-sector trade association Intercitrus, has said he will place more emphasis on increasing consumption than on limiting production to lift the fortunes of his industry.
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ArticleKenyan call for private links
The USAID-funded Kenyan Horticultural Development Project (KHDP) is calling for robust links with the private sector to ensure the future of exports from Kenya.
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ArticleRaspberry offer outstrips demand
UK raspberries are in the midst of a tricky time as offer outweighs apparent consumer demand.
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ArticleEU offers banana olive branch
The European Union has offered a new proposal to four Latin American countries to try and avoid legal action by them against its banana import regime before the WTO.
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ArticleBees running short
HortResearch New Zealand scientists are warning that there is likely be a major shortage of bees for pollination of export crops in the next 10 years.
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ArticleKG predicts Elsanta demise
KG Fruits md Nick Marston told visitors and exhibitors to this week’s Fruit Focus 2006 show that the economic performance of Elsanta strawberries is “beginning to look dated”.