All articles by Kathy Hammond – Page 149
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Alberto brings rains
Hurricane Alberto has brought much needed rainfall to grapefruit plantations in central Florida.
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ArticlePromo push for legumes
In an unprecedented move, UK peas and beans will benefit from a major promotional spend this summer.
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ArticleNew tom is sweet as Candy
Italian grower and marketer Rago is launching a new tomato onto the UK market.
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ArticleCitrus supply tightens
The UK is in for a summer of tight supply on citrus lines as southern hemisphere sources experience drought and market jitters.
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Stonefruit prices plummet
The Spanish stonefruit campaign is in crisis as prices plummet and seasons overlap.
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Lincolnshire hosts climate change warning
Global warming could be far worse than anyone is prepared to admit, climate-change consultant Pete Taylor told a group of Breton and Lincolnshire growers and media at a meeting last week.
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ArticleKiwifruit harvest disrupted
The New Zealand kiwifruit season has suffered delays to picking due to rainfall.
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ArticleTunnels and temp workers targeted
Conservative Party agriculture spokesman Bill Wiggin MP has stunned the industry by calling for planning permission for soft-fruit polytunnels and worker accommodation.
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ArticleAgrexco set for privatisation
Israel's Minister of Agriculture Shalom Simhon is acting to privatise Agrexco and transfer the ownership of the company to growers.
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ArticleSouth African grape industry to consolidate
Consolidation in the South African table grape industry is afoot.
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EurepGAP heads for Prague
The 7th EurepGAP Global Conference, The Global EurepGAP Event for Revision and Implementation, will be held in Prague on 20-21 September 2006.
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ArticleIsrael storms ahead in citrus recovery
The Israeli citrus season 2005-06 has just closed with the sector enjoying its third consecutive year of recovery following severe crisis four years ago.
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ArticleSaline irrigation breakthrough
Israeli researchers have identified and mapped a gene which contributes to resistance to salinity.
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ArticleGrowers issue melon warning
Area under production of early melons in the Castille-La Mancha area of Spain is 10-15 per cent up this season on last, but sector bosses are warning already that late varieties could bunch up and upset the marketing campaign.
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ArticleChilean grape sendings rise
Chilean grape sendings into the UK this season to May 29 are up on last season by 26 per cent.
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ArticleMurcia faces apricot woe
Early apricot production in Murcia is going through a critical period this season with fresh consumption down and processors not taking up any fruit yet.
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ArticleWholesale reaction to Ken's strategy
London’s wholesale market authorities have been reacting this week to the capital’s food strategy unveiled last week by Mayor Ken Livingstone.
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ArticleWind chimes cherry warning
A high level of chill units this winter in the UK have been good for cherry development, but high winds have sounded warning bells.
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ArticleBritish berries score with Sophie
As model Sophie Anderton launched the strawberry season this week in eye-catching fashion, the UK soft-fruit industry has been spared the ravages of one of the wettest Mays on record by its use of polytunnels and has been using the fact to its media advantage.
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ArticleNispero campaign disappoints
The Callosa d’En Sarrià nispero campaign has come to an end with a total of just 10,000 tonnes of the Spanish fruit marketed under the denomination of origin certification.