All articles by Kathy Hammond – Page 47
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ArticleQV and Taypack in five-year breeding deal
Two potato companies have signed a five-year deal with the James Hutton Institute's Mylnefield Research Service (MRS) subsidiary to continue a potato-breeding programme that originally started in 2005.
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ArticleRPA gives producer organisations a lifeline
Producer organisations (POs)n the UK threatened with de-recognition have been reassured by a new approach from the Rural Payments Agency (RPA).
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ArticleApricots season at an abrupt end
The European apricot season is winding down early as warm spring conditions take their toll on storage quality.
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ArticlePurple mangetout hits the shelves
Elsoms Seeds has brought the first commercially available purple mangetout to market.
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ArticleMorrisons celebrates British bounty
Morrisons celebrated British Bounty Day in its stores last week as the day when it had the most British produce in stores across the country.
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Angry Spanish hit back
Spanish farm minister Rosa Aguilar has reacted angrily to the proposals of her French counterpart Bruno Le Maire last week to placate angry growers in his country with a series of measures including increased control over Spanish fresh produce sendings.
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ArticleAPS Salads in Kentish expansion
Tomato grower APS Salads is building new glasshouses as it looks to more than double its existing acreage.
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ArticleCobnuts arrive early
The Kentish cobnut season is running 10-14 days early this year and growers are benefiting from consumers’ burgeoning interest in local supplies.
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AnalysisWhich? issues school-meals warning
New research from Which? has found that the price of school meals is rising in two thirds of schools across the country this coming term.
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Scott Group makes new appointment
Pallett and packaging supplier the Scott Group has appointed Robert Maclean as group board director.
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ArticleBerries beat apples and bananas to top spot
Soft-fruit sales values have pipped apples and bananas to the post as the leading fruits in terms of sales value for the first time.
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ArticleGrowers given Irene reprieve
Apple producers in the US and banana growers in the Dominican Republic have been relieved that the passage of Hurricane Irene last week did not cause as much damage as initially feared.
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ArticleFruition gets its hands on Velvetine
Top-fruit category manager and producer organisation Fruition has been sampling new pear variety Velvetine.
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ArticleTomato growers look for late-season surge
UK tomato growers need a warm spell to give their campaign a late-season boost, an industry spokesman has said.
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GFSI turns focus to Latin America
The Global Food Safety Initiative is hosting its first focus day for Latin America on 2 September in Sao Paolo, Brazil.
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ArticleZespri performance satisfies
New Zealand kiwifruit operator Zespri announced a “satisfactory” result for 2010-11 in the face of challenging economic circumstances at its AGM on Wednesday, with an increase of some four per cent in grower returns year on year.
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ArticleEnglish plums make it three in a row
The English plum season will hit its peak next week in what is a third bumper year in a row.
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ArticleFlorida set for early grapefruit start
The new crop of Florida grapefruit will come on stream early this year.
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ArticleFamosa melons gather momentum
The Brazilian melon season is about to start with one of the largest grower-export groups, Agricola Famosa, due to start harvesting from its 6,000 hectares in the north-eastern states of Ceara and Rio Grande do Norte.
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ArticleParagon unveils revamped routing software
Paragon Software Systems has upgraded its route optimisation software for logistics companies and supermarket fleet operators.