All articles by Mike Knowles – Page 109
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ArticleBayer CropScience set to spend €7bn
Company's R&D, crop protection and seed processing programmes to benefit from huge investment during next few years
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ArticleItalian kiwifruit production set to fall
Trade sources indicate that this year's Italian kiwifruit crop could be as much as 20-30 per cent smaller than it was last season
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ArticleAnalyst talks up multinationals
Chiquita and Fresh Del Monte said to be in stronger commercial position following recent improvement in banana business
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ArticleStaay to merge with Hispa Fruit
Dutch group which acquired 70 per cent share in Hispa Fruit last year confirms plans to integrate the two businesses
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ArticleSolentes extended to ready-to-eat avos
Exotics & Specialities division of Hagé, part of Dutch group The Greenery, set to expand its branded avocado line
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ArticleHaluco Exports set to ship peppers
New Israeli company set up by Haluco and AdaFresh says it is preparing to begin exporting produce in late October
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ArticleDole sells Asian fresh division to Itochu
Japanese group now controls rights to Dole trademark on fresh produce sold in Asian markets as well as Australia and New Zealand
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ArticleTurkish fruit production set to rise
Country's topfruit and stonefruit crops likely to be more than 10 per cent larger this year, although table grape forecast is down
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ArticleSpreafico signs exclusive Agrexco deal
Importer secures exclusive deal to sell Carmel-branded fresh fruit and vegetables from Israel on the Italian market
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ArticleItochu to buy Dole's Asian fresh business
Japanese trading group reportedly ready to invest US$1.7bn to acquire Dole divisions, including global packaged goods arm
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ArticleT&G reports on "improved" first half
New Zealand company's pre-tax and operating profits fell, but its overall profit increased, during first six months of 2012
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ArticleSpreafico manager joins Simba as director
Fabio Mineo set to rub shoulders with Orsero family and other senior board members at helm of GF Group subsidiary
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ArticleArnold Reijers leaves Dutch group FresQ
Commercial director understood to have disagreed with vegetable producer organisation on group's future direction
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ArticleAntonio Rognoni joins Port of Livorno
Fresh produce logistics expert joins port as commercial director alongside new managing director Gerardo Larotonda
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ArticleKleppe poised to buy Salentein assets
Struggling Argentinean supplier set to offload production and packing operations to specialist apple and pear exporter
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ArticleEuropean canker bites into NZ apples
Report in the Nelson Mail suggests poor weather has prompted resurgence in fungal disease in local apple trees
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ArticleItalians meet with South Korean buyers
Delegation led by CSO on trade mission to key Asian market as Italy looks to build on new opening for exported kiwifruit
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ArticleFurther fall in Italian pear production
Crop likely to be around 30 per cent lower than last season following drought-related downturn in Williams output
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ArticleItaly unveils new national brand
Italy, The Beauty of Quality set to feature prominently in Mediterranean country's export trade promotion activities in future
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ArticleSun World harvests first AutumnCrisp
US company predicts bright future for trademarked, late-season variety in green, seedless table grape category