All articles by Mike Knowles – Page 127
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ArticleItaly revises 2011 stonefruit forecast
Data published by Centro Servizi Ortofrutticoli suggests 10 per cent fall in early peach volume compared with 2010
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ArticleMr Fruitness flies into London
Campaign featuring healthy eating superhero continues to promote fruit and veg to children, with renewed focus on stonefruit
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ArticleAgrexco investors demand answers
Bondholders may demand immediate repayment of €32m of debt, according to a report in Israeli financial newspaper Globes
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ArticleDutch look to rebuild German veg sales
Netherlands vegetable export trade seeks to restore faith among German consumers following recent E coli crisis
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ArticleAnalyst expects lower banana earnings
European banana market prices "down 29 per cent" in wake of recent E coli outbreak and subsequent fall in consumer confidence
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ArticleCoop Italia maintains lead in Italy
Company achieved steady growth in 2010, but is now preparing for a tough battle against inflation and falling consumer spending
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ArticleDamco unveils mobile tracking app
Smartphone application to offer customers quick and constant access to information about logistics services and shipments
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ArticleBreakthrough in fight against Psa
Company claims major breakthrough with news that heat treatment could remove bacteria from kiwifruit pollen
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ArticleNZKGI welcomes government support
President Peter Ombler criticises Turners & Growers for allegedly "attacking" the New Zealand kiwifruit export industry
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ArticleFresh convenience sector set to grow
Significant potential for growth exists within fresh convenience categories, says Brian Kocher of Chiquita Europe
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ArticleZespri red kiwifruit on the way
Red-fleshed product in pipeline as marketer releases additional licences for planting of its new green and gold varieties
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ArticleSplit apple rocks kiwifruit boat
Having merged with Enza not long after deregulation of the New Zealand apple export business, Turners & Growers has been arguing more recently that it should be given a share of the country’s kiwifruit export trade, but with little apparent success
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ArticleCertis gains organic control patent
European Patent Office grants exclusivity rights to method of producing mites used to limit pests in vegetable cultivation
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ArticleUK demands E.coli compensation
FPC calls on Germany and the EC to provide "full and immediate compensation" to UK businesses affected by outbreak
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ArticleMetro fires four directors at Makro
MD Hannes Floto and three other directors shown door as company seeks swift turnaround at "underperforming" business
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ArticleDole SA producer shot dead in Egypt
South African group attacked during technical visit to grape production area some 80km north-east of Egyptian capital Cairo
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ArticleGermany confirms E.coli source
German officials confirm link to beansprout farm in Lower Saxony and announce it is once again safe to eat vegetables
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ArticleE.coli: Italian exports fall with demand
Reports from Italy suggest fresh vegetable exports from the country may have fallen by up to 80 per cent since last month
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ArticleE.coli: losses 'up to €400m per week'
Copa-Cogeca calls on EU to increase amount of emergency compensation available to producers hit by recent crisis
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ArticleE.coli: EC revises emergency deal
Commission confirms €210m on offer to compensate European growers affected by the recent E.coli contamination crisis