Onion and garlic news archive – Page 40
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ArticleEgypt’s grand designs
Egyptian producers have forged strong relationships with their UK partners in a relatively short space of time and many feel that they are only at the beginning of a mutually beneficial partnership.
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May the force be with you on the Christmas shelves
It is another sign of the imminence of December 25 in the supermarkets when easy peelers start to grow leaves, although in my
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ArticlePink onions in at Sainsbury's
Sainsbury's has boosted its onion lines with the addition of Rosé de Roscoff - the original ingredient in French onion soup.
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Irish company boosts onion production
A packer is predicting a tenfold increase in Irish onion production in the next few years.
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ArticleTesco support for Supasweet
Tesco is aiming to increase its volume of Supasweet onions fivefold for next season, according to buyer Roy Maynard.
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Room for growth in onion market
International trade in onions is enormous and the Netherlands is already one of the largest onion producers in the world.
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Garlic growers celebrate success
UK garlic producers The Really Garlicky Company were celebrating after finishing as runners-up in the recent BBC Radio 4 Food and Farming Awards 2005.
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Disease battle for onions and carrots
There seems little hope that sclerotinia, a soil borne fungus disease which costs carrot, lettuce and potato growers an estimated £6 million a year will be eradicated, according to Dr Mark McQuilken of the Scottish Agricultural College.
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Onion innovation from South Africa
When it comes to the southern hemisphere, innovation is the order of the day, the BOPA conference heard.
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Onion producers hopeful
Faced with selling an onion crop which is 15 per cent lighter than last season and consequently in better balance, UK growers are hopeful that prices will be far better than the rock bottom levels of 2004-2005.
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ArticleGrowing the taste for exotics
When is an exotic not an exotic? In the first of our series of profiles on the category Elspeth Waters asks the industry how the concept of exotics is changing as consumers become more accepting of foreign fare
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Bopa issues onion warning
The British Onion Producers Association is warning that rain at harvest could lead to quality and storage problems in the UK onion crop this winter.
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Mildew resistant onion developed
A seed-breeder is celebrating its success after creating a new onion hybrid resistant to downy mildew.
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Washington apples top value list
Food production in Washington reached an all time high last year, with apples once again topping the list, despite a drop in sales.
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Produce on the rise as health hits home
Health is the fastest growing motivator for food shopping and vegetable consumption is on the rise, according to latest figures.
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ArticleMore produce lines join ECR elite
Three produce lines join elite as record number of products score 100 per cent in the quarterly ECR UK On-Shelf Availability survey.
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ArticleNew vegetable promo push
Carrots look set to become the next vegetable to benefit from a tailor-made pr campaign.
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Tears ahead for onion sector
Onion growers and processors have a stark warning over dwindling plantings and grower numbers in the UK.
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Article110 years and counting
The FPJ has come a long way since its first issue was published on October 5 1895. Today’s relaunch coincides with our 110th birthday, so we thought it appropriate to give our modern-day readers an insight into the ways the Journal in its various guises has reflected the changes of this great industry through a century and more. Some things have altered surprisingly little.
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Emerging from the shadows
The wholesale world is not always spoken of in the best of light. But markets are places of many and diverse activities, which