All Production & Trade articles – Page 1119
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ArticleCoconut prices sprial
Fresh coconut prices have spiralled to their highest levels in at least 30 years due to strong prices for coconut oil and dessicated coconut on global commodity markets.
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ArticleUSDA increases orange forecast
Department revises its new-season estimate following 4m-carton upturn in output of early and mid-season varieties
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ArticleEcuador tightens banana regulations
Ecuadorean Ministry of Agriculture brings into force new measure to establish fixed price per box of exported fruit
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ArticleDole to expand in South America
Group to open vegetable processing plant in Argentina as part of its globalisation plans for South America
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Peru achieves grape export record
The country’s table grape sendings reach a record high of 90,000 tonnes during the 2010/11 season
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ArticleChile readies for pomegranate season
Harvesting will shortly begin in the South American country with high-quality fruit available through the month of June
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ArticleCauliflower growers face crisis
Cauliflower could be in danger of becoming a niche product in the UK as growers are threatening to switch out of the crop.
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ArticleEnglish asparagus in at Waitrose
Waitrose offered its first English asparagus of the season last week at John Lewis food halls on Oxford Street and Bluewater.
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ArticleRenar and Pomifrai complete merger
Renar ranks among top three Brazilian apple producers with savings of US$8.5m (€6.1m) after integrating Pomifrai into its business
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ArticleMorrisons acquires US fresh stake
Morrisons has acquired a stake in a US grocery business in a deal which will see ceo Dalton Philips join the company's board.
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ArticleUSDA stresses importance of US-Korea FTA
The US agricultural secretary Tom Vilsack has said the country must act quickly to ratify a Free Trade Agreement with South Korea to prevent losing market share in that country
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ArticlePakistan fails to hit kinnow export target
A short crop and poor infrastructure has been blamed for Pakistan’s failure to reach its kinnow export target of 260,000 tonnes this season
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ArticleEuropean Parliament slams trade deals
Resolution criticises trade agreement with Morocco and talks with Mercosur, calling for possible impact to be studied
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ArticleStandard Chartered invests in Afrifresh
Banking group takes 30 per cent share in South African grower-exporter, a leading supplier of citrus and table grapes
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ArticleMetro outlines direct sourcing plans
German group's Cash & Cary division understood to be approaching producers in order to establish direct supply lines
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ArticleEducation required on price fluctuations
Freshfel Europe says that knowledge and experience are crucial in helping consumers understand the factors contributing to changes in fresh fruit and vegetable prices
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ArticleSouth Africa gets tough on Thai fruit ban
Representatives of South Africa’s fresh produce sector are rallying against Thailand’s ban on some categories from that country
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ArticleThai threat to Australian grape exports
A new protocol is likely to cut airfreight shipments of Australian table grapes to Thailand by the end of the month
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ArticlePakistan to exceed mango export target
Pakistan is on track to export over 165,000 tonnes of mangoes during the 2011 season, above the official 140,000-tonne target
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ArticleNZ kiwifruit industry ends vine purge plan
Programme to prevent potential spread of Psa by cutting out 200ha of vines is abandoned in favour of a focus on gold kiwifruit