All Production & Trade articles – Page 1273
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ArticleAfghan pomegranate focus increases
Moves within Afghanistan to replace opium poppies with pomegranates and saffron are gaining speed
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ArticleFreshtrop opens juice plant
Indian fruit group Freshtrop has commissioned a major fruit juice plant in Nashik
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LC Packaging acquires Image
Netherlands-based packaging company LC Packaging has acquired Image Packaging Ltd, forming new company Image Flexibles (UK) Ltd in the process.
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ArticleMitchells celebrate centenary
The Mitchell brothers, Ian and Robert, celebrated the centenary of Foxbury Farm, their family’s home and workplace since 1909, with a party at the farm last weekend.
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ArticleFirst South African citrus leaves for US
The year's first shipment of summer citrus has left Cape Town at the start of a season that will run through to October
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ArticleCitrus growers urged to fight greening
Growers in the US and Brazil have been exhorted to come together to fight a common enemy: citrus greening
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ArticleDutch exports fall by a quarter
Statistics for the first three months of the year show a significant fall in the volume of Dutch fresh produce shipments
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ArticleCo-op Farms plays host to minister
The Co-operative Farms recently welcomed farming and environment minister Jane Kennedy to its operation at Tillington, near Hereford.
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Western Australia costs apple scab options
Western Australia is considering the cost of apple scab management after an outbreak earlier this year
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ArticleAustralian kiwifruit exports decline
Australia’s kiwifruit export volume has fallen, but traders are not worried by the decline
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ArticleAsda Q1 sales rise
Asda beat its targets to post an 8.4 per cent rise in like-for-like sales for the first quarter.
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ArticleFirst NZ fruit hits Port of Wilmington
The first New Zealand-produced apples and kiwifruit of the season have arrived at the US port this week
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Musgrave sales rise five per cent
Musgrave Group has reported sales of €4.8 billion (£4.3bn) for the year ending December 2008, while pre-tax profits fell by 20 per cent.
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ArticleFyffes reviews chief exec position
Fyffes has cited a changing corporate environment in its decision not to appoint a chief executive to replace Jimmy Tolan, but told shareholders it was reviewing this move.
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ArticleChinese food exports recover
Chinese food exports rose in March after a five month decline on the back of food safety and economic worries
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ArticleCalifornia almond crop falls
Cool weather has dropped initial forecasts of the Californian almond harvest this year
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ArticleIndian lychee production down
Hot and dry weather has knocked back Indian lychee production forecasts by 20 per cent
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Zespri counters hail fears
Zespri has moved to counter fears that up to half of its kiwifruit crop in New Zealand has been damaged by hail.
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ArticleHail concerns are quashed by Zespri
The New Zealand group said that recent hailstorms caused "no known damage" to kiwifruit crops
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ArticleSainsbury's posts profit hike
Sainsbury’s recorded better-than-expected annual profits, with an 11.3 per cent rise in profits to £543 million.