All Production & Trade articles – Page 1333
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ArticleSpanish recover lemon position
Spanish lemon and grapefruit promotional body Ailimpo is forecasting a recovery of the Spanish lemon crop this season.
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ArticleCreating growth opportunities at FPT
Fresh in her appoinment as group business development manager at Capespan subsidiary FPT, Mmachidi Thobejane aims to create opportunities for the company’s growth.
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Marshalls launches new catalogue
‘Outdoor Wonder’ melon, Marshalls’ latest must-grow exclusive, which claims to make melon cultivation as easily as growing courgettes, is just one of the new additions in the seed company’s 2009 catalogue.
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ArticleValencia anticipates bountiful citrus crop
The south-eastern region of Spain is set to produce just under 4m tonnes of citrus during the 2008/09 season after two difficult years
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ArticleArgentina trade mission heads Stateside
The South American nation is lobbying the US to re-open its lemon market following a suspension since 2001
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Africans look to add value to bananas
A major pan-African conference is to be held in Kenya next month, to discuss ways to bring value back into banana and plantain production.
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ArticleBrassica sales primed for good growth
Sales of cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli and sprouts are underperforming and require more new marketing ideas
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ArticleSpain scales back US tomato presence
The North American market is expected to receive almost zero volumes of tomatoes from Spain this year
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Peruvian grape exports to top $100m
Peru’s table grape export industry expects to ship its first $100 million (£54m) crop in the 2008-09 season, as it continues on its exponential growth curve of the last decade.
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ArticleNZ kiwifruit set against deregulation
A potentially damaging stand-off between kiwifruit export marketing's single desk Zespri and international export giant Enza was brought back into the spotlight by a High Court ruling in Enza's favour.
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ArticleWAC still searching for president
The Washington Apple Commission (WAC) has made several key staff changes, but still not appointed a full-time president.
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ArticleChina’s kiwifruit production defies disaster
Shaanxi and Sichuan kiwifruit plantations miraculously escaped serious damage from the 5.12 earthquake and have produced larger crops this year
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Aus Bowen mangoes to debut in China
China will receive regular shipments of Australian Bowen mangoes for the first time from mid-October
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ArticleSeasonal gains for Spanish strawberries
Exports of the fruit rose by 10 per cent during the recently ended 2008 season, according to Fepex
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NZ nears free trade agreement with US
Horticulture New Zealand has joined the chorus of groups welcoming the news of movement towards the signing of a free trade agreement with the US.
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ArticleJP mulls new Central American base
Jamaica’s leading banana supplier is looking to invest in production in Central America following the devastation at the hands of Hurricane Gustav
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Florida citrus plantings hit new low
The USDA says disease, land development and hurricanes are to blame for the fall in acreage
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ArticleMindanao Mango production below target
In the Philippines, the region has fallen well below the government's four-year mango production target
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ArticleUS to join NZ in free trade pact
The US has announced it will embark on negotiating a free-trade pact with Singapore, Chile, Brunei and New Zealand
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New Salmonella rapid culture method on market
World-leading microbiology brand Oxoid has launched the AFNOR-validated Salmonella Precis rapid culture method.