All Production & Trade articles – Page 1389
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ArticleSnell snaps up Grower of the Year
Herefordshire soft-fruit grower AJ & CI Snell snapped up the 2008 Grower of the Year award at the Royal Lancaster hotel in London last night.
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Lettuce growers reduced to drastic measures
Lettuce producers in Murcia have taken drastic measures to try and increase prices paid for their crops.
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Potato plantings go in early
Soil conditions in many parts of the UK are drying out well to enable slightly earlier than usual plantings of potatoes.
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UAP calls for pesticide details
Landowners in the UK must respond urgently to industry calls to supply ‘pesticide use’ information or risk losing a number of products, which currently enable them to optimise the management and performance of game cover and environmental crops, warns United Agri Products Ltd (UAP).
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ArticleEMR and Meiosis part after 18 years
East Malling Research (EMR) and its licensing agent Meiosis Ltd are to end their 18-year relationship on the commercialisation of strawberry varieties, two years ahead of schedule.
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Teesport expansion gets seal of approval
The Department for Transport has announced the approval of an application by PD Teesport to expand container terminal facilities at Teesport.
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Climate change concerns grow Down Under
Australian horticulture organisation Growcom has echoed concerns about the potential impacts of climate change on Australia which were published in the interim report of the Garnaut Climate Change Review last week.
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Fresh Del Monte reports profit
Fresh Del Monte Products Inc has reported net profit compared to loss last year, due to higher revenues and increased selling prices.
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AAA hits UK scene
AAA Growers of Kenya has seen a double-digit growth in the past 12 months in the volume of its prepared vegetable lines going to the UK.
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ArticleNFU against fuel duty increase
The NFU has voiced its concerns over what the plans to increase the fuel duty on diesel and petrol by 2p a litre from April 1 would do to the farming industry, and urged chancellor Alistair Darling to scrap the proposal.
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ArticleUK market weathers Chilean Hass dip
Unseasonable frost and snow in Chile failed to impact on the Chilean Hass avocado business in the UK during the 2007-08 season, according to the Chilean Hass Avocado Association.
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FSA DVD OK for food businesses
Caterers and food retailers have been given extra help in achieving the right standards in food hygiene, through a new DVD produced by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
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ArticleTenderstem increases in popularity
Flamingo will trial Tenderstem broccoli in the UK again this year in an attempt to supply increasing demand for the product.
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SCI-ence covered for hort group
The new Society of Chemical (SCI) Industry Horticulture Group should cover every aspect of horticulture and cater for the needs of everyone working or studying in the sector, the group agreed at its inaugural meeting last week.
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ArticleNew salad mix from Brakes
With the foodservice industry in mind, Brakes has launched its new British-grown winter salad mix.
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ArticleTen Fairtrade facts to celebrate fortnight
Next week sees the start of the 8th annual Fairtrade Fortnight. To start 14 days of raising consumer awareness in the UK; new Fairtrade nut brand Liberation has put together a list of 10 things you maybe didn't know about Fairtrade.
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ArticleLEAF ahead of the game
Linking the Environment and Farming (LEAF) told FPJ it is already doing everything the Sustainable Development Commission (SDC) called on Defra to do in a report last week.
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Irish growers get minister's support
Irish horticulture minister Trevor Sargent has spoken out in support of the campaign by the republic’s growers for improved prices from the multiples.
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Beeson steps into retirement
Tony Beeson has this week announced his retirement as a director of British and Brazilian Produce Co Ltd.
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ArticleNew online monitoring forum unveiled
A new online food-monitoring forum launched two weeks ago is set to overhaul the way European produce firms keep track of residues on their imported products.