All Production & Trade articles – Page 1390
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ArticleKanzi for breakfast
English apples and pears for breakfast at school before lessons gets underway has proven a hit at Green Acre High School in Walderslade, Kent, following a joint initiative by grower Adrian Scripps Ltd and category manager Richard Hochfeld Ltd.
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ArticleIsraeli herb growers stand strong
Israeli herb growers have renewed the majority of the product struck by recent sub-zero temperatures, and supply is expected to be back on track within three weeks.
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ArticleACP calls for fair banana treatment
ACP banana representatives have expressed grave concerns that the EU may be back-tracking on previous assurances, threatening the livelihhod of banana producers and exporters in ACP countries.
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ArticleSouthern hemisphere apple figures released
The World Apple & Pear Association has released its forecasts for the southern hemisphere top-fruit campaign this year indicating a decrease in the apple harvest and an increase in the pear crop.
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Costa Rica's UK sendings climb
Costa Rica’s banana exports to the UK have grown by seven per cent year on year.
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ArticleRooker defends public procurement policy
Food and farming minister Lord Rooker was yesterday forced to admit that his attempts to force a domestically-oriented public procurement policy across the halls of Westminster have failed to date.
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ArticleSupermarket attitudes will shape farmers' futures
There are some very good signs for the British horticulture sector at the moment, said Peter Kendall at this year’s NFU conference, but the future make-up of the domestic agriculture industry will very much depend on the attitudes of the major customers.
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ArticleTime to take on the Trolleygarchs
Liberal Democrat Party leader Nick Clegg used the NFU conference stage to call for more support for supermarket suppliers, saying “it’s time to take on the Trolleygarchs”.
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ArticleNeville-Rolfe stuns farmers with Tesco perspective
Tesco’s Lucy Neville-Rolfe did her best to alienate every sector of the NFU membership in turn during her presentation at the union’s annual conference, but saved some of her more palatable words for fresh produce.
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ArticleHigh hopes for Spanish grape season
Prospects for the Spanish grape season this year are shaping up well.
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ArticleSpanish call for import ban
Citrus growers in Spain’s major production area of Valencia are calling on their government to ban imports of South African citrus following the publication of plant health results from 2007 showing the presence of pest and disease.
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ArticleKendall takes pragmatic political view
National Farmers Union Peter Kendall has his hands tied to a certain extent when it comes to partisan political statements, but took a very pragmatic view in a press conference at the NFU’s annual conference yesterday.
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ArticleBenn outlines challenges and potential
Defra secretary of state Hilary Benn addressed 1,000 members and delegates at the NFU's centenary conference in London's Hilton Metropole yesterday, and faced some tough questions form the floor afterwards.
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ArticleCameron woos UK producers
Conservative Party leader David Cameron told the NFU's centenary conference that food security would be a priority for the Tories should they get into power. He also laid into the current government, labeling it “incompetent, arrogant and over-bearing”.
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Leahy pulls out after ski-ing accident
Sir Terry Leahy, chief executive of Tesco, was forced to pull out of giving a speech at the NFU conference after suffering a ski-ing accident last Friday.
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Union protests against M&S at NFU conference
Unite, the UK’s biggest union, is promising to stage a demonstration outside this year’s NFU conference, when Sir Stuart Rose, M&S chief executive addresses delegates tomorrow.
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ArticleLam has spring in his step
Oriental vegetable specialist Cherry Farms is seeing its supermarket business account for 60 per cent of company turnover for the first time ever, with the remaining 40 per cent consisting of Chinese customers.
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Westfalia reports mango decrease
South African avocado and mango specialist Westfalia says its shipments of fresh mangoes have generally decreased in volume - but dried mangoes have developed into a globally strong market.
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ArticleFarmers and government share moral responsibility
NFU president Peter Kendall told farmers and the government today that they share the moral responsibility to make the most of the potential of British farming, in a world increasingly threatened by food shortages and climate change.
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ArticleNFG's red-fleshed revolution
A Swiss-bred, red-fleshed apple will be available on the UK market in two years.