All Production & Trade articles – Page 1412
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ArticleAustralian avo exporters eye up UK
Exporters down under are pushing to open the market for Australian avocados for the 2008-09 season.
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ArticleFresca unveils revolutionary glasshouse project
A joint venture agreement between Fresca Group and three Dutch salad crop growers heralds the opening of the UK’s biggest ever glasshouse development.
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ArticleProduce World-Marshalls merger on cards
Produce World and Marshalls have confirmed they are in merger talks, with any potential deal subject to a successful conclusion to negotiations and contracts.
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Extremaduran plum crop woes
This summer’s Spanish plum deal was marred by poor weather early in the campaign, which caused a delay of approximately two weeks.
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ArticleNFU blasts pesticide proposals
The NFU has once again condemned EU plans to impose new crop protection controls, calling them ‘disproportionate, impractical and highly bureaucratic’.
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ArticleSpain's raspberry growers cautious
Raspberry growers in the Spanish region of Huelva have begun plantings that should bear fruit at the end of October or beginning of November.
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ArticleThaiGAP seals the deal in Bangkok
The move to benchmark Thai production standards with GlobalGAP standards, with the creation of ThaiGAP, was formalised in Bangkok last week.
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Chiquita in positive mood after interim results
Chiquita has reported meaningful year-over-year banana price increases in July and August, and believes it will feel “minimal” impact from Hurricane Felix’s damage to banana plantations in Central America.
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Raw deal for Chilean stonefruit industry
Chilean plum exporters sent more fruit to Europe this year, but have suffered from diminishing returns and will not look back on 2007 with fondness.
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ArticleLemon supplies drop
Global demand for lemons and short crops in major production areas are pushing prices up sky high.
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Rijk Zwaan sells shares in Grow Group
Seed specialist Rijk Zwaan is to sell off its shares in the Grow Group, with the firm’s management citing ‘changed circumstances’ for the decision.
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ArticleCalifornia stonefruit swinging
Imports of California peaches, plums and nectarines are in full swing for the second half of their shoulder in the UK, to bridge the gap between the tail-end of European fruit and the start of southern-hemisphere supplies.
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ArticleValencia citrus shortfall
Citrus production in the main Spanish growing area of Valencia is forecast to fall by 25 per cent on last season, with the satsuma crop likely to be a massive 47 per cent down.
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ArticleGAP winning hearts and minds
An impromptu round of applause marked the unveiling of the name change from EurepGAP to GlobalGAP last week, with members overwhelmingly welcoming the decision as the start of a new phase for international farm assurance.
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Asda adopts high-risk price plan
Asda is planning drastic measures to cope with soaring food costs, which some predict will see prices rise as much as 30 per cent by Christmas.
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CMi Africa gets on board with HACCP
HACCP will be the main focus for CMi Africa at this year’s Allfresh conference, to be held next week in Cape Town.
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ArticleWaitrose results push partnership
John Lewis Partnership Plc’s first-half profit increase of 65 per cent has been partly attributed to customers shopping more at the company’s Waitrose supermarkets.
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Retailers face critical meeting
NFU Scotland has described its meeting with supermarket bosses and the rest of the food supply chain today as critical for consumers and the food and farming industries.
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NFU warning on the use of RUCIP rules
Potato growers purchasing seed from Europe should be fully aware of the onerous clauses and complex procedures which often favour the buyer over the seller within the RUCIP conditions of sale, the NFU says.
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ArticleSize problems reduce for English apple crop
The English dessert apple crop is unlikely to be beset by size problems this season, as colder weather in the last couple of months slowed down growth.