All Production & Trade articles – Page 1421
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ArticleHarvest Salads scoops innovation prize
Hull-based firm Home Harvest Salads has won The Business Innovation of the Year Award at the 2007 National Business Awards North East of England regional programme.
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ArticleGreen film shows polytunnel promise
Growers living in sensitive areas where residents complain about polytunnels could be set for a boost after new trials into the feasibility of green film suggested they may be commercially viable.
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HDC reveals four berry prospects
The HDC has revealed the results of its summer fruit raspberry variety trial.
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ArticleGwyther slams AWB
HTA director general David Gwyther has launched a furious attack on the Agriculture Wages Board after the AWB ratified much-criticised proposals for a new wages order.
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Bananas washed out
Floods in Costa Rica and high winds in the Dominican Republic are causing problems for banana growers.
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ArticleChile set to address sector crisis
The Chilean Fresh Fruit Association is calling for 1,000 delegates to come to an emergency industry meeting on August 8 to urge the national government to take action in the face of the Chilean fruit sector’s “dramatic loss of competitiveness”.
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Panama call for diversification
Panamanian labour minister Reynaldo Rivera has surprised the banana sector in his central American country by saying the trade is “especially delicate” and that producers should look to other crops.
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ArticleVegetable alarms ringing
The wettest June on record and a below-par July so far mean that most crops are suffering at a time when demand for them is unseasonably high.
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ArticleLineker goes local for Walkers
Gary Lineker is going local. The Walkers mascot will front a new series of campaigns for the company in September, as the firm attempts to cash in on local sourcing initiatives.
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ArticleEnergy crisis hits citrus
The energy crisis in Argentina is affecting the citrus sector and will have an impact on lemon exports, sector leaders warn.
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ArticleIrish retailers milk margins
A head of cauliflower in Ireland more than quadruples in price between the time it leaves the grower’s farm and arrives on the supermarket shelf, according to a new survey.
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ArticleEnglish growers set to be stretched
English top-fruit growers are unlikely to be able to meet the demand of their multiple customers this season, despite encouraging early crop forecasts.
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Destructive moth found in California - again
The destructive Light Brown Apple Moth has been found again in California, although it has not yet been traced in Central Valley.
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ArticleWTO launches banana investigation
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) today launched a panel to investigate whether the European Union (EU) has upheld a prior verdict against its banana import rules.
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CLA: widen the local debate
The Country Land and Business Association has called for an extension of the debate on local sourcing.
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ArticleJohn Dennis in liquidation
Barnsley-based John Dennis Fresh Produce went into liquidation on Monday.
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Moverley wants to RASE awareness
The overall picture for UK farming appears gloomy, but awareness is now building that the sector cannot be allowed to die, according to John Moverley, chief executive of the Royal Agricultural Society of England
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Fepex to harmonise Spanish protocols
Spanish producer and exporter federation Fepex is to develop new, harmonised GAP protocols for the country’s fresh produce sector.
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ArticleUK spring onions make splash at Asda
Lincolnshire Field Products (LFP) launched its new, certified organic spring onions into Asda stores for the very first time last week.
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Farmers well placed to fight climate change
Farmers have plenty of options at their fingertips to help adapt to climate change, NFU President Peter Kendall has said.