All Production & Trade articles – Page 1440

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    Ethiopia set for export boom

    2007-11-10T13:01:01Z

    The Ethiopian Horticulture & Flower Growers and Exporters Association hopes to generate $1.4 bn annually within five years by expanding fruit and vegetable exports in addition to its fast growing exports of cut flowers.

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    Rhubarb legend scoops regional award

    2007-11-10T10:01:02Z

    This year’s Deliciouslyorkshire awards, celebrating the region’s finest food and drink, attracted a record 100 plus number of entries, whittled down to just 11 eventual winners.

  • Citrus exports CLAM up
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    Citrus exports CLAM up

    2007-11-10T08:01:01Z

    Citrus production in the Mediterranean Basin countries is forecast to fall 10.5 per cent on last season, to 17.8 million tonnes.

  • The gutted Warwickshire packhouse
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    Wealmoor thanks trade for support

    2007-11-09T12:01:02Z

    The fresh produce industry has rallied around Wealmoor this week, after four firemen were killed fighting a blaze at the firm’s Atherstone packhouse.

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    Outlook improves for banana giant

    2007-11-09T09:56:51Z

    Chiquita’s net sales increased three per cent to $1.1 billion (£522 million) during the third quarter of 2007, the firm has revealed.

  • Asda gets impish with Pixie
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    Asda gets impish with Pixie

    2007-11-09T08:01:01Z

    Last week saw the launch of British Pixie potatoes into Asda through the retailer’s Extra Special range.

  • Brassica virus breakthrough
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    Brassica virus breakthrough

    2007-11-08T09:01:02Z

    Scientists have identified a new way to breed brassicas, resistant to the damaging turnip mosaic virus.

  • Left to right, Dani Shaw, with the minister, Professor Wynne Jones, principal at Harper Adams, Doug Henderson, MDS chairman, and Charles Cowap, life-long learning manager at Harper Adams
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    Minister marvels at MDS

    2007-11-07T11:01:01Z

    A government minister visited Harper Adams University College and was taken by the industry's collaboration in Management Development Services

  • Article

    "Sterile" Dole workers win court settlement

    2007-11-07T10:01:01Z

    A Louisiana jury has awarded $3.3 million (£1.58m) to six Dole Fresh Fruit Co. banana workers in Nicaragua who claimed they were left sterile by a pesticide used on their plantation.

  • UK growers to get climate change chance
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    UK growers to get climate change chance

    2007-11-06T08:01:01Z

    The effects of climate change are set to open up opportunities for UK growers, with the market for home-grown fruit and vegetables that are traditionally produced in hotter climates in for a boost, a new report has predicted.

  • Is it Adolfo Ochagavia, is it a bird, is it a plane? No, it's Avo Man, who has been in London encouraging consumers to eat more of his kind...
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    Avocado Brotherhood dines at Claridge's

    2007-11-05T13:01:01Z

    The Chilean Hass Avocado Association held its third annual Avocado Brotherhood Lunch at Claridge’s, London, recently

  • Malde speaks to the BBC
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    Wealmoor fire: packhouse had no sprinkler system

    2007-11-05T12:55:56Z

    Wealmoor has said that there was no sprinkler system installed at the firm’s vegetable packhouse and processing plant at which four firefighters are thought to have died in a fire on Friday night.

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    MSSL extends grape commitment

    2007-11-05T11:01:02Z

    Indian exporter Mahindra Shubhlabh (MSSL) has reportedly signed a contract with around 775 grape growers from Nashik and Sangli districts to source export-quality grapes.

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    Frost and hail hit Western Cape hard

    2007-11-05T09:01:01Z

    Severe cold weather and hailstorms during mid-October have caused considerable frost and hail damage on certain stonefruit, top fruit and grape farms in South Africa’s Western Cape hinterland and the Little Karoo.

  • Strawberry gap looms
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    Strawberry gap looms

    2007-11-05T08:01:01Z

    The next two weeks are likely to see a decline in strawberry availability and some strong pricing.

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    Ozone could replace sulphur pads

    2007-11-04T13:01:01Z

    Tests carried out by Spanish scientists suggest that ozone treatment is at least 90 per cent as effective sulphur dioxide (SO2) in the protection and preservation of table grapes during cold storage.

  • Public inquiry for strawberry grower
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    Public inquiry for strawberry grower

    2007-11-04T09:01:02Z

    A public inquiry into planning permission for polytunnels at a medium-sized farm in Herefordshire is set to open next week.

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    Gaza exports subject of discussion

    2007-11-03T11:01:01Z

    Israeli minister of agriculture Shalom Simhon met with his Palestinian equivalent Mahmoud Habash this week, to discuss the possibility of re-allowing fresh produce exports from the Gaza region.

  • Chile's chilly, but grapes are on track
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    Chile's chilly, but grapes are on track

    2007-11-03T08:01:02Z

    Freezing conditions, including some of the worst snowfall for decades, brought predictions of doom and gloom for Chilean growers at the beginning of the last quarter, but the period ends with confident predictions that the harvest could in fact surpass last season’s levels.

  • Phil Acock
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    Kentish apples grace M&S TV ad

    2007-11-02T13:01:01Z

    This is not just food… this is Kent grown Bramley apples