All Production & Trade articles – Page 1447
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ArticleNZ top-fruit crop up 11 per cent
Pipfruit New Zealand today announced its estimate for the 2007 export crop.
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Organic chief takes a pounding
The organic movement was given the platform at Tuesday night’s City Food Lecture, and was promptly put to the sword by a panel representing a wide cross-section of the British food industry.
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ArticleFreeze good for stonefruit
Extremely cold weather in western North America last week is benefiting deciduous fruit crops, while storms in the Atlantic have been disrupting shipments from Central America.
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Programme underway to rescue Cape trees
A tree rehabilitation plan is underway in the southern Cape to resuce some 360,000 damaged fruit trees.
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ArticleWarm temperatures stunt rhubarb
Unseasonably warm temperatures this year have caused significant problems with the production of UK forced rhubarb, according to one of the UK’s leading growers.
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Tesco sets SA standards
Tesco has been drawing up new standards governing worker conditions with its top-fruit suppliers in South Africa.
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Profitable Futures feature at the Royal
New revenue streams and business opportunities for innovative farmers and growers will be the focus of a feature at the Royal Show on July 1-4.
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ArticleChileans rocked by Mexican rejection
The Chilean fruit industry has reacted with surprise to the rejection last week of 15 containers of fruit by Mexican authorities.
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ArticlePotato plights vented at BPC event
The potato industry must look at how the burden of consumer and regulatory demands can be rewarded to offset the marginal return that growers get from storing their crop, it was put forward at the first-ever Potato Storage Conference 2007 last week.
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EU official to discuss CMO reform at Fruit Logistica
A representative of the European Commission will be at this year’s Fruit Logistica to discuss the Common Market Organisation’s (CMO) proposed reform for fruit and vegetables.
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Article$350,000 a kilo tomato seeds
One kilogramme of Hazera Genetics "Summer Sun" tomato hybrid seeds is sold to farmers in Europe for US$350,000, according to Hazera, Israel's largest producer and marketer of vegetable and field crops hybrid seeds.
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ArticleMacfrut to open its doors in April
Italian horticultural trade fair Macfrut will take place in “city of fruit” Cesena, Italy, April 26-28.
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Hargreaves' crowns on trial
Hargreaves Plants is running trials on asparagus crown size to determine the optimum size for maximum yield.
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Czech fruit production on the up
The Czech Republic’s fruit production rose by 16 percent to 190,955 tonnes last year, according to its national Fruit Growers Association.
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ArticleFourayes calls for Bramley pledge
English apple grower and processor Fourayes Farm is calling on food manufacturers to increase their commitment to buying British by sourcing Bramley for their apple products.
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ArticleTesco stamps out carbon footprints
Tesco has pledged to label every product with a “carbon calorie counter” in the latest bid for green retailing.
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Kiwis tackle labour crisis
The labour authorities in New Zealand have declared a seasonal labour shortage in Hawke’s Bay as the top-fruit harvest is about to start.
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ArticleNo Finnish to pepper problem?
As the agricultural office of the Spanish Embassy said this week that the situation involving use of illegal pesticides on capsicum was “under control”, authorities in Finland announced the discovery of the pesticide in consignments from Almeria.
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Aussie wholesalers stand up to growers
In a move that might interest UK wholesale market traders, Australian fruit and vegetable wholesalers have issued a raft of specifications to stop growers from sending in second grade produce and expecting a first grade price.
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High winds and high-sided vehicles
Following many reports of overturned lorries during today's gales and the associated disruption to motorways and trunk roads, the Freight Transport Association has asked its members to carefully consider decisions on scheduling and routeing of high sided vehicles.