All Production & Trade articles – Page 1474
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ArticleIn the BAG for gras
The British Asparagus Group (BAG) won the Best Collaboration category at the NFU awards.
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ArticleLiving Salads pick up another award
Hull-based Home Harvest Salads (HHS), which launched living salads in April 2005, has picked up the latest in a string of awards for its innovative new product range.
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ArticleLamb's Lettuce name to stay
A two-week freshinfo poll on behalf of Lamb’s Lettuce producers from the Loire Valley has earned the product's name a reprieve.
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ArticlePink volumes increase 15 per cent
Pink Lady volumes sold into the UK are 15 per cent up year-on-year in the first five months of 2006.
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ArticleColombian papaya, year-round
Ultraroma, the Colombian grower and exporter that has built up a successful herb business in Europe, has extended its portfolio with the addition of a year-round papaya programme.
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Salads group targets schools
Ready-to-eat salad supplier association, the Fresh Prepared Salads Producer Group, has launched a campaign to target healthy eating in schools.
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ArticleMixed messages from cherry sector
As first UK fruit is picked, marketing desks have differing outlooks on the season ahead.
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SATI adds strings to its bow
Grower/exporter body the South African Table Grape Industry (SATI) is strengthening its position as industry representative, taking over several functions from the Deciduous Fruit Producers’ Trust (DFPT).
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ArticleNorman Collett opens new doors
English top-fruit marketing desk Norman Collett has officially opened its new 40,000 sqft premises at Paddock Wood Distribution Centre.
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Morrisons production director to step down
Morrisons’ production director David Hutchinson will step down from the board in 12 months’ time.
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ArticleFairtrade sales rocket
Agrofair kicked off the 10-year anniversary of Fairtrade fruit imports to Europe, this week, with the announcement of record sales.
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ArticleT&G expects higher profits
New Zealand top-fruit leader Turners & Growers expects to exceed last year’s annual profit figure in 2006.
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ArticleFyffes falls in line
Fyffes has released a statement saying that its trading performance is in line with expectations for the year.
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ArticleBad timing for strawberry lull
UK strawberry sales took a nose-dive last week, with volumes well down on last year at the key stage in the season.
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ArticleLevy bodies to consolidate
Five agriculture and horticulture levy bodies will consolidate into one under new Defra plans, but not all are pleased.
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Vivaldi goes down Tong line
The longest grading line installed by Tong Peal, at just over 50 metres, is in full production at the Boston packhouse of Naturally Best.
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Spanish steer clear of China
Only a handful of Spanish exporters have shown interest in the Chinese citrus market since the phytosanitary export protocol was signed by both countries’ ministries of agriculture earlier this year, it emerged this week.
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Peruvian citrus focus on Europe
Eighty-five per cent of Peruvian citrus exports are shipped to Europe, accorsing to export promotion body Procitrus.
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Banana shipment causes chaos in California
A terminal at major Californian fruit port Port Hueneme was temporarily brought to a standstill after an anti-Bush discovery on a banana shipment from Guatemala.
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ArticleLamb's lettuce limelight
Lamb’s lettuce is enjoying a prolonged spell in the spotlight this month.