All Production & Trade articles – Page 1484
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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.
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ArticleFood safety programme for China unveiled
A far-reaching food safety initiative for the Chinese fresh produce industry was launched at Asia Fruit Logistica.
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ArticleFresca posts a profit
Fresca Group Ltd, the UK’s largest privately-owned fresh produce company, has posted a pre-tax profit of £4.9 million on turnover of £354m for the year to April 27, 2007.
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Horticulture makes levy points
The horticulture sector remains ‘adamant’ that the HDC should not be included in the reform of the levy structure, according to Defra.
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NFU moves to quell scare stories
The NFU has attempted to put scare-stories of food price rises into context, saying that whilst the costs of farming are rising, food prices are now lower than they have ever been.
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ArticleAward-winning Cox hits Asda shelves
The first deliveries of award-winning Cox apples from Andrew Boxall’s 130-acre Kent orchard arrived in Asda stores across the South East yesterday.
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ArticleNY eyes decent apple crop
The apple crop in New York, the largest producing state outside Washington, is forecast to reach some 30.7 million cases, roughly in line with last year.
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ArticleFutures bright for NZ growers
Almost a third of New Zealand’s growers have signed up to its nil-residues project, NZ Apple Futures.