All Production & Trade articles – Page 1518
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USDA updates water model
The USDA’s water quality model has been updated, promising to give even more accurate predictions of the way in which plants respond to environmental stimuli.
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Compost delivers high yields
An innovative farming project in Northumberland is using council-collected garden refuse to turn a profit.
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Defra abandons seed trials
Defra is to abandon funding for organic seed trials at the end of March.
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SFP payments being traded in Scotland
There appears to be a burgeoning second-hand trade in Single Farm Payments in Scotland.
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ArticleEarly asparagus amazes Covent Garden
Customers at Covent Garden market were shocked to find early volumes of UK asparagus available at wholesaler Gilgrove on Friday morning, well before the start of the traditional season.
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ArticleUK cauli supply headache
The UK cauliflower market looks likely to continue for most of the spring with an overabundance of supply and likely price promotions from the multiples.
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Produce World gets LINKFresh business solution
Anglia Business Solutions has concluded negotiations on a multi-site implementation of its LINKFresh business management solution at Produce World, one of the largest conventional and organic fresh produce suppliers in the UK.
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ArticleSpanish gusts wreak havoc
Producers are counting the cost after high winds swept across many production areas in Spain last week, affecting a wide variety of crops.
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ArticleStrawberry recovery
Strawberry supplies from Spain are expected to settle down finally after what has been a very tricky start to the season.
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ArticleCGMA boosts local sourcing with SEEDA link
The Covent Garden Market Authority (CGMA) is to embark on the first of a three-year project with the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) in April to boost local sourcing.
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Soil Association and NFU sharpen claws
A simmering spat between the Soil Association and NFU seems to be deepening after the SA issued a press release calling upon NFU president Peter Kendall to withdraw recent allegations that the association was ‘scaremongering’.
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ArticleTesco to start carbon-labelling
Tesco boss Sir Terry Leahy has announced that the company is to start carbon labelling.
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Indian mango region suffers climatic disaster
The mango crop in the southern Indian region of Andhra Pradesh has been decimated this season by adverse climatic conditions.
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Collen takes early retirement
Malet Azoulay’s Richard Collen is taking early retirement after 27 years in the fresh produce trade.
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ArticleIsraeli port strike delays shipments
More than 10,000 tonnes of fresh produce slated to be sent to European customers is being delayed in the port of Ashdod in Israel, due to a port workers' strike.
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ArticleWinds damage crops across Spain
Producers are counting the cost after high winds swept across many production areas in Spain last week affecting a wide variety of crops.
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Irish growers dig in against retailers
The Irish Competition Authority may be asked to investigate whether the monopoly power exercised by multiples is forcing vegetable growers out of business.
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ArticleLeaves need dry spell
Wet and warm weather so far this month is casting a shadow over plantings of speciality leafy salads in the UK.
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ArticleOnion job an ordeal
Onion growers warn that the wet conditions so far this month have been far from ideal for drilling and are threatening to delay the new crop.