All Production & Trade articles – Page 1534

  • Apple producers dismiss FoE
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    Apple producers dismiss FoE

    2005-11-18T08:01:00Z

    Apple producers have been left unmoved by a Friends of the Earth survey which accuses the supermarkets of failing the UK industry.

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    Compass under scrutiny

    2005-11-17T15:01:01Z

    International caterer Compass Group is under scrutiny after a contract uncovered by the Times revealed some allegedly unsavoury business practices.

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    Banana tariff proposal lowered

    2005-11-17T13:01:01Z

    The European Commission has announced its approval of a reduction in the banana import tariff to be implemented for Latin American fruit from January, 2006.

  • Paul Mastronardi
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    Canadian Sunset for UK

    2005-11-17T10:01:00Z

    Paul Mastronardi of Canadian grower/exporter Mastronardi Produce told FPJ that he feels the time is right for the company to launch its Sunset brand into the UK, with the Campari tomato as its star turn.

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    Higher CAL season from Israel

    2005-11-16T12:01:01Z

    Due to the hurricanes that recently damaged crops in the US and Mexico and difficult conditions in Europe demand for fresh produce from Israel has heightened.

  • Chilean Hass through the roof
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    Chilean Hass through the roof

    2005-11-16T10:01:00Z

    UK sales of Chilean Hass avocados have gone through the roof this season, according to the Chilean Hass Avocado Committee (CHAC).

  • Florida relaxes standards
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    Florida relaxes standards

    2005-11-16T09:01:00Z

    Producers of hurricane-hit and disease-ravaged citrus in Florida are still hopeful of a better season compared with last year - despite losing nearly half their grapefruit crop to Wilma.

  • Almeria tackles cues head on
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    Almeria tackles cues head on

    2005-11-15T09:01:01Z

    Spanish producers are taking steps to address the serious over production of cucumber in Almeria.

  • They like to ride their bicycles
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    They like to ride their bicycles

    2005-11-14T20:01:02Z

    Ghanaian farmers get on their bikes thanks to Fairtrade.

  • Washington Gala
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    Washington fits UK profile

    2005-11-14T14:01:01Z

    Fruit sizing on apples out of Washington state this season will favour the UK market.

  • Roger Manning
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    Manning appointed to SATI

    2005-11-14T12:01:01Z

    The South African Tablegrape Industry (SATI) has appointed Roger Manning to head up its strategy on European communications and promotional efforts.

  • Gargiulo: Re-entry for Sunkist
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    Sunkist looks to break back into UK market

    2005-11-14T08:01:01Z

    Sunkist growers, which withdrew from the European fresh produce market in the 1980s, is hoping to re-establish its Sunkist brand in the UK.

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    FDA issues letter on Californian lettuce concerns

    2005-11-13T13:01:01Z

    The US Food and Drug Administration issued a letter to California lettuce growers, shippers, and processors regarding safety concerns with lettuce from the Salinas Valley of California, after the recent E. coli bacteria outbreak.

  • Sulphur win for grapes
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    Sulphur win for grapes

    2005-11-13T08:01:00Z

    The grape sector is celebrating after winning the battle to continue using sulphur pads with its product.

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    Washington apples top value list

    2005-11-12T17:01:00Z

    Food production in Washington reached an all time high last year, with apples once again topping the list, despite a drop in sales.

  • New Zealand grubbing for survival
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    New Zealand grubbing for survival

    2005-11-12T08:01:02Z

    New Zealand’s apple industry has grubbed around 10 per cent of its orchard area since the end of the last harvest, but bosses claim it's not enough.

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    Australian industry to rationalise

    2005-11-11T14:01:01Z

    The number of Australian fresh produce exporters will reduce from 4,300 to around 900 by 2015, an industry leader said this week.

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    Felixstowe exercise to last four weeks

    2005-11-11T12:01:02Z

    Defra’s plant health division started a four-week period of 100 per cent inspections at Felixstowe this week of all produce subject to the revised EU plant-health regime.

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    Tesco under fire for apple imports

    2005-11-11T11:01:01Z

    Environmental campaigners have hit out at the supermarkets accusing them of failing UK apple producers.

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    China offers opportunities for exporters

    2005-11-11T10:01:02Z

    The growth of China as a nation will offer as many opportunities as threats to the industry, according to Jeffrey Rosensweig, a professor at the Goizueta Business School in Atlanta.