All Production & Trade articles – Page 1546
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ArticleIt just gets Vetter for pomegranates
Pom Wonderful, the US pomegranate producer and marketer, which has begun supplying the UK market, revealed some of its secrets during the PMA Fresh Summit in California.
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ArticlePumpkins under guard
Farmers are taking extra security measures to protect their pumpkin supplies in the run up to Halloween, after the shortage caused by a wet summer has made them more attractive to thieves.
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ArticleSchool meal innovation urged
Fruit and vegetable producers are being urged to help Scottish education bosses improve their healthy offering to school children.
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ArticleChilean growers attract international interest
The second Fedefruta Business Round Table, held earlier this month in Santiago, Chile, attracted 45 per cent more international produce receivers than year one.
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McEvoy: Florida's growers will bounce back
Seald Sweet president Bruce McEvoy talks of determination of Floridian growers to bounce back stronger from recent hurricane devastation.
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ArticleNew Zealand faces global supply challenge
Greig Taylor of New Zealand producer and exporter Freshco told PMA Fresh Summit delegates, in Anaheim, California, that New Zealand faces significant challenges in the changing global marketplace.
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South African apricots hit by frost
Frost damage in the Vaalharts regions of South Africa last month has caused about 20 per cent losses to the apricot crop, according to the country's largest exporter Capespan.
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Packaging research highlights consumer split
The US market has a different approach to packaging of fresh produce than the UK, but research suggests that consumers on the other side of the Pond are ready for change.
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Seed event to address ring rot
Keeping notifiable diseases like ring rot out of Britain and the challenges posed to the GB potato industry by changing consumer behaviour are just two topics being discussed at next month’s Seed Industry Event, organised by the British Potato Council (BPC).
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ArticleAirfreight at risk
Airfreighting out-of-season vegetables and exotic fruit from sources such as Africa and South America could be at risk through spiralling fuel costs and increased service charges
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ArticleFlorida remains upbeat
Florida citrus producers are reassuring UK customers of their crops quality, despite the recent extensive hurricane damage which has reduced the crop by 63 per cent.
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ArticleFPC urges wholesale compliance
Wholesalers are being urged to ensure they are ready to comply with the upcoming changes in pesticide use within the EU, warned Nigel Jenney, chief executive of the Fresh Produce Consortium.
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ArticleRing rot in Lincolnshire
A further finding of potato ring rot has been confirmed at a farm in Lincolnshire.
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Hutchinsons links with Adas
Crop production specialist Hutchinsons is collaborating with Adas to help its customers by offering additional technical information.
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ArticleMalet Azoulay launches Fairtrade avocados
Malet Azoulay has received its first delivery of Fairtrade avocados from Katopé in South Africa.
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ArticleApple scaremongering slammed
Environmental campaigners have been branded as 'scaremongers' for their latest attempts at fundraising.
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ArticleSainsbury's turns purple
Sainsbury’s has re-launched its purple carrot offer for the third successive year and is claiming a bumper crop this season.
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ArticleApple standards to remain
EU apple growers have rejected proposals to lower EU minimum apple standards to bring them in line with those of the UN ECE.
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ArticleHorticulture: where the CAP fits
Growers can gain valuable information on CAP reform at two NFU seminars later this month.
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ArticleFlorida growers need to move on
Florida citrus growers are concentrating on the recovery process after suffering three direct hurricane strikes in less than two months.