All Production & Trade articles – Page 1557
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ArticleStrong year for Fairtrade
Fairtrade fruit organisation AgroFair UK has announced a successful year’s trading, recording a 50 per cent year-on-year increase for Fairtrade pineapple sales.
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India goes down GAP route
India is planning to increase grape production and introduce a good agriculture practices (GAP) programme.
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ArticleEnza cancels Jazz contracts
Enza is cancelling contracts for several NZ growers who will lose the right to grow more Jazz apples.
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Chilean grape investment
Agricola Oro Verde and Ben David open a huge new grape facility in the VI region of Chile.
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Ethical training for produce
UK Produce companies are showing their commitment to ethical trading with a significant number signed up for the Ethical Trading Initiative’s brand new training programme.
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ArticleNZ apple industry optimistic
Another poor season could cause serious problems for the NZ apple sector, said Ian Palmer, chairman of Pipfruit NZ.
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Labour pressure on for NZ apples
The New Zealand apple harvest is due to start next week with Royal Gala, but pressure for seasonal labour is mounting.
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ArticleFirst arrivals from Cape
The first volumes of 2006 Cape Royal Gala apples arrived in the Port of Sheerness on February 14, aboard the vessel the Snow Crystal.
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ArticleFlorida facing cold snap
Florida fruit and vegetable growers are taking steps to prevent the state’s recent cold snap from affecting crops.
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ArticleSouth Tyrol apples get a rebrand
The South Tyrolean Apple Consortium has announced a protected geographical indicator (PGI) label for its fruit and total image rebranding.
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EurepGAP to hold new training workshops
EurepGAP, the global partnership for safe and sustainable agriculture, is holding a “Train-the-Trainer” workshop to present the structure and documentation needed to successfully implement the EurepGAP framework for Integrated Farm Assurance.
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ArticleHigh Priest of Tomatoes wins prize
Israel’s “High Priest of Tomatoes” Professor Nachum Kedar, of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Faculty of Agriculture in Rehovot, is the recipient of the 2006 Israel Prize in Agriculture.
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ArticleGrowers back call for retail clampdown
NFU president Tim Bennett has called for action to eradicate the climate of “fear and oppression” characterising the relationship between growers and their retail customers.
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ArticleBacteria key to drought solution
Bacteria may be able to keep some plants growing through short periods of drought and save valuable crops from being lost, scientists claimed.
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Thai exports to US expand
The US government has agreed to import expanded quotas of fresh Thai fruit but has warned Thai exporters that they must strictly follow its agricultural and health safety regulations to assure their shipments are pest-free, a senior Thai official has announced.
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Frankfurt expands perishable handling
Work will start this spring on extending capacity at Frankfurt Airport's centre for perishable freight.
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ArticleNFU wants levy body modernisation
The National Farmers’ Union has said statutory levy boards should be retained as long as they are modern, flexible and value for money.
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Waitrose to reward small suppliers
Waitrose is offering Britain’s small producers a last chance to enter its prestigious fifth annual Waitrose Small Producers Awards.
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ArticleSpanish berry recovery
The Spanish strawberry and raspberry crops are set to make a full recovery on last year and even outstrip 2004.
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ArticleSouthern top fruit down
The southern hemisphere top-fruit crop will be lower than last season.