All Production & Trade articles – Page 1590

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    Polish to get trade shining

    2003-08-27T07:47:44Z

    IFE Poland 2004 will give visitors the opportunity to celeberate the countries accession to the EU.

  • Article

    Plimsoll on-line - check out the competition

    2003-08-26T11:57:53Z

    Plimsoll has launched the Electronic Plimsoll Portfolio Analysis - Fresh Produce.

  • PIP was conceived to help producers in ACP countries supply EU market needs
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    PIP protocols set for launch

    2003-08-22T20:18:37Z

    Six crop protocols developed under the Pesticides Initiative Programme (PIP) of the EU-African-Caribbean-Pacific liaison committee (ColeACP) are ready for launch next month.

  • SIQ-FT from Sinclair iQ is an entirely non-destructive alternative to penetrometers
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    Sinclair replicates squeeze test

    2003-08-22T20:00:41Z

    Consumer research carried out by testing-technology specialist Sinclair iQ has shown that the company's SIQ-FT replicates the shopper's own "squeeze" test for selecting ripe fresh produce.

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    Geest in LEAF link

    2003-08-21T13:49:35Z

    The LEAF logo is making an appearance on supermarket salads thanks to one enterprising supplier.

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    New machines for Florette

    2003-08-21T13:48:51Z

    Florette has installed machines from Packaging Automation

  • A demonstration day at  Favorita's Pueblo Viejo farm
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    Favorita offers seminar solution

    2003-08-21T12:19:40Z

    Favorita Fruit Company in Ecuador is offering its suppliers cost-free best practice seminars.

  • Ben Gill puts a plum in his mouth, while the posh folk of Britain - who already have plums in their mouths - win accolades
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    Plum deal for British

    2003-08-20T16:57:15Z

    Posh totty Tara Palmer Tomkinson has been voted Britain's plummiest person in a poll to celebrate the launch of British Plum Month.

  • Sungover of Sydenham, a surefire hit, pop pickers
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    Cherry picked for success

    2003-08-20T16:37:21Z

    Northwest cherries has named a winner in its own fruity version of TV's Pop Idol and tipped the band for the top.

  • Cranberries are grown on vines in bogs which are flooded to enable harvest
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    Cranberry forecast up

    2003-08-20T16:23:56Z

    Production of cranberries is up this season on last in the US, although the largest producing state has registered a decline.

  • Which port will receive Brazilian melons: Sheerness bound?
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    Brazilian melon confusion

    2003-08-20T15:36:59Z

    Discord reigns at the start of the Brazilian melon campaign as the industry is still in negotiation over which port will receive the fruit for the duration of the season.

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    Peru avos victims of logistics

    2003-08-20T12:19:22Z

    Oversupply of Peruvian avocados in the marketplace is the result of logistical oversight rather than increased volumes, one Peruvian analyst has freshinfo.

  • Convenience: a salad to prepare at home
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    Convenience is- unprepared salad

    2003-08-19T21:13:35Z

    Emmett UK has launched a Caesar salad kit featuring whole lettuce plus a dressing prepared by a celebrity chef as a novel twist to the convenience concept.

  • Have your Fairtrade cake and eat it: Is it the answer to world production problems?
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    Fairtrade promoted as global production solution

    2003-08-19T15:20:00Z

    100 Fairtrade food producers meet in London as world leaders talk trade in Cancun.

  • Pear and apple growers world-wide have reached historic agreement to work together to increase consumption
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    Top-fruit growers take action

    2003-08-18T15:19:11Z

    Apple and pear growers' representatives from 14 countries world-wide have agreed to introduce internal-quality best practices for the production of their fruit and to work on a world-wide marketing strategy.

  • The John Lewis Partnership is set invest £134 million on its chain of Waitrose supermarkets.
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    Waitrose set for large investment

    2003-08-18T14:05:39Z

    The John Lewis Partnership has announced its plans to invest heavily in refurbishing Waitrose supermarkets.

  • Could genetic engineering in New Zealand dent Zespri's marketing effort?
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    GE worries Zespri

    2003-08-17T20:47:27Z

    New Zealand kiwifruit marketing organisation Zespri has reportedly expressed concern to its national government over the proposed lifting of a genetic engineering moratorium later this year.

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    Producers should protect against imitation

    2003-08-17T20:15:40Z

    Tastes of Anglia is calling for greater take-up by producers of registration schemes to highlight the unique origins of their products.

  • Spanish lemon forecast up
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    Spanish lemon forecast up

    2003-08-15T13:39:41Z

    Early indications from the main Spanish lemon growing area of Murcia are for a slightly increased crop in 2003.

  • Potatoes need to be protected during the crucial period of tuber development
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    BPC continues battle against blight

    2003-08-15T13:39:16Z

    The Britsh Potato Council has identified further cases against blight