All Production & Trade articles – Page 1594

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    Florette expansion nears completion

    2003-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Bagged salad giant Florette has completed the first phase of a factory extension at its Staffordshire site.

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    Potato trade advised to invest in futures

    2003-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Potato producers who fail to make use of futures markets are placing good returns at risk in this season of extremely low plantings, warned potato futures broker ADM Investor Services International.

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    NZ sees new apple markets open up

    2003-07-21T00:00:00Z

    The New Zealand government and its country's top-fruit growers are welcoming a World Trade Organisation ruling this week that could pave the way for New Zealand apples to enter new markets.

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    HRI welcomes Warwick move

    2003-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Horticulture Research International and the University of Warwick (UoW) have welcomed Defra's decision on the future of HRI Wellesbourne and Kirton.

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    Go dotty about Polka

    2003-07-18T00:00:00Z

    New raspberry variety to be launched by Hargreaves Plants at Fruit Focus.

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    French pears kick off

    2003-07-17T00:00:00Z

    French summer pear production appears to have escaped largely unscathed the late spring frosts that have hurt top and stone fruit production in many parts of Europe.

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    Spanish berry industry counts its losses

    2003-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Growers in Huelva were licking their wounds at this month's strawberry roundtable in south-western Spanish region.

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    Spanish citrus growth

    2003-07-15T00:00:00Z

    Spanish citrus trade organisation Intercitrus is forecasting increased exports and earnings in the 2003-04 season.

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    Supasweet onions on the map

    2003-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Supasweet, the trade-marked, UK-bred, mild-tasting sweet onion was launched officially this week in Bedfordshire.

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    French cherry comeback

    2003-07-10T00:00:00Z

    With the 2003 French cherry season in its last throes, export committee chairman Jean-Pierre Giacomazzi (pictured) was in the UK last week to inform buyers of the commitment French producers have made to meeting the demands of this market.

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    Fairtrade Foundation restructures

    2003-07-08T00:00:00Z

    The Fairtrade Foundation is opening up its membership to allow organisations with related goals to apply to join.

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    Chiquita seals Pafco deal

    2003-07-07T00:00:00Z

    US multi-national Chiquita has completed the sale of its Puerto Armuelles Fruit Co subsidiary in Panama to a worker co-operative.

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    Hargreaves snaps up ex-M&S buyer Stubbins

    2003-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Plant propagator Hargreaves Plants has snapped up one of the best- known names in soft-fruit buying.

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    Children to receive produce education

    2003-07-03T00:00:00Z

    Notts children to be given opportunity to visit local producers and learn about fruit and vegetables.

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    Bayer shows commitment to fruit industry

    2003-07-03T00:00:00Z

    Bayer CropScience announced its commitment to the british fruit industry at a House of Lords event on Monday.

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    Apple growers should help themselves

    2003-07-03T00:00:00Z

    Apple producers, suppliers and supermarkets world-wide can do a great deal more to help themselves and raise consumption simply by providing consistent quality, believes one leading New Zealand grower.

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    Europech' issues crop revision

    2003-07-02T00:00:00Z

    European peach, nectarine and apricot estimates prepared in May have been revised by Europech' taking account of late spring weather in all the major production regions.

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    Chilean growers federation to host seminar

    2003-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Fedefruta, the Chilean Federation of Fruit Growers, is to host an international business seminar in Santiago in September to introduce interested importers from around the world to the Chilean fruit-producing industry.

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    Ghana: export capability expands

    2003-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Ghana has the capability to increase its exports of fruit and vegetables to Europe and beyond substantially, the country's delegation to this week's Royal Show told freshinfo.

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    Bananas need lasting solution

    2003-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Pressure group Euroban has chosen the 10th anniversary of the EU banana regime to call for a lasting solution to global banana trade strife.