All Production & Trade articles – Page 1653

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    Royale opening for Jersey tomatoes

    2003-03-04T00:00:00Z

    First Jersey Royale tomatoes sold in Manchester.

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    UK growers receive reward

    2003-03-04T00:00:00Z

    A specialist onion and potato grower from Shefford in Bedforshire is this year's Grower of the Year.

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    Top fruit tightens up

    2003-03-04T00:00:00Z

    The apple and pear seasons out of South Africa are already underway with good quality fruit but surplus volume unlikely.

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    Soft fruit in a squeeze

    2003-03-04T00:00:00Z

    Specialist berry importer AFI Direct Sales has reported continuing weather problems in almost all soft fruit supply countries in the Mediterranean region.

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    Princess and the peas (and the rest)

    2003-03-03T00:00:00Z

    Princess Royal encouragement for horticulture

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    Spending millions on if principle

    2003-03-03T00:00:00Z

    CFFA-E's Manning tells industry that its efforts to avert food safety crisis before it arises are laudable.

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    Potato stocks in line

    2003-03-03T00:00:00Z

    The British Potato Council reports that potato stocks at the end of January are broadly on a level with the same time last year.

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    Fyffes reports "strong performance"

    2003-03-03T00:00:00Z

    Fyffes's chairman Neil McCann has said that the company has "delivered another strong performance in its full-year results for the 12 months to 31 December 2002. However, total turnover was down six per cent to ?1.837bn.

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    Eurep Gap is non-competitive

    2003-03-03T00:00:00Z

    Eurep Gap's Nigel Garbutt addressed Horticulture in Focus, in London.

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    English to have their say

    2003-03-03T00:00:00Z

    The department for environment, food & rural affairs (Defra) has launched a consultation process to allow those people in England to care about rural issues as well as stakeholders in the rural economy, to give their views on how the government's rural policies can better be delivered.

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    New broom sweeps in at Zespri

    2003-02-28T00:00:00Z

    Tim Goodacre has just taken the helm as ceo at NZ kiwifruit marketeer and announced a new supply and relationship management structure.

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    SMEs' European opportunity

    2003-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Small businesses have been urged to prepare for EU enlargement and take advantage of the biggest single market in the world by making the most of Government support networks such Business Link and Trade Partners UK.

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    Getting Envirowise

    2003-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Fresh produce processing companies can now maintain a competitive edge, by cutting down on environmental costs with the aid of a free practical guide.

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    MBM doles out the chips

    2003-02-27T00:00:00Z

    In support of National Chip Week, Cambridgeshire-based potato supplier MBM Produce Ltd treated its entire staff at its March, Chatteris, Shrewsbury, Littleport, Coventry and Darlington packing sites to free chips at varying times during the week.

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    Rural businesses are changing

    2003-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Speaking at a business-marketing seminar funded by the land-based industries training organisation Lantra this week, Tony Allen from the Kent & Medway Skills Council said that the uptake of IT and skills development courses provided by Lantra demonstrates the change in rural industries.

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    Freshport at Amsterdam

    2003-02-27T00:00:00Z

    A perishables handling centre opens this April at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam.

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    Panama raises melon stakes

    2003-02-26T00:00:00Z

    Panama is fast becoming a force to be reckoned with in top-quality melon production thanks to an innovative government project and the commitment of a band of dedicated growers in the country's Azuero peninsula.

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    Grape strength

    2003-02-26T00:00:00Z

    The South African grape season is experiencing a better tail end of the season having recovered from a late start and problems clashing with an overhang of Brazilian fruit before Christmas.

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    World apple warning

    2003-02-26T00:00:00Z

    The stark message from the March issue of the World Apple Report is that the major apple producing countries do not appreciate the difficulty of the export challenges facing them and will need to bite the bullet and endure higher costs to overcome the trade problem.

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    NZ horticulture diversifying

    2003-02-24T00:00:00Z

    Preliminary figures from New Zealand's first agricultural census in eight years show the country's NZ$2billion (£637million) horticulture export industry is growing increasingly diverse as top fruit acreage declines and land given over to kiwifruit remains static.