All Spain articles – Page 173
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Syngenta sales up in first quarter
Company results buoyed by growing demand for seeds and crop protection products
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ArticleStonefruit suffers from frost in parts of Italy and France
European stonefruit forecasts, announced at Europêch', reveal weather conditions continue to be major cause for concern
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BioSpain date unveiled
Spain’s most important biotechnology event, BioSpain 2008, is to be held on September 17-19 in Granada.
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ArticleMelon sales down for Anecoop
Anecoop's melon sales have dropped for the third successive year, while overall fresh produce sales rise
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ArticleEroski to convert 142 Caprabo stores to own fascia
Spanish supermarket chain Eroski, which acquired rival Caprabo earlier this year, is reportedly set to convert 142 of the total 482 Caprabo stores to its Eroski fascia.
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ArticleValencia kaki growers lose late-season crop to frosts
Positive season estimates revised after bout of cold weather destroys much of the late-season crop
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ArticleGloomy outlook for Spanish citrus
Citrus growers in Spain are already making gloomy predictions for next season, with two more months of the current campaign remaining.
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Spanish hit campaign trail
Foods From Spain is launching its second National Primary Schools Competition this month, as one of the generic elements of its 2008 promotional campaign for Spanish fruit and vegetables.
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ArticleSharp Interpack focuses on Spain
The UK’s leading designer and manufacturer of thermoformed rigid plastic packaging Sharp Interpack has appointed Spanish company Strongpack Soluciones Agrícolas to look after its packaging distribution interests in Spain.
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Spanish growers on organic trail
The area under organic production in Spain has increased by 6.7 per cent year on year.
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ArticleSpanish launch residue bid
Growers in Andalusia have secured backing from the Spanish regional and central government to launch a new organisation dedicated to reducing pesticide residues.
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Spanish tackle organic fraud
Researchers in Spain trying to tackle organic fraud have managed to use nitrogen isotopic discrimination to determine if non-organic, synthetic fertilisers were used on sweet pepper plants.
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ArticleHigh hopes for Spanish grape season
Prospects for the Spanish grape season this year are shaping up well.
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ArticleSpanish call for import ban
Citrus growers in Spain’s major production area of Valencia are calling on their government to ban imports of South African citrus following the publication of plant health results from 2007 showing the presence of pest and disease.
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ArticleJaffa hands over keys to Spanish villa
The keys to a brand new Polaris World holiday home have been handed to a Tesco shopper in Sandhurst, who won the Jaffa Win a Spanish Villa competition.
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Biospain 2008 speakers unveiled
Biospain 2008, southern Europe’s largest biotech event to date, is to take place in Granada on 17-19 September.
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ArticleSpanish toms in crisis
The newly formed Andalusia supply chain trade body Hortyfruta made its first major move this week when it suspended sales of class II round tomatoes as a price crisis hit the sector.
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ArticleSpanish forecast strawb drop
Spanish growers have been experiencing difficulties getting sufficient seasonal workers from overseas before the start of the strawberry season later this month.
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ArticlePublic thumbs up for Spanish exotics
Foods from Spain gained useful insight into public perception of Spanish exotic fruits when it gave demonstrations of cherimoya and persimmon to members of the public at the Taste Spain festival at Borough Market.
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ArticleSpanish exotics find a home
The Spanish cherimoya and persimmon crops date back as far as the 18th century, but it is only now that these Spanish exotic lines are beginning to make an impact on the UK market. Elizabeth O’Keefe reports from the main growing areas of cherimoya and persimmon in Spain.