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30th January 2015, 13:54 London
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- Growers fear plans to 'resist' glasshouse expansion
  Growers fear plans to 'resist' glasshouse expansion
  Lea Valley growers say blocking future expansions would threaten the future of their businesses and plans should be amended
- Sales up at Waitrose on frozen fruit, soup and flowers
  Sales up at Waitrose on frozen fruit, soup and flowers
  Online flower orders have been particularly popular, with demand up more than 30 per cent
- Defra blamed for rejected exports
  Defra blamed for rejected exports
  Essex potato growers have lost £250k after 24 consignments were rejected from the Canaries for failing soil tolerance levels
- Sales boost for Florette
  Sales boost for Florette
  Staffordshire-based salad specialist raised turnover from £53.4 million to £56.1m for the year ending 31 December 2013
- Argentine strike called off
  Argentine strike called off
  Work has resumed as negotiations to resolve pay dispute continue
- Apple firm pays tribute to 'gifted' late farm manager
  Apple firm pays tribute to 'gifted' late farm manager
  AC Goatham said there were "few people we could be happier to see at the start of a working day" than Ian Wall, killed in a tragic accident
- Tesco stores hit by banana shortages
  Tesco stores hit by banana shortages
  Vessel leaving from Costa Rica delayed by bad weather leading to shortages across Tesco’s UK stores
- Sainsbury’s partners with The Beano
  Sainsbury’s partners with The Beano
  Dennis and friends enact real-world campaign by swapping vouchers for sporting equipment and activities

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  South African fruit exporters have faced a difficult start to 2015, with an early grape season leading to a buyer’s market, and the Russian ban diverting Europe’s suppliers to the Middle East
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  Raspberry returns were down in 2014 as high yields led to retail promotions, but the news is a drop in the ocean for the consistently strong soft-fruit category
- Subscribers onlySwiss shock sends sterling to seven-year high
  The unexpected move by the Swiss National Bank had an immediate impact on the value of the euro and sterling
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  Moneycorp's Chris Redfern on why talk of ECB stimulative action isn't doing sterling any favours
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  The possibility of Greece leaving the currency union has got tongues wagging over how the EU will cope, says Moneycorp's Chris Redfern
- Persimmon homes in on the UK
  Persimmon is at the forefront of the exotic category’s resurgence, with sales growth showing no signs of abating.
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  Bedfordshire Growers is quietly making a name for itself, and has just launched a new veg brand. FPJ meets its MD, Stephen Hedderly
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  Moneycorp's Chris Redfern on why the yen, antipodean dollars and euro have done little to impress on the FX markets this week
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  Moneycorp's Chris Redfern on why the Bank of England's Inflation Report cost sterling 2 per cent of its value
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