All articles by John Hey – Page 11
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ArticleEarly optimism for Indian grapes
Shipments to Europe look set to grow in 2017 amid reports of a significant increase in the number of farmers registered for export
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ArticleINI launches Kimaye for kids
Indian grower-marketer INI Farms brings out new branded fruit range targeted at kids on Children’s Day with Tesco Star Bazaar
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ArticleJumbo Chilean cherries star on Singles Day
Alibaba’s Mr Fresh, Asoex and Frutacloud join forces to promote ‘super sized’ Chilean cherries for the world’s biggest shopping day
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ArticleO’Rourke considers Trump factor
Agricultural economist says it’s too early to tell what impact Trump’s election might have on the US produce trade, but warns it could have major implications across the globe
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ArticleWashington apple forecast edges up
Washington State Tree Fruit Association increases apple crop forecast by 3.4 per cent to 137.4m cartons
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ArticleNew RSA-China grape protocol opens doors
Asian market managers with leading South African export companies have hailed the country’s new table grape protocol with China
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ArticleThai importer ramps up apple promotions
Major retailers Tesco, Big C and Makro have been getting behind Thai importer Vachamon’s high-profile promotions for Jazz and Envy apples
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ArticleMichael Silm joins The Fresh Connection
Experienced produce executive to help drive the global group’s Australia and New Zealand exports
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ArticleT&G appoints France manager
Frank Alluine joins New Zealand-headquartered group in newly created role of European varietal development manager
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ArticleNutrano buys Seven Fields
Fast-expanding Australian group Nutrano Produce has announced the acquisition of Seven Fields and Abbotsleigh Citrus
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ArticleWAC targets China gains
Washington Apple Commission’s Rebecca Lyons says Tmall Singles Day promotion will be part of bigger push in China this year
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ArticleRosy outlook for Indian apple imports
A shorter domestic apple crop in India could create bigger opportunities for imports in 2017
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ArticleSunMoon announces Yiguo investment deal
Chinese fresh food e-tailer Yiguo looks set to take majority shareholding in SunMoon Food with initial investment of S$15m
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ArticleChina reopens to Philippine banana shippers
China clears path for shipments to resume from group of Philippine companies that lost access in the wake of quarantine breaches
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ArticleWashington set for larger apple crop
Initial forecast from the Washington State Tree Fruit Association puts apple crop at 132.9m cartons, up 15 per cent on 2015
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ArticleZespri suspends China exports
Kiwifruit marketer “temporarily defers” exports to China while it implements a new pre-shipping protocol to address quarantine issue
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ArticlePartners host China avocado conference
Chinese importer Lantao and global avocado grower-packer-shipper Mission Produce launch first China Avocado Congress in Guangzhou
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ArticleValle Maule integrates with partners
The Chilean blueberry specialist has brought its distribution partners in Asia and Europe into the business as shareholders
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ArticleCosta creates new global berry role
Peter McPherson has been appointed to the newly created role of general manager – berry international for leading Australian group Costa
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ArticleLimoneira launches direct orange sales
The US-based citrus group has brought its orange and specialty citrus sales in-house as it bids to duplicate its success in marketing lemons

