All articles by Kathy Miller – Page 2

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    Zespri posts "reasonable" first year

    2001-05-30T00:00:00Z

    Zespri has come through its first financial year as a grower-shareholder owned company in "reasonable shape," executive chairman Doug Voss said as he announced the company's results last week.

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    Banana regime clarification

    2001-05-30T00:00:00Z

    The Fresh Produce Consortium has clarified the terms for traditional operator C under the new European Union banana import regime.

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    Cherries suffer again

    2001-05-30T00:00:00Z

    Spanish cherry crops have been hard hit by more bad weather.

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    Chinese kiwifruit rescue

    2001-05-29T00:00:00Z

    Scientists from New Zealand are helping save the ancestral home of modern kiwifruit near China's Yangtze River.

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    NZ research breakthrough

    2001-05-28T00:00:00Z

    An accidental discovery by one grower in New Zealand could change the way root disease in glasshouse crops is controlled.

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    Argentinean lemon sector feels squeeze

    2001-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Crisis in Argentinean agriculture is starting to bite in the lemon sector too.

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    Red tractor pulls off Chelsea gold

    2001-05-25T00:00:00Z

    The British Farm Standard has won gold for the National Farmers' Union at the Chelsea Flower Show this week.

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    Tesco looks west

    2001-05-24T00:00:00Z

    UK supermarket chain Tesco has been looking across the pond to supplement salad supplies.

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    Geest meets and greets

    2001-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Fresh prepared produce supplier Geest held its annual general meeting on May 23.

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    Jaffa promo finds lucky winner

    2001-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Pictured is Mrs Ferguson of Lancing, West Sussex, receiving a cheque for £3,000 from Eric Baker, CWS store manager at Lancing, after winning the Co-op's Jaffa promotion competition.

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    Retailers prove fair game

    2001-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Fairtrade is approaching more UK retail chains with its latest brand of bananas following successful sales in other national stores.

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    Grapefruit makes debut

    2001-05-24T00:00:00Z

    First sendings of Outspan grapefruit were due to arrive in Sheerness on board the Pacific Reefer on May 24.

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    Chile recovery strengthens

    2001-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Fruit exports from Chile are performing well as more fruit comes into the UK this year via the Continent.

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    YPC celebrates first year

    2001-05-24T00:00:00Z

    The Yorkshire Produce Centre celebrated its first birthday on May 19.

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    Who deserves the BPC medal?

    2001-05-24T00:00:00Z

    The British Potato Council is requesting nominations for this year's British Potato industry award.

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    The Blight Watch project

    2001-05-24T00:00:00Z

    A new potato blight warning service has been launched on the potatocrop.com web site.

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    Cox among the fans of Golden

    2001-05-24T00:00:00Z

    South African apples suffered no delays as they drew into Victoria station in London for a high-profile promotion.

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    Right royal alliance

    2001-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Mitsui has announced an alliance with Uniroyal Chemical of Middlebury, in the US.

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    NFU wins intervention right

    2001-05-23T00:00:00Z

    The National Farmers' Union has won permission from the Court of Appeal to put forward its views in a legal case between the ministry of agriculture and the Crop Protection Association over access to cheap crop protection products from abroad.

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    Organics chase mainstream

    2001-05-23T00:00:00Z

    The popularity of organic foods is seeing them close the gap on their mainstream counterparts.