Meldungen aus Europa – Page 4415
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ArticleNFU puts food prices into context
The NFU has attempted to put scare-stories of food price rises into context, saying that whilst the costs of farming are rising, food prices are now lower than they have ever been.
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New AWO brings higher costs
Changes to holiday arrangements in the 2007 Agricultural Wages Order for England & Wales are threatening significant labour cost increases and confusion across the sector.
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Clifton gets AXA recognition
Leicester-based Clifton Packaging Group has been announced as a finalist in The AXA Small to Medium Sized Business of the Year Award.
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Quick-Sol promises great things for growers
A new plant and soil treatment has been launched at this week’s Four Oaks show, promising to ‘transform the way growing for farming and horticulture is done in the UK.’
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Reading to host climate change conference
A conference will be taking place later this month which will look at the impacts of climate change in the south and east of the UK and present the commercial opportunities available to growers.
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Profound change shapes Chile future
The Chilean season just ended last week will go down in history as one of profound change, a survey of the industry has concluded.
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Apple & pear season start brought forward
The official start of the English apple & pear season has been brought forward by one week as a result of this year’s crop being up to 10 days ahead of usual.
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ArticleSainsbury's rewards fruit and veg shoppers
Sainsbury’s has teamed up with medical insurer PruHealth to reward customers for buying fruit and veg at its stores.
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ArticleFirst Cox hits Tesco stores
Tesco has received the first of the season's English Cox, delivered last Friday to its Lunsford Park store on the edge of Maidstone.
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Potatoes in storage and price warning
Potato growers are being warned that they must exercise extreme caution in terms of managing their stores this year if they are to avoid serious problems and incurring significant crop losses.
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ArticleIndustry impressed by nozzles
Syngenta has reported that an estimated 20 percent of the industry has converted to their potato nozzles.
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Asda reports ethnic ingredients selling well
British chilli growers may be few and far between, but they are set for a boost after Asda reported that Brits have got a taste for eastern-inspired cooking, with sales of Indian ingredients soaring by up to 170 percent.
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Expansion on the cards for PA
Packaging Automation Ltd (PA) has announced its latest move to promote the company overseas with the appointment of PMD
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Growers urged to lobby MEPs over pesticides
The NFU has produced a template letter which growers can adopt to lobby their MEPs over the proposed Sustainable Use Directive of the Thematic Strategy on Pesticides.
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ArticleSmall retailers in new campaign
A ground-breaking initiative to increase consumption of fresh produce has been launched in the West Midlands this week.
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Vine weevil warning
Alternative pesticide company Agralan has warned that from now on and through the winter is vine weevil season.
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ArticleSpanish pears strong
Spanish pear prices are strong this season in the face of a lower crop.
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ArticlePSPS parts company with FEASTnet
The future of the Public Sector Produce Supplies (PSPS) grower co-operative is in some doubt after it emerged this week that the organisation has severed ties with the company administering its schools contract.
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Visa extension to aid labour issues
A severe labour shortage in New Zealand’s horticulture and viticulture sectors has driven the New Zealand government to give a three-month extension to working holidaymakers.
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Pollution on the decline
Farming is becoming a cleaner, greener industry, with serious pollution incidents caused by farming down by 35 per cent to the lowest ever level last year, said an Environment Agency report published last week.