Meldungen aus Europa – Page 4447
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New products at Kent event
A number of companies are promising new products and services for the fruit sector at this year’s Fruit Focus.
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ArticleHail batters English crop
Hailstorms and heavy rain swept across much of Kent at the weekend causing extensive damage to the English apple crop.Some individual growers lost entire orchards, while others escaped unscathed.
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ArticleBest new plant for Notcutts
Hibiscus Blue Chiffon from Notcutts Nurseries was named best new plant at last week’s Woking Nursery Exhibition.
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ArticleUnifrutti to market Kiku apple varieties
Leading supplier Unifrutti Traders has unveiled an exclusive deal to market Chilean apples under the Kiku brand
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ArticleConifer growers concerned over image
Conifer growers have expressed concern that their produce is being portrayed in a poor light among both professionals and the media.
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Worcestershire source
Fifty-year-old Worcestershire tomato grower Haven Nurseries is enjoying new-found success with its Drews of Worcester tomato juice, which is selling through Budgens and at local markets.
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Agrovista offers ecorider ATV
Agrovista, which will make its debut at this year’s Fruit Focus at East Malling, will be offering visitors to its stand the chance to win an ecorider ATV.
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ArticleNZ apple crop shrinks
New Zealand top-fruit body Pipfruit NZ has revised the NZ apple crop down still further to just 15.3 million cases.
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Electronic tasting may become reality
Do androids dream of electronic sheep? No one knows, but robots may soon be ‘tasting’ real food, with a new range of electronic tongues, developed by Belgian scientists to improve tomato grading.
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Don't back the bid, union urges
The Unite union has urged the UK government to block the proposed £10.4 billion takeover bid for Sainsbury's by the investment arm of the Qatari state.
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'Home Grown' encourages buying British plants
An innovative approach to promoting home grown plants received a great deal of interest at last week’s Woking Nursery Exhbition.
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Industry wastes £387m
A new report has found that 740 companies in the UK fresh produce industry would make more profit if they were taken over.
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ArticleNotcutts to sell nurseries
Notcutts looks set to sell its nursery division in a bid to concentrate its focus on retail and landscaping.
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ArticleTesco ads spark Asda retaliation
Asda has taken a swipe at Tesco’s aggressive range of Price Check ads, insisting that the retailer is on the offensive in order to cover up poor sales.
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ArticleKendall unimpressed by lack of local strawberries
NFU president Peter Kendall was not amused when he went to buy some home grown strawberries in his local town of Biggleswade last week.
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Average “Asda family” now has less money
The disposable income of the average family that shops in Asda will have almost halved between April and September this year, according to the Wal-Mart-owned retailer’s calculations.
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ArticleFrost fear for Hass
The Chilean Hass Avocado Association is looking into the effects on crops of freezing conditions that have swept southern South America.
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ArticleKenya comes out fighting for 'fair miles'
Kenya is hitting back against the eco-warriors once again, with their government suggesting that carbon miles are ‘gimmicks’ designed to block competition.
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Apple exports delayed
New Zealand apples have still not been cleared for export to Australia despite an agreement across the Tasman months ago to let them in.
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HTA to lose Harper
The HTA has announced that its PR manager, Erica Harper, is to leave the organisation.