Meldungen aus Europa – Page 4701
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ArticleMansfield continues to flourish
Award-winning apple grower Paul Mansfield has experienced yet another successful year in business. Emma Twyning talks to him about apple fashions, awards and why his East Kent growing empire is continuing to flourish.
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ArticleWWF finds reasons to be cheerful
Everybody wants to be wanted, and Worldwide Fruit are no different, but it is not looking for a hug, Steve Maxwell tells Ed Bedington.
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ArticleA Greenstar is born at Scripps
Adrian Scripps has been one of the leading names in English top fruit for 45 years. David Shapley visited his eponymous company in the Weald of Kent.
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ArticleA round with Boxford
There is more to life than top fruit. The Boxford Group in Suffolk is living proof that diversification, in its case into the world of golf and leisure, can complement and, at times, support a fruit production business. Tommy Leighton reports.
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ArticleNot just a pretty name
Branding: a sensible exercise or an unnecessary song and dance in the quest for added-value? Elspeth Waters reports.
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ArticleWUWM opens doors to retail
The World Union of Wholesale Markets (WUWM) has opened its doors to retail markets.
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ArticleThe joys of Exosex
Exosect, a leading technology provider of environmentally conscious insect pest control has this year launched a new product for the UK top-fruit market. Exosex CM is a mating disruption system designed to reduce damage to apples and pears by the codling moth. It is hoped that Exosex CM will enable the grower to reduce traditional pesticide use for the control of this major pest in orchards. Tommy Leighton reports.
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ArticleWAPA gaining global awareness
The apple industry is a global business and as such it needs global representation - step forward the World Apple and Pear Association. Ed Bedington takes a look at its latest activities.
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ArticleChanging of the top-fruit guard
But has the apple industry lost sight of its real goal? By Desmond O’Rourke, World Apple Report
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ArticleChina ready to flex its muscles in international markets
By John Giles, divisional director, Promar International
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ArticleCan China break through?
There’s no doubting China’s got the volume, but has it, or will it ever have, the quality to impact fully on the UK market? Ed Bedington takes a look.
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ArticleIrish under pressure
Irish producers, facing constant price pressure, are beginning to question their futures as they struggle to find the cash to invest and meet the modern market demands. Anthony Garvey reports.
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ArticleFrench fancy a new challenge
France’s apple volumes are comparatively strong this year but change is afoot as tradition increasingly gives way to commercial preference. New varieties are emerging all the time, but is it better to keep searching for the next big thing or try and fix the favourites we know and love? Elspeth Waters reports.
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ArticleOverhang tests South African resolve
As one of the leading fresh produce exporters in the southern hemisphere, the problems experienced by South Africa following its deregulation in 1997 have been widely reported. But just as the country’s apple industry finds its feet, the overhang of top fruit in Europe is threatening to undermine any newfound stability. Emma Twyning reports.
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ArticleKiwis to stop eating kiwis
New Zealand has been left licking its wounds in recent seasons, but the country’s apple business is far from down and out, and plans are afoot to take it back to what it considers its rightful place - the top of the apple tree. Ed Bedington reports.
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ArticleWashington looks for organic growth
As northern hemisphere apple production gets into full swing, Washington State growers are pulling out all the stops to make themselves as competitive as possible. Doris Lee Butterworth finds out more.
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ArticleCalifornia shines its rays on UK
Californian apples may not be well known in the UK but this could change as Golden State apple producers become more active in expanding their export markets, according to Alexander J Ott, the new executive director of the California Apple Commission (CAC).
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ArticleUp and coming Uruguay
Think of South American apples and Chile, Brazil and Argentina spring to mind. But what about Uruguay? Kathy Hammond finds out.
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Are wholesale markets on borrowed time?
The fresh produce wholesale market may be a thing of the past for more economically developed countries, according to one US market manager.