Meldungen aus Europa – Page 5021
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Soft fruit industry looks healthy
The UK soft fruit industry looks in good shape after the supermarkets concentrated on home grown strawberries and raspberries. However, there are fears that price wars could damage the growing figures of the past 10 years.
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East Malling in enterprise launch
The East Malling Enterprise Hub was launched last night. Robert Neame and Allan Willett performed the unveiling at HRI's new conference centre. The hub is intended to further research into medicinal drugs.
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Olins to head NSF
Laurence Olins, managing director of the Poupart Group and a former master of the Worshipful Company of Fruiterers has taken over the chairmanship of National Summer Fruits.
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Cucumber competition from the east
UK cucumber growers may soon find that their stiffest competition comes from eastern Europe.
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EVG heads Q with Sungold tomatoes
Evesham Vale Growers has won two awards for its tomato varieties. Sungold toms came out tops in the fresh produce category of the Q Awards, and Santa baby plum tomates were a runner up.
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Temporary worker backlash
The Confederation of British Industries (CBI) has condemned European MPs (MEPS) for backing "inappropriate reforms to the rules governing temporary workers". The CBI expects 160,000 employment opportunities to be eradicated.
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UK produce recieves Christmas bonus
The NFU is urging shoppers to buy home grown produce for their Christmas supplies. This is in the light of research showing £36 million is spent each festive period on imported food.
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Lettuce growers condemn supermarkets
Spanish lettuce growers are grouping together to denounce Europe-wide supermarket pricing policies as many producers face returns well below the cost of production in a season aggravated by weather-induced overproduction.
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French strike disruption
Blockades are in place on roads around France as hauliers protest about salary, bonus and retirement issues.
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Tristeza virus threatens Florida
Tristeza which affects citrus production could reduce production of grapefruit in Florida by 14million boxes a year over the next decade, according to the Florida press.
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NZ frost damage estimated
According to Jonathan Wiltshire, chairman of the NZ Fruitgrowers' Association pipfruit sector, at least 30 per cent of the Hawkes' Bay Braeburn crop has been struck off trees in the areas by three spring frosts.
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Andalusian citrus value soars
According to information just released by the agriculture office of the Andalusia regional executive, citrus production in the southern Spanish region has tripled in value over the last three years.
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BSPB and NFU spark seed row
The National Farmers' Union is demanding that potato breeders explain their reasoning for a huge increase in farm-saved seed royalties this year, which in some cases represents a 50 per cent hike.
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Pesticides are good for you
The virtually continuous outcry from the environmental lobby is that pesticide residues on fresh produce should be eliminated altogether, but at least one speaker at last week's British Leafy Salads Growers conference holds another view.
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US salad market adjusts
Changing tastes in the US are continuing to alter radically the shape of the market, according to David Griffin, the sixth largest grower in the US with 700 hectares.
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Primuslabs prepared for assurance unity
PrimusLabs.com, the US-based global food safety solutions group, told freshinfo it is ideally placed to provide a harmonised audit platform for assurance schemes, though it doubted that this would be possible in the near future.
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Salads for unity
The British Leafy Salads Association has added its voice to the call for horticultural organisations to get together and provide their own public relations platform.
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Spielrein says diversify or die
"Catering is the main trend the markets have to cope with in the future. That is obvious," said Marc Spielrein, president of the World Union of Wholesale Markets (WUWM).
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Safeway code
Safeway has colour-coded its own-label bagged salad range into three separate taste categories,
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Own labels stifle image
Efforts by the UK lettuce industry to develop a stronger image at retail level face immediate problems – simply because the majority of products are packed under supermarkets' own labels, said Graham Ward, managing director of Snaith Salads, in a pr overview at last week's British Leafy Salads Association conference.