News from FPJ – Page 43
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Dole creates new exotics division and consumer label
World's largest fruit and vegetable company will introduce Dole Exotics and BE Exotic at Fruit Logistica in Berlin
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Concerns over UK plastic tax
The UK is set to follow the EU with a plastic packaging tax, but are businesses prepared and does the tax go far enough?
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Inflation adding to food poverty, warns FareShare
Research highlights dramatic impact the cost-of-living crisis is having on most vulnerable UK families
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Tozer Seeds Netherlands now fully operational
Seed division set up to mitigate export uncertainties caused by Brexit now offers full range of services following preliminary launch in 2021
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Study calls for UK fruit and veg subsidy
Research by the University of Warwick suggests a government subsidy could boost consumption by 15 per cent
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Fruit forecast AI 'could save millions'
Three-year project aims to transform harvest-forecasting ability in Scottish soft-fruit sector
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Scotts to ‘broaden appeal’ of crop cleaning machine
Root crop machinery firm wants to reach more diverse range of customers by showcasing produce cleaning machine at Fruit Logistica
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Defra responds to rising fertiliser costs
Emergency meeting called to discuss ways to help growers fertilise crops amid surging gas and fertiliser prices exacerbated by war in Ukraine
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Batchelar lands Environment Agency role
Highly experienced grocery industry figure is named deputy chair at government body
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NFU president warns of UK food shortages
Minette Batters tells LBC that UK 'could see food shortages as prices surge'
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UK feels effect of Moroccan tomato ban
Retailers are seeing empty shelves as Moroccan tomato ban compounds an already tight European supply situation
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War in Ukraine will ‘depress demand and disrupt supply’
Rabobank's Cindy van Rijswick analyses the longer-term impact of Russia's invasion on fresh produce trade
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Fyffes opens €25m ripening centre
New Balbriggan-based facility will have an output of over 7m bananas per week when operating at full capacity
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Inflation starts to drive shopping behaviour
Supermarket sales down as people eat out more, while inflation begins to affect shopping behaviour and retail pricing strategies
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Blackberries 'could boost gut health'
New scientific study indicates the role of natural compounds within blackberries in easing conditions such as IBS
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Production costs soar in Spain
Average export price of fresh fruit and vegetables rose by 2 per cent in January, while production costs jumped 30 per cent
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Bees deliver anti-botrytis booster
System using bees to ‘immunise’ strawberries from botrytis to be introduced in UK at online ‘Feel the Buzz’ event
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Export delay costs emerge
Blow for South African deciduous fruit growers as reality of losses due to delays and port disruption is revealed
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Potato Partnership 'to build on AHDB legacy'
New collaborative potato project will take up where AHDB left off and tackle pressing production challenges facing potato growers
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Onion & Carrot Conference returns
After a three-year hiatus, the event is back in Peterborough on 29 November 2022