News unserer Kollegen aus London – Page 3252
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Exosect gains Greek license
Exosex CM, the active mating disruption product manufactured by pest management provider Exosect, has been licensed for use in Greece with Intrachem Hellas.
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Improve pledges to step up
Food and drink sector skills council Improve has pledged to step up its efforts to help employers develop a workforce capable of fighting off the recession.
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Koppert streamlines packaging
Koppert has modified its nematodes packaging to deal with waste and technical issues.
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Netto designs green stores
High street discount supermarket chain Netto is introducing a new, radically more sustainable store design.
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ArticleJazz exports in sound tune
Some 1.2 million cartons of New Zealand’s premium Jazz apples are forecast to be exported in 2009.
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Land use comes into focus
The 2009 Landwards Conference in May will tackle key policy issues relating to land use as well problems in energy and biodiversity.
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FPC counters PAN UK criticism
Pressure group Pesticide Action Network UK has criticised retailers for not doing enough to reduce the use of pesticides to produce “cosmetically perfect” fresh produce.
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Produce World scholars return
Farming and food production students from the University of Lincoln have returned from a study trip to France made possible by funding from Produce World.
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Organic pesticides feel EU pinch
A number of traditional or naturally occurring pesticides used in organic production have failed to gain EU approval.
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ArticleArgentina in citrus struggle
Argentina’s lemon sector is facing a difficult season as the harvest gets underway.
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S&A owner steps down from operations
John Davies, owner of Herefordshire soft-fruit firm S&A Produce, has stepped down from the day-to-day running of the business due to "personal differences" between him and the company’s backers.
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ArticleYoung farming competition opens
Agricultural equipment manufacturer Case IH has launched a competition aimed at bringing through young farmers throughout Europe and improving agricultural practice by 2020.
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ArticleCarrot cutting sees sterling boost
A carrot segmenter from machinery expert Everett Brothers has thrived with positive sales through UK sourcing, as sterling's weakness inhibits the market.
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ArticleCarrefour reveals changes in hard discount
The French retailer has announced the appointment of a new executive director to head up its hard discount unit
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Redpack heads for Poland
Redpack Packaging Machinery is hoping to boost the growing Polish tomato industry following the export of a automatic tomato feed system from its factory in Norwich, bound for the eastern European country.
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Set-aside deal close
Proposals for a voluntary action plan to mitigate the effects of the abolition of compulsory set-aside were outlined when the presidents of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) and the Country, Land & Business Association (CLA) met this week.
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Sustain launches local food network
Local food campaigners at Sustain, the food and farming lobby group, have launched a new network and magazine as they challenge community groups and policy-makers to “seize the opportunity to create fairer, healthier and more environment-friendly ways of feeding themselves to help them through the recession”.
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ArticleTurkey stuffed with promise for retailers
The Turkish retail market looks increasingly attractive for foreign supermarket chains, according to a new report by PMR
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ArticleNew Zealand apples approaching Antwerp
Cox and Royal Gala volumes due to arrive on first vessel at the start of next week, with Jazz and Braeburn set to follow in May
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ArticleJazz apple exports to top 1m cartons
A bumper crop and high quality fruit are driving sales to overseas markets this season