Pear news archive – Page 7
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NewsChina Business Meet Up starts countdown to Asia Fruit Logistica
Roadshow of Business Meet-Ups reaches grand finale in Shanghai, marking 100 days to go until Asia Fruit Logistica’s return to Hong Kong
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NewsProduce Plus Winter out now
Hort Connections special edition features keynote interviews with Costa and Muirs. Plus, event preview and spotlights on packaging & grading, citrus and kiwifruit
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NewsInterest high for Greek pears as campaign closes
Following a positive campaign for Greek pears, a lack of hailstorms and excessive rain bode well for the new season, but the threat of climatic disturbances will always remain, according to Paris Karastergios of Karastergiou Bros
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NewsAsia Fruit Logistica announces speaker lineup for China Business Meet Up
Top names to share industry insights and updates at Shanghai event, which is co-hosted with three of China’s leading wholesale markets
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NewsFreshmax seeks strategic partner
Chief executive Murray McCallum tells Fruitnet the Australasian fresh produce group is well positioned for growth as it begins search for new partner
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NewsMost British supermarkets ‘purchasing more domestic topfruit’
BAPL study shows Sainsbury’s and Lidl have upped their purchases of British apples and pears the most
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NewsTru-Cape enjoys positive campaign
While the company is expecting a slightly smaller crop than the wider South African forecast, overall conditions are excellent
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NewsJenna Tobin joins Pear Bureau Northwest’s marketing team
Tobin named new communications and social media coordinator
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NewsHow can fruit growers conserve water? Just ask the trees
British apple supplier Adrian Scripps joins trial to evaluate special ‘listening’ technology, which could interpret stress signals in plants and help growers produce more sustainably
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NewsNew Zealand’s biggest Pink Lady supplier ready for record campaign
As its first new-season apples arrive in Europe, Golden Bay Fruit is set to export more than two million cartons for the first time
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NewsDemargro recognises opportunities in Brexit Britain
The Belgian exporter is intent on boosting its range of products and growing in new markets including the UK, which experienced shortages last year
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NewsApal partners with Montague on pilot education programme
Programme aims to teach primary-aged students about Australia’s apple and pear industry
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NewsSouth African delegation to India excited by market potential
Extensive visit by South African fresh produce industry to India brings home positive vibes
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NewsMarenny Vale Orchards and Central Park Orchards join for big Goulburn Valley sale
EOI sale campaign aggregates properties from five families across Victoria’s Goulburn Valley region
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NewsSouth African apple and pear growers turn to solar energy
Several producers who supply leading exporter Tru-Cape say their irrigation systems now depend far less on the country’s consistently unreliable national electricity network
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NewsNew project aims to boost quality of Norwegian pears
NorgesGruppen, Bama and Gartnerhallen want consumers in Norway to eat more domestic produce, so have clubbed together to fund new research into the country’s pear production
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NewsRed Sea and Green Deal disruptions set 'uncomfortable' precedent
Marc Evrard of topfruit exporter Belgian Fruit Valley talks to Fruitnet about some of the issues behind the farmers’ protests across Europe and the effect of the disruptions in the Red Sea on trade flows to East Asia
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NewsNew precision agriculture tech ‘could transform’ UK tree fruit industry
POME project led by crop advisory Hutchinsons aims to allow inputs to be targeted in a way never seen before in UK orchards
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NewsSouth African port operator appoints new CEO
Michelle Phillips has been handed the top job at Transnet, the struggling logistics operator responsible for a string of delays and disruption in the country’s ports
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NewsPear Bureau Northwest CEO to step down
Kevin Moffitt leaves his position at Pear Bureau Northwest after 35 years