All Production & Trade articles – Page 1138
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ArticleSpanish onion exports grow
Producers experiencing strong export season and now looking for further growth in Latin America
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ArticleMango volume on the up
US arrivals of fresh mangoes have risen in the last week thanks to a boost in sendings from Ecuador
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NFU asks buyers to sleigh Christmas price cuts
Growers are hoping buyers will focus on securing volume and relaxing pressures on price over the Christmas period, the National Farmers Union (NFU) has said.
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ArticleProtestors close Port of Oakland
Trade at one of the busiest ports in the US has ground to a halt as anti-corporate greed protestors gather in Oakland, California
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ArticleRussian consumers eating more fruit
New research highlighted by USDA suggests Russian consumer spending on fruit, particularly in urban areas, has grown
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ArticleVersdirect.nl to merge with BGB
Grower group confirms plan to join forces with counterparts from Best Growers Benelux and form Dutch vegetable giant
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UKAS grants plant-health approval
The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) has granted the UK’s first accreditation for plant health inspection to the Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA).
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ArticleExporters ‘optimistic’ for Spanish citrus
Lack of rainfall leading to smaller, but sweeter fruit, with growers hopeful of better returns
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Biotechnology key to agri future
Exosect CEO Martin Brown tells the CropWorld Conference that biotechnology will play an important role in feeding future generations
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ArticleSpuds up in France
Potato production in France is anticipated to rise significantly during the 2011/12 campaign
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RPA payments reach £7.5 million
The Rural Payments Agency has announced it has paid out some £7.5 million to producer organisations.
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ArticlePipfruit NZ slams fireblight “porkies”
Pipfruit NZ has accused Australian politicians of telling “porkies” regarding the risk of fireblight to Australia from apple imports
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ArticleWeather thins Indian apple crop
India's 2011 Himachal Pradesh apple crop is 70 per cent down on last year's volume due to inclement weather
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ArticleRains dent Costa Rican pineapples
Sales of pineapples from Costa Rica were up during the first nine months of the year but recent rainfall has affected production and exports
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ArticleUK self-sufficiency slips
Self-sufficiency in the UK has fallen from 75 per cent to 60 per cent for all food, and from 87 per cent to 74 per cent for indigenous foods since the early 1990s.
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ArticleUS green light for Chile's baby kiwifruit
Fruit will now be subject to a systems approach, rather than the existing methyl bromide fumigation treatment
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ArticleNetherlands remains global veg leader
Exports of fresh vegetables stood at 4.6m tonnes last year, while Spain topped the list of fruit exporting nations in volume terms
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ArticleInterfel reveals new logo
The French organisation has decided to alter its communication strategy in order to highlight the workers' role in the sector
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ArticleVillafrut cuts ribbon on new facility
Company targets expansion of its business in eastern Europe following inauguration of bigger headquarters near Verona
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ArticleChile primes Malaysian market
Chile to develop Malaysian market for fresh produce in light of pending free trade agreement between the two countries