All Production & Trade articles – Page 1160
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ArticleCosta Rica records tropical gains
Central American nation posts improved export sales performance for pineapples, bananas and mangoes in early 2011
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ArticleSunnyRidge offers new raspberry variety
The US berry giant has sealed a deal with Viverosur in Chile to produce a new raspberry variety at its Mexico production base
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NFU demands powerful adjudicator
Fears that the proposed supermarket ombudsman will be a “toothless animal” mounted at Fruit Focus last week.
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Star Reefers records loss
Logistics giant Star Reefers has recorded a net loss of $11.3 million for the second quarter of 2011.
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ArticleEarliest ever start for English apple season
Prices likely to be strong as new-season fruit set to enter clean UK market, according to industry representatives
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ArticleItalian exports down in January-April
Country imported more, and exported less, fresh produce during first four months of 2011, according to new Istat figures
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ArticleAtlasFram seals fuel futures deal
Purchasing group AtlasFram has launched a fuel futures scheme for its membership to bring down their red diesel costs.
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ArticleLime exports boost Mexican citrus trade
Mexican citrus exports are up 15 per cent in value terms so far this year, with Persian limes registering the strongest growth
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ArticleOnly one bid received for Agrexco
Trustee Shlomo Nass applies for extension to deadline for offers as debt-laden exporter's future hangs in the balance
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ArticleItaly steps up checks on exports to US
New inspectors trained to manage online procedures governing cold treatment of certain fruit exports that are permitted access
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ArticleRSA citrus season excites US
Four weeks into the South African summer citrus season and navellates will soon be on their way to the US
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ArticleOcean Mist completes Mexico expansion
Upgrades at the US company’s processing plant in Mexico have doubled capacity to handle vegetables
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ArticleTotal Produce linked to Agrexco bid
Group declines to comment on rumoured interest in acquiring some or all of the troubled Israeli fresh produce exporter
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ArticleNZ apples on ‘knife edge’
A high exchange rate has put New Zealand’s pipfruit industry on the knife edge of sustainability, according to key industry figures
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ArticleUS ruling to boost Peruvian avocados
Access without the need for cold treatment should spur demand, prices and sales of Peruvian Hass avocados in the US
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ArticleEU production "under threat" says AREFLH
Market pressure, lower prices, slowing demand and the E.coli crisis all said to be hurting European fresh fruit and vegetable producers
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ArticleIncreased onion yields loom
Increased acreage and yields of onions are forecast in both the UK and the Netherlands for the upcoming season, but growing conditions over the next six to eight weeks could yet have a major impact on the crop.
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Mixed results for Peruvian citrus
First six months of 2011 see industry record fall in export value for tangerines and oranges but rise for mandarins
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ArticleSales rebound for Peru asparagus
Peru’s star export product has returned to levels of success recorded before the international credit crunch
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ArticleMr Apple parent sale approved
New Zealand group Direct Capital Investment has bought SCF’s share of Mr Apple parent Scales Corporation