All Production & Trade articles – Page 1191
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ArticleChile readies for pomegranate season
Harvesting will shortly begin in the South American country with high-quality fruit available through the month of June
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ArticleCauliflower growers face crisis
Cauliflower could be in danger of becoming a niche product in the UK as growers are threatening to switch out of the crop.
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ArticleEnglish asparagus in at Waitrose
Waitrose offered its first English asparagus of the season last week at John Lewis food halls on Oxford Street and Bluewater.
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ArticleRenar and Pomifrai complete merger
Renar ranks among top three Brazilian apple producers with savings of US$8.5m (€6.1m) after integrating Pomifrai into its business
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ArticleMorrisons acquires US fresh stake
Morrisons has acquired a stake in a US grocery business in a deal which will see ceo Dalton Philips join the company's board.
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ArticleUSDA stresses importance of US-Korea FTA
The US agricultural secretary Tom Vilsack has said the country must act quickly to ratify a Free Trade Agreement with South Korea to prevent losing market share in that country
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ArticlePakistan fails to hit kinnow export target
A short crop and poor infrastructure has been blamed for Pakistan’s failure to reach its kinnow export target of 260,000 tonnes this season
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ArticleEuropean Parliament slams trade deals
Resolution criticises trade agreement with Morocco and talks with Mercosur, calling for possible impact to be studied
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ArticleStandard Chartered invests in Afrifresh
Banking group takes 30 per cent share in South African grower-exporter, a leading supplier of citrus and table grapes
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ArticleMetro outlines direct sourcing plans
German group's Cash & Cary division understood to be approaching producers in order to establish direct supply lines
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ArticleEducation required on price fluctuations
Freshfel Europe says that knowledge and experience are crucial in helping consumers understand the factors contributing to changes in fresh fruit and vegetable prices
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ArticleSouth Africa gets tough on Thai fruit ban
Representatives of South Africa’s fresh produce sector are rallying against Thailand’s ban on some categories from that country
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ArticleThai threat to Australian grape exports
A new protocol is likely to cut airfreight shipments of Australian table grapes to Thailand by the end of the month
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ArticlePakistan to exceed mango export target
Pakistan is on track to export over 165,000 tonnes of mangoes during the 2011 season, above the official 140,000-tonne target
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ArticleNZ kiwifruit industry ends vine purge plan
Programme to prevent potential spread of Psa by cutting out 200ha of vines is abandoned in favour of a focus on gold kiwifruit
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ArticleRain takes toll on Australian stonefruit
It has been a trying season for stonefruit growers in the Australian state of Victoria, with heavy rains spoiling crops and killing trees in the region
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ArticleIndia reports vegetable production increases
Despite post-monsoonal rains in late 2010 affecting supplies of some categories, India has posted a significant increase in vegetable production
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ArticleUS produce sector applauds border deal
California Apple Commission and United Fresh say US-Mexico proposed trucking deal will help US exporters
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ArticleFyffes ahead of expectations
Profits climb 0.2 per cent for the full-year period of 2010 to hit €21.3m
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ArticleSeald Sweet launches tropical division
Move into tropicals will complement the company’s core citrus business as it seeks to accommodate rising ethnic diversity in the US