All Production & Trade articles – Page 1225
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ArticleFirst Fairtrade bean sprouts hit UK
The Cooperative will begin the sale of the first Fairtrade bean sprouts this week, grown by a group in Inner Mongolia
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Valencia stonefruit suffers
The stonefruit sector in the Spanish growing region of Valencia is facing crisis with an estimated 30 per cent of its crop lost to frost, hail, disease and abandonment.
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ArticleMarket fears for US grapes
With the discovery of the European grapevine moth, Californian grape growers are expecting strict quarantine measures
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Spanish onion export crisis
Spanish onion growers and exporters are facing serious threats to the long-term viability of their sector.
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ArticleRSA fruit industry faces further strikes
Transet workers reject wage proposals, effectively pushing strikes into a third week and causing further headaches for the produce industry
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ArticleSenate examines modernisation law
In France, the agriculture modernisation law, which aims to help farmers in crisis, is currently being looked over by senators
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ArticleBanana deal to be 'signed this month'
Agreement between the European Union and Latin American banana exporting nations will be ratified next week
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ArticleNZ apple exports lagging behind
Higher volume of Chilean fruit in North American market having profound effect on country's international export sales
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ArticleWeather blamed for Spanish export fall
Poor weather earlier this year affected Spanish exports of tomatoes, lettuce and other crops, according to producer federation Fepex
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ArticleUSDA outlines funding allocations
Funding totalling US$11m will go towards 96 different programmes to help expand US markets for agricultural exports
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ArticleZespri forecast looks comfortable
Returns are looking comfortable for Green and Gold kiwifruit, according to Zespri’s latest grower return forecast
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ArticleZespri/T&G hearing rescheduled for 2011
Case moved from November 2010 to May 2011 following a decision by the High Court to split the hearing
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ArticleThai unrest hits produce sales
Thailand’s fresh produce business is counting the cost of the civil unrest plaguing the country, as trade buyers and consumers stay away
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ArticleAustralia explores Chinese opportunities
The Australian government will provide funding to explore marketing opportunities for agricultural products in China
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ArticleUK government reveals food strategy
New Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition releases document including policies for food industry
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ArticleFrench retailers play ball
Despite a sense that the sector has been made a scapegoat, French retailers have agreed to reduce margins during crises
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ArticleItalian salad group unaffected by rains
Recent investment credited with helping country's largest babyleaf vegetable producer, Rago Group, withstand adverse conditions
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ArticleQuarantine measures for grape pest
Authorities in California have implemented a quarantine zone around the site where the European grapevine moth was discovered
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ArticleRain disrupts Polish brassica production
Vegetable output has been hit in parts of southern and central Poland as heavy rain and flood conditions persist
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ArticleAsda reports first fall in four years
Asda has reported its first sales fall in four years in a performance branded “disappointing” by chairman Andy Bond.