All Production & Trade articles – Page 1330
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ArticleFlorida calls for disaster declaration
Florida governor Charlie Crist has written to the USDA asking it to declare an agricultural disaster following the recent state-wide freeze
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ArticleResistant onion revealed
Dutch seed specialist Bejo presented its mildew-resistant Hylander onion at Sival in France last week
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ArticleDrop predicted for Australian topfruit
A USDA report on the season ahead for Australia’s apple and pear crops has pegged decreasing volume and exports
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ArticleChinese firm to supply East Timor
Leading Chinese fruit and vegetable distributor Sino Green Land will begin supplying produce to East Timor this month
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ArticleAustralian table grape industry battles on
The detection of a single fruit fly in Mildura 10 days ago was a blow to struggling grape growers, but all is not lost
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ArticleAustralian grapes target China
A new report says Australian table grape exporters could see increased orders from Hong Kong, but mainland China remains a top priority
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ArticleFresh produce could lead M&A activity
Recovery in mergers and acquisitions in the food and drink sector are likely to be spearheaded by fresh produce in 2010, as the trade heads for recovery.
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Panama set for pineapple export boom
Panama is starting 2010 with a boost to its fresh produce exports, as vice-minister for foreign trade José Domingo Arias announced at a press conference last week that Panama aims to rival Costa Rica as Central America’s largest exporter of pineapples.
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NFU: New decade marks recognition for farmers
The start of a new decade marks a new recognition of farmers as food producers and a vital part of the challenge of feeding a growing population, National Farmers' Union (NFU) deputy president Meurig Raymond said yesterday.
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ArticleItaly sends first ever citrus to Brazil
Sicilian company Oranfrizer sets sail on new export venture, with plans to ship three container-loads of red-fleshed Moro oranges
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ArticleProgress for Italian citrus in China
Italy's Minister of Agriculture Luca Zaia says recent talks with officials in China have made a breakthrough on citrus more likely
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ArticleFlorida braced for crop losses
US state expects to lose a minimum 30 per cent of its winter fruit and vegetable crops after 10 nights of freezing temperatures
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Peru records grape success
Sales of table grapes from the South American nation last year reached their highest level since 2005
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ArticleDoor closes on Dutch tomato imports
Clearing new rules imposed on tomato shipments to the US could take months, says leading producer association
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FPC slams Food Standards Agency guidance
The Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC) has warned that the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) guidance on increased controls on so-called “high-risk” imports of certain fresh produce is belated and inadequate.
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ArticleJapan suspends Australian mangoes
Japan has temporarily cut off Australian mango access after the detection of live larvae in treated fruit
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ArticleVietnam man reshapes the pomelo
One Vietnamese fruit farmer is changing the look of pomelos as we know it by producing a batch that are shaped like gourds
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ArticleFirst ever 'zero km' law passed in Italy
Producers hail breakthrough as authorities in the Italian region of Veneto set out their definition of local produce
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ArticleFrench growers to receive state aid
Minister of agriculture Bruno Le Maire plans to offer assistance to growers following the recent tough weather conditions
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ArticlePeruvian mango prices on the slide
APEM reports that while the country's mango export volumes have doubled this season, prices have fallen by 25 per cent