All Production & Trade articles – Page 1406
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ArticleBerry Gardens announces reorganisation
Soft fruit marketer to “separate” various segments of group to allow Driscolls to lead development of growing European business
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ArticleProexport hails rise in production
Murcian fresh produce association Proexport says its growers marketed 50 per cent more fruit and vegetables last season, despite rising costs
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ArticleFPC wins PEACH amnesty
In a major victory for The Fresh Produce Consortium, the trade body has secured an amnesty worth some £1 million on charges for plant health imports through the government’s PEACH system.
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Operation Ajax clean-up continues
A major two-part operation to protect vulnerable workers from exploitation and root out rogue gangmasters took place last week across Lincolnshire and Lancashire.
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ArticleInferno burns bright for Agrexco
Agrexco is launching a spicy pepper variety into the UK market.
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ArticleApples win prizes at National Fruit Show
Grower Alan Firmin Limited scooped the Fruiterers Company Medal for the Best Exhibit of Dessert Apples at the National Fruit Show last week.
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ArticleChina seeks to revamp agriculture
The Chinese government has vowed to establish a modern industrial system for the country’s agricultural sector
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ArticleMaes wins export award for Koppert
Peter Maes, sales and marketing manager at Koppert Biological Systems, has won a Dutch export manager award.
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ArticleBritish Food Fortnight generates mass coverage
The seventh British Food Fortnight was the biggest ever national celebration of the diverse and delicious range of food produced in Britain.
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ArticleGuatemala recognises top exporters
Six Guatemalan companies, including fresh produce groups, have been awarded top gongs for their services to the export industry
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ArticleChile prepares for cherry bonanza
The 2008/09 harvest may equal or exceed last season's record yield of 8.7m cases
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ArticleItalian PO union calls official strike
Unaproa calls for action to protest at threat of liquidation among several of its producer organisation members
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Italy to require origin labelling
Minister of Agriculture Luca Zaia unveils plans for mandatory country of origin labelling
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Chilean growers sound new season warning
Chile’s fruit growers are expecting a better season in 2008-09 than 2007-08, but sound a warning on the global economic and financial crisis.
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ArticleCapespan variety work pays off
Capespan’s work to introduce new table grape varieties to fill gaps it has identified in the season has “paid off handsomely”, according to the company’s latest newsletter.
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FPC reiterates global produce vision
The Fresh Produce Consortium has responded to a new report by the Food Ethics Council, by saying any realistic vision of future food distribution in the UK needs to have a global focus.
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Chemical-free technique controls summerfruit pest
Pesticide has met its match in a new chemical-free technique to control the carpophilus beetle
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Victoria trades up with specialities
Victoria Trading will increase its speciality tomato production in the Canary Islands this season
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Intercitrus sets size profiles
In an unprecedented move, Spanish citrus promotional body Intercitrus has fixed minimum size profiles for the harvesting of key soft citrus and orange varieties for the fresh market.
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Cool seedbeds buy time for pre-em
Growers have welcome reprieve in the race to apply pre-em herbicides due to slow crop growth.