All Production & Trade articles – Page 1431
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NZ growers find joy of text
Labour problems in New Zealand’s cherry industry have been reduced by a novel recruitment drive by the country’s Department of Labour.
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ArticleNFU: Government must back farming
The government must recognise the key role that farming will have to play over the years ahead in securing Britain’s food supply and fighting climate change, NFU president Peter Kendall has said.
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ArticleHelping the Moldovans at onions
A team of scientific experts from the National Institute of Agricultural Botany will visit Moldova next month, the poorest country in Europe, and set up an agricultural aid site.
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ArticleSyngenta launches melon website
Syngenta has added a third product-specific website - melontoday.com - to its online information armoury.
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Agricoper looks outside the grape box
Italian grower exporter Agricoper, one of Europe’s top table grape players, is looking to diversify in 2008.
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ArticleKendall calls for government sea-change
Click here to read the full transcript of NFU president Peter Kendall’s new year message to the UK farming industry, as the union celebrates its centenary year.
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ArticleEU grants Turkish agriculture €300m
Turkish farmers are to receive €300 million (£218m) from the European Union, as they prepare the country’s agricultural industry for EU access.
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ArticleEarly Moroccan exports up 41 per cent
Exports of early fruits and vegetables from Morocco had reached 181,000 tonnes by December 16, a 41 per cent rise on the 128,000t exported to the same date last year, said the north African country’s ministry of agriculture.
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ArticleIranian exports on the rise
Iran has exported 386,000 tonnes of fruits in the first eight months of its current crop year, a 17.79 per cent increase year on year.
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EU rule changes a threat to horticulture
Growers who use glasshouses could find their businesses under threat from EU rules lumping their businesses into the same pollution control bracket as power stations, the NFU warned yesterday.
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ArticleGuernsey retains revenue stream
It is expected that the value of Guernsey’s horticultural exports for 2007 will total £48.8 million when all census details are finally received.
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New plant growth regulator hits market
Interfarm UK Ltd, an affiliate of Sumitomo Chemical Company, has announced that it will be handling the new formulation of Regulex 10 SG for the top fruit market in the UK.
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ArticleChilean cherry campaign kicks off
Chile is giving its cherry exports a boost this winter by rolling out the first-ever consumer campaign for the fruit in the UK.
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ArticleR-APET not just for Christmas
Sharp Interpack is launching a new and improved version of its SP soft-fruit punnet range in R-APET, containing up to 60 per cent fully traceable and recycled post-consumer food use approved waste.
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ArticleScholes rises to chicory challenge
Yorkshire producer Scholes has shed light on a dark secret - it is growing the first commercial chicory crop in the region.
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Strawberry prices in recovery mode
A surplus of Egyptian and Israeli strawberries at the start of the season pushed down prices on the open market, according to Agrexco UK general manager Amos Orr - but the situation is now starting to turn around.
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ArticleFlorette gives bags of cheer
Florette’s best-selling Crispy and Mixed salad bags have been given a Christmas make-over, with festive packaging and extra-value promotions.
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UK claims victory in Europe
Proposals for a ”Soils Directive”, that would have added significantly to the regulatory burden on farming for no perceptible environmental gain, have been thrown out by the EU Council of Ministers, following a sustained campaign by the NFU.
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Dwarf revolution in Queensland
A new dwarf variety of banana could revolutionise the production of Ladyfinger bananas in Queensland, Australia.
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GLA revokes three licences
The three gangmasters accused of malpractice by the Gangmaster Licensing Authority earlier this week have formally had their licences revoked.