All Production & Trade articles – Page 1432
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ArticleGreedy customers force pick your own to close
A Cambridge fruit farm has put an end to its 40-year-old pick your own strawberry business, as too many customers are eating fruit without paying.
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ArticleHail hits NY apple crop
This week's hail storm could significantly reduce the 2008 New York apple crop
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Pratts welcomes GMB agreement
Fruit importer and ripener Pratts Bananas has announced the signing of a voluntary recognition agreement with the GMB.
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Banana volume boost for Portsmouth
Portsmouth Commercial Port has secured additional volumes of bananas to be shipped into the port by Fyffes.
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ArticleOwn-grown broccoli to reach Co-op stores
The Co-operative stores in the east of England have started to stock new-season broccoli grown by the retailer’s own farm in Cambridgeshire.
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Mexico pledges to recover farmland
The Latin American nation’s government has pledged to recover 600,000ha of farmland that has been lost to desertification
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ArticleEnza to up Jazz volumes in 2009
Turners & Growers subsidiary confirms plans to increase exports of Jazz and Envy apples from New Zealand
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Lonrho to build facilities in Malawi
Investment giant to establish coldstore and packhouse at Lilongwe International Airport, as well as 100ha of production
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ArticleCosta Rican bananas to go carbon neutral
Corbana underlines industry's commitment to helping the country achieve its aim of cutting greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2021
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ArticlePratts welcomes trade union agreement
UK banana ripening company hails signing of voluntary recognition agreement with GMB, one of the UK's leading trade unions
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Rootstock Club launched
East Malling Research (EMR), the Horticultural Development Company (HDC) and the International New Varieties Network (INN) have launched a Rootstock Club charged with worldwide breeding, developing, distributing and commercialising new rootstock breeding material from EMR.
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ArticleSeven & I to grow vegetables
The Japanese retailer bids to ease fears over the safety of produce
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ArticleAustralian drought policy to be reviewed
The government has revealed the process of review that will be undertaken to better protect the agricultural industry during time of drought
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Spanish strikes abate
Spanish hauliers agreed on Monday to suspend their strike over fuel prices only temporarily, pending the outcome of negotiations, as exports started to get back to normal.
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ArticleChina floods take toll on production
"Worst floods in decades" hit fruit and vegetable production hard in parts of southern China, according to industry sources
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ArticleChile injects US$6m in agri insurance
The move to improve Chile's agriculture insurance should better protect growers against weather phenomena
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ArticleBaby aubergines arrive at Tesco
Speciality baby aubergines will be appearing as a guest line in selected Tesco stores this summer.
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ArticleOdyssey of the Potato hits UK
A Lincolnshire potato grower teamed up with Peruvian ambassador Ricardo Luna in London last week, to open the Odyssey of the Potato exhibition on the UK leg of its European tour.
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ArticleUS: Mexican mango shortage to continue
Shippers are enjoying record prices in the US after production in the states of Michoacán and Sinaloa was hit by bad weather.
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ArticleIngham back by popular demand
Soil microbiologist Dr Elaine Ingham is to speak again this year at a two-day seminar to help farmers, growers and consultants involved in both conventional and organic farming, urban horticulture and landscaping to increase their knowledge of improvements to soil quality.