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  • Award-winning Cox hits Asda shelves
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    Award-winning Cox hits Asda shelves

    2007-09-11T09:01:01Z

    The first deliveries of award-winning Cox apples from Andrew Boxall’s 130-acre Kent orchard arrived in Asda stores across the South East yesterday.

  • Empire picking is progressing nicely
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    NY eyes decent apple crop

    2007-09-10T15:01:01Z

    The apple crop in New York, the largest producing state outside Washington, is forecast to reach some 30.7 million cases, roughly in line with last year.

  • NZ braeburn
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    Futures bright for NZ growers

    2007-09-10T13:01:01Z

    Almost a third of New Zealand’s growers have signed up to its nil-residues project, NZ Apple Futures.

  • Poupart to buy Norton Folgate
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    Poupart to buy Norton Folgate

    2007-09-10T09:30:36Z

    The Poupart Group has reached an agreement to purchase the entire issued share capital of Norton Folgate Marketing Ltd, the UK’s leading specialist cherry importer and distributor.

  • Malet Azoulay UK specialises in exotics, as well as Fairtrade products including avos from South Africa
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    Wells welcomes Malet Azoulay takeover

    2007-09-10T08:01:01Z

    The management of Katope’s UK operation, Malet Azoulay UK, have welcomed the announcement that the firm has been acquired by Belgian-based Univeg group.

  • NFU puts food prices into context
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    NFU puts food prices into context

    2007-09-09T16:01:01Z

    The NFU has attempted to put scare-stories of food price rises into context, saying that whilst the costs of farming are rising, food prices are now lower than they have ever been.

  • Spanish pears strong
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    Spanish pears strong

    2007-09-08T08:01:02Z

    Spanish pear prices are strong this season in the face of a lower crop.

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    Visa extension to aid labour issues

    2007-09-07T17:01:02Z

    A severe labour shortage in New Zealand’s horticulture and viticulture sectors has driven the New Zealand government to give a three-month extension to working holidaymakers.

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    Pollution on the decline

    2007-09-07T16:01:01Z

    Farming is becoming a cleaner, greener industry, with serious pollution incidents caused by farming down by 35 per cent to the lowest ever level last year, said an Environment Agency report published last week.

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    Felix rain batters Central America

    2007-09-07T10:01:01Z

    Hurricane Felix has been downgraded to a tropical depression but rainfall in its wake remains a threat as Hurricane Henriette makes landfall on the Pacific coast of Central America.

  • Discovery rounds up support
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    Discovery rounds up support

    2007-09-07T09:01:01Z

    Both Sainsbury’s and Morrisons have outstripped Tesco in early sales of English-grown new-season Discovery apples, according to official English Apples & Pears figures.

  • The worldly new logo
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    GAP goes global

    2007-09-07T08:01:02Z

    In a world exclusive, FPJ reveals that EurepGAP will today announce it is changing its title and logo to GLOBALGAP.

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    Katopé to enter Univeg fold

    2007-09-07T08:01:02Z

    Belgian family company Univeg has announced the acquisition of Katopé International, dependent on a favourable decision from competition authorities.

  • An aerial view of Wight Salads
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    ACM tackles tomato tonnage

    2007-09-06T15:01:02Z

    The waste management firm has secured a lucrative deal with tomato specialist Wight Salads to handle all its waste requirements.

  • Left to right: Grower Peter Hall, Sainsbury's director of brands Judith Batchelar and Mark Culley of OrchardWorld, at last week's launch
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    Organic apple concept launched

    2007-09-06T08:01:01Z

    A shared initiative between fourth generation Kent growers HE Hall & Son, marketing company OrchardWorld and Sainsbury’s has resulted in the UK’s largest organic concept apple orchard being unveiled last week.

  • Carl McCann
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    Total Produce exceeds expectation

    2007-09-05T18:47:52Z

    Total Produce has posted better first-half earnings than expected, the company demerged from Fyffes at the start of the year revealed today.

  • Report highlights grower conservation efforts
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    Report highlights grower conservation efforts

    2007-09-05T17:01:01Z

    The NFU has launched a report to show how growers and farmers are working to conserve water.

  • Store manager Derek Browgham (right)  at the Lunsford Park store, with produce assistant Peter Watson
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    Tesco lays claim to first Cox

    2007-09-04T14:01:30Z

    Tesco claimed the first arrival of new-season 2007 English Cox when its Lunsford Park store, outside Maidstone, took delivery at midday on September 1.

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    Matso clambers back to its feet

    2007-09-04T12:01:01Z

    Chilli importer and grower Matsofresh has overcome tough financial conditions to get back on its feet, according to md Matt Rogers.

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    HTA launches plantarea masterclasses

    2007-09-04T10:01:01Z

    HTA is set to launch a series of training days aimed at plantarea staff and managers at venues throughout the UK.