All Production & Trade articles – Page 1447
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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.
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ArticleSouth African Navel season faces delays
US citrus importers are expecting a late start to this year’s South African Navel orange crop as markets are still flooded with California’s biggest ever harvest
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ArticleRain cuts Italy's cherry crop
The Italian Cherry Consortium is forecasting a 70-80 per cent downturn in production in the region around Vignola
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ArticleZespri dismisses talk of possible takeover
Reports saying that Zespri could be taken over have been denied by the group
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ArticleCrunch time for Australian banana growers
Australian farmers will know by September if they have won a six-and-a-half year battle to keep Filipino bananas out of Australia
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US/Korea FTA hangs in balance
Failure to resolve the latest US-Korea beef spat could impact the ratification of the US/Korea free trade agreement
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ArticleSpanish anger over production costs
Over a thousand Murcian producers expected to take part in protest over rising petrol, fertiliser and electricity prices
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ArticlePeru records mango growth
Exports of the fruit have risen by 46 per cent during the first four months of the year
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ArticleGuatemala wins financial support
The UN’s rural poverty agency is to lend US$17m to local authorities to boost development in rural Guatemala
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ArticleUK raspberries: best in decades
Promotional body Seasonal Berries is promising the best tasting raspberries for decades this UK season, after a slow season has allowed the berries’ flavour to develop.