All Production & Trade articles – Page 1452
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Chiquita dissatisfied with second-quarter results
Chiquita’s net sales rose by 2 per cent year over year in the second quarter of 2007 to $1.3 billion (£640 million), and the company hauled in a net income of $9bn in the period.
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ArticleJuliette gets wined and dined
The rain did not dampen spirits at the annual Juliette celebration hosted by MBMG in Norfolk last week.
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ArticleWaitrose backs growers
Waitrose is the latest supermarkets offering support to fruit growers affected by recent hail problems.
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Worldwide Fruit on the move
Fruit specialist Worldwide Fruit is upgrading its Spalding division.
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Final details of Bomfords deal released
Bomfords' administrators have released the final details of the sale deal completed on July 31.
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Flooding aids polytunnel cause
The floods seen across the UK in June and July have served as the best possible PR campaign for the polytunnel debate, NFU West Midlands horticultural chairman Anthony Snell told visitors to the NFU tent at Fruit Focus last week.
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UK disquiet over paraquat ban
The Europe-wide ban of the herbicide paraquat has caused considerable concern among a section of UK growers.
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Canary Islands fires affect farms
Forest fires in the north and north west of the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands have destroyed farms and potato and tomato production land.
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ArticleBomfords deal done
The remaining majority of the Bomfords Group has been sold in two separate deals.
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ArticleNZ apples in zero residue bid
New Zealand apple growers are rolling out a no-detectable-residues project called Apple Futures.
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Lord Rooker visits flood devastation
Food and farming minister Lord Rooker embarked on a tour of flood-hit Worcestershire and Gloucestershire last Friday, organised by the National Farmers’ Union (NFU).
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Morocco makes Berlin grade
Morocco has been chosen as the partner country for Fruit Logistica 2008.
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ArticleKG trials to yield fruit
Next season more than half the British strawberries and raspberries grown by KG Growers, now part of the international Berry Gardens group launched this year, will be proprietary varieties specially tailored to meet specific consumer tastes.
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ArticleEiC takes to the road
The Eat in Colour (EiC) campaign is taking to the coast with a roadshow in holiday hotspots nationwide that started on Sunday.
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Gras ups annual campaign
Asparagus growers and packers met at The Farmers’ Club in Whitehall last week to hear Pam Lloyd Associates and Pendle PR report on this year’s national campaign.
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ArticleBelize banana warning
Belize must become more competitive in the banana sector if it is to remain in the market, sector leaders have said.
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ArticleSpain foresees lighter citrus crop
Early indications are that the 2007-08 Spanish citrus crop will be lighter than that of the season just ending.
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ArticleEe by Galia at Asda
International produce has successfully harvested its first locally produced glasshouse production Galia melons, aimed at supplying Asda for Yorkshire Day on August 1.
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ArticleShaping up on cards at Sheerness
Plans to change the way the Fresh Fruit Terminals (Sheerness) Ltd (FFTS) joint venture at the Port of Sheerness operates are set to benefit fresh produce importers into the UK.
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Soft-fruit industry praised for handling of retail
The berry industry has been praised for its relationship with its retail customers by economist Dr Andrew Fearne of the Kent Business School.