All Production & Trade articles – Page 1458
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Southern Chinese crops devastated by snow
Farmers in southern China are fighting the worst snowfall in five decades, and working hard with local agronomists to keep crop losses to a minimum.
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ArticleSpanish toms in crisis
The newly formed Andalusia supply chain trade body Hortyfruta made its first major move this week when it suspended sales of class II round tomatoes as a price crisis hit the sector.
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Israeli potato supply freeze
Recent frosts in Israel have hit winter potato volumes this season, with bakers worst affected.
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ArticleCPM to take on Polehouse Nurseries' site
A three-year exclusive marketing arrangement for the strawberry crops previously grown by Polehouse Nurseries has been taken on by CPM Retail Ltd.
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ArticleGrape feast and famine
As the grape harvest kicks off in the central regions of Chile, exporters are working to stave off oversupply in the markets later on this month that could bring prices right down as South Africa still struggles on volume.
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ArticleHerbs cause Agrexco trouble
Agrexco has said it is having great difficulty in trying to supply all of its herb lines from Israel in the wake of damaging frosts in January.
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Poll shows industry feeling
Almost two-thirds of respondents to last week’s freshinfo poll believe that the price structure in the UK fresh produce market is alienating growers and exporters targeting this market.
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ArticleNZ Braeburn drop cheers French
The French apple sector has been cheered by the news that the New Zealand Braeburn crop is likely to be some 20 per cent down on last season.
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ArticleWaitrose warms to tomatoes
A new Waitrose store in Hertfordshire is buying all its electricity from a supplier that sources the energy from two Waitrose tomato growers.
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ArticleVeggies head ethical stakes
A vegetarian diet is the only high ethical food ground - and reducing our dependency on meat is vital in tackling a potential global food shortage, said Lord Haskins during the seventh annual City Food Lecture.
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Irish 'shroom firm lands RSA deal
A small Irish firm has clinched a deal that could see it supplying a third of South Africa’s lucrative mushroom market over the next two years.
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ArticleTotal Produce fends off bullying allegations
Total Produce has hit back against allegations of bullying and extortion made by one of its potato suppliers.
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ArticleKenyan supplies threatened
Political and social unrest in Kenya has spread to fresh-produce growing areas threatening the harvest and supplies to the UK and European market.
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ArticleKenya: violence affects passionfruit growers
Farmers in the Uasin Gishu District are making losses as post-election violence continues to paralyse agriculture in the area.
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ArticleVale's Fresh extends its range
A new range of par-cooked potatoes has been launched into the foodservice industry by prepared potato specialist Vale’s Fresh.
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ArticleBranston gains green accreditation
UK potato supplier Branston Ltd has achieved accreditation for its standards of environmental best practice.
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ArticleIrish leader attacks multiple predators
The “predatory pricing” of multiples poses as big a threat to horticulture as climate change, according to the leader of Ireland’s main farming organisation.
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AgriWorld Exchange gains US citrus packer
A live online agri-trading marketplace set up last year has recruited a US citrus player.
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ArticleNew herbicide replacement in development
A new application system to replace the herbicide Dosaffo (metoxuron) is being developed by companies Micron Sprayers and Garford Farm Machinery.
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ArticleEgyptian supplier makes spud investment
The Egyptian Producers Consortium (EPC) has invested in a state-of-the-art packhouse in the Monofin area, ready in time for the new season.