All Production & Trade articles – Page 1462
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ArticleFlorida citrus weathers cold snap
The Florida citrus crop has come through the cold snap that hit the state last week, with minor damage reported on the orange crop in the northern counties, while the grapefruit crop was virtually unaffected.
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ArticlePEACH completion postponed
Implementation of Defra’s PEACH system for the import of plant-health controlled goods will not go ahead until after Easter.
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ArticleChristmas spud demand higher than expected
Forecast snow is unlikely to have any knock-on effects to the potato category in the coming weeks, following a strong performance over the festive period.
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ArticleSakata hosts broccoli meeting
Seed breeder Sakata Europe welcomed more than 400 growers and retailers to its first Broccoli Convention in Cartagena, Spain in December 2007.
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ArticleFarmers take action to mitigate climate change
Farmers have increased on-farm action to combat climate change, according to Farming Futures’ survey results.
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Article2007 - second warmest UK year ever
It certainly wouldn’t have felt like it to growers whose crops succumbed to frosts, snow and rain storms, but 2007 was officially the second warmest year in the UK on record.
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ArticleFyffes expects earnings to rise
Fyffes has raised its earnings forecasts due to the benefits it says it has derived from higher selling prices and favourable exchange rates.
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NZ growers find joy of text
Labour problems in New Zealand’s cherry industry have been reduced by a novel recruitment drive by the country’s Department of Labour.
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ArticleNFU: Government must back farming
The government must recognise the key role that farming will have to play over the years ahead in securing Britain’s food supply and fighting climate change, NFU president Peter Kendall has said.
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ArticleHelping the Moldovans at onions
A team of scientific experts from the National Institute of Agricultural Botany will visit Moldova next month, the poorest country in Europe, and set up an agricultural aid site.
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ArticleSyngenta launches melon website
Syngenta has added a third product-specific website - melontoday.com - to its online information armoury.
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Agricoper looks outside the grape box
Italian grower exporter Agricoper, one of Europe’s top table grape players, is looking to diversify in 2008.
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ArticleKendall calls for government sea-change
Click here to read the full transcript of NFU president Peter Kendall’s new year message to the UK farming industry, as the union celebrates its centenary year.
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ArticleEU grants Turkish agriculture €300m
Turkish farmers are to receive €300 million (£218m) from the European Union, as they prepare the country’s agricultural industry for EU access.
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ArticleEarly Moroccan exports up 41 per cent
Exports of early fruits and vegetables from Morocco had reached 181,000 tonnes by December 16, a 41 per cent rise on the 128,000t exported to the same date last year, said the north African country’s ministry of agriculture.
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ArticleIranian exports on the rise
Iran has exported 386,000 tonnes of fruits in the first eight months of its current crop year, a 17.79 per cent increase year on year.
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EU rule changes a threat to horticulture
Growers who use glasshouses could find their businesses under threat from EU rules lumping their businesses into the same pollution control bracket as power stations, the NFU warned yesterday.
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ArticleGuernsey retains revenue stream
It is expected that the value of Guernsey’s horticultural exports for 2007 will total £48.8 million when all census details are finally received.
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New plant growth regulator hits market
Interfarm UK Ltd, an affiliate of Sumitomo Chemical Company, has announced that it will be handling the new formulation of Regulex 10 SG for the top fruit market in the UK.