All Production & Trade articles – Page 1463
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ArticlePoupart in fresh new look
One of the fresh produce longest established firms Poupart Ltd, has announced new branding for two of its divisions as well as the group as a whole.
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Raspberry bubble bursts
The first signs that the bubble is bursting for Spanish raspberry producers came this season with prices falling year on year for the first time.
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ArticleColquhoun is interim levy chair
Former RHS director general, Andrew Colquhoun, has been appointed as the interim chair of the shadow horticultural levy company.
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ArticleUK no longer key target
The UK is no longer the key target market for producers around the world, and is now having to compete with other nations to procure produce, according to Michael Velasco, president of the Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC).
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Growers slash traffic
Horticultural businesses have taken 15,000 family cars off the road last year by reducing their ‘carbon footprints’.
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Climate change levy in huge cost cuts
The NFU’s 80 per cent horticultural climate change levy scheme has reduced carbon emissions in the UK sector drastically in its first year of operation.
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ArticleSainsbury's enviro pledge
Sainsbury’s is set to crank up its environmental expectations further in response to consumer demands.
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ArticleSales strong despite spinach scares
The US produce industry is in fine fettle, according to Lorna Christie, senior vice-president of the Produce Marketing Association.
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Kent cauli grower quits
Kent’s biggest cauliflower grower, Robert Montgomery from the Isle of Thanet, is to cease production of the crop because the vegetable is no longer financially viable.
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ArticleHayes throws weight behind UK industry
John Hayes MP, conservative member for South Holland and the Deepings, described his Lincolnshire constituency as the “food basket of Britain".
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Nuffield scholar takes world tour
English growers have been left with the image of a highly competitive international industry in which new growing techniques and varieties are still exploding onto the scene in the race to at least hold market share.
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Partnerships key to top-fruit success
The work of the Quality Fruit Group (QFG), which operates under the aegis of English Apples and Pears (EAP), is key to establishing good relationships between buyers and sellers working in partnership, according to Ben Gill, EAP chairman.
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Bardsley claims top award
Family-run grower-packer Bardsley & Sons, which farms at Staplehurst, Kent, scooped Tesco's top English apple award at the retailer’s annual apple conference held two weeks ago, fending off stiff competition from Man of Ross and A Scripps Ltd.
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NFU voices labour pains
The NFU is writing to Lord Rooker expressing concern that there is critical lack of availability of labour in horticulture in 2007.
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Tesco pats growers on back
As the English apple season draws to a close, Tesco has congratulated its growers on an excellent job, with improvements in quality helping reduce reliance on imports.
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Richard Hirst - Chairman NFU Board for Horticulture
“I have become very concerned that the continuing negative reporting of Levy Board UK will start to have an impact on horticulture’s influence on the process.”
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Defra announces interim leader for Levy Board UK
An interim chair for Levy Board UK has been announced by Defra following the resignation of John Hall at the end of last month.
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ArticleHirst snub for Soil Association tactics
In a reaction to what he termed the Soil Association’s constant ‘knocking of traditional farming’, Richard Hirst, chairman of the NFU Board for Horticulture, has changed the organic certification on his farm to a new body.
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ArticleSyngenta launches farm sprayer nozzle
Syngenta has launched what is claims is the UK’s first farm sprayer nozzle designed specifically to optimise droplet penetration in dense vegetable crops.
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ArticleWaitrose builds on responsible sourcing
Waitrose is to raise the bar in ethical trading by giving its suppliers practical advice to support improved labour standards across the world.