All Production & Trade articles – Page 1466
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EU pesticide fear
The NFU is urging growers to lobby their MEPs over the EU Parliament Environment Committee’s recent vote for major cuts in pesticide use.
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Chile in labour crisis
Chilean growers and exporters have insisted their sector is in crisis and they need to start attracting immigrant labour.
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ArticleTop of the crops for Scripps
Increased demand for English apples and pears, coupled with indications of good quality from the first of the crop picked this week, have boosted the confidence of the UK top-fruit sector, according to independent grower Adrian Scripps Ltd.
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Protests target Agrexco
Israeli produce importers Carmel-Agrexco became one of the victims of the Camp for Climate Action’s day of ‘mass direct action’
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ArticleBananas in potential shortage after Dean
Banana crops in the Caribbean will not recover fully until at least next year from the effects of Hurricane Dean, potentially leaving the European banana market to feel a shortage in the short term.
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ArticleIsraeli avo volumes take a dive
Total avocado yield in Israel for the forthcoming 2007-08 season is estimated at 60,000 tonnes, a 30 per cent decline compared with the previous year.
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ArticleNolem melons one week early to UK
Capespan is entering its fifth season in partnership with Brazilian melon shipper Nolem, with the first containerised fruit set to arrive this week, one week earlier than expected.
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Wensak hopes high for sale
There have been “lots of expressions of interest” in the business of strawberry grower Pete Wensak, which went into administration at the end of last month, according to Simon Rowe from administrator Milsted Langdon.
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Israeli fruit rebellion rages on
An expression of discontent among fruit growers in parts of Israel is rapidly turning into a country-wide movement.
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ArticleUK still sweet on cobs
Demand for sweetcorn in the UK is bearing up, despite one of the dampest summers on record, as suppliers work inventively to keep costs down and product coming into store.
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Weather requires spray review
Biological control specialist Exosect is advising growers to review their spraying regimes urgently in response to increasingly unseasonable weather.
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Dean ravages Caribbean banana industry
Hurricane Dean has wiped out entire swathes of the banana crop on three small eastern Caribbean islands.
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ArticleSainsbury's pledges £1m to Fairtrade farming fund
A £1 million fund to help farmers in the developing world to join the Fairtrade initiative has been drawn up by Sainsbury’s.
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ArticlePeril for Israeli pomegranate suppliers
The Israeli Plants Production and Marketing Board has declined export approval for 1,000 tonnes of pomegranates, grown by two farmers who refuse to pay the levies imposed by the board.
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Report published on GLA activities
The Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) has published an independent evaluation of its activities.
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Totally British for McCain chips
McCain Foods (GB) has announced that it will become the first frozen food manufacturer in the UK to use only British potatoes for the productions of their full range of chip products.
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SMEs have web ambition
The internet is having a positive impact on the success of small retailers, a new study has found.
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ArticleParripak thumbs up for UK chillies
Fresh vegetable processor Parripak Foods has found its “perfect supply partner” for chilli peppers in Genovese Chillies - based in none other than Blunham, Bedfordshire, just 10 miles from Parripak’s own site.
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ArticleWashington apple crop slightly down
Although it is early to provide concrete predictions for the upcoming Washington apple crop, there is already some insight as to what to expect for the 2007/08 season.
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Truffles gear up for bumper crop
The summer’s bad weather has been a blessing to UK truffle growers, who are predicting a bumper crop this year.