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ArticleM&S Ireland to double home-grown supplies
Marks & Spencer has pledged to the double the amount of Irish-produced food it stocks in its Irish stores.
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ArticleHargreaves Plants introduces Erika
A new primocane raspberry cultivar that promises improved yields, better flavour and an extended shelf life will be launched by Hargreaves Plants in spring 2008.
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European wine crisis
France’s wine industry is reportedly in crisis, after grape growers in the south have come under attack from powdery mildew in the overriding damp.
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ArticleHail batters English crop
Hailstorms and heavy rain swept across much of Kent at the weekend causing extensive damage to the English apple crop.Some individual growers lost entire orchards, while others escaped unscathed.
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ArticleNZ apple crop shrinks
New Zealand top-fruit body Pipfruit NZ has revised the NZ apple crop down still further to just 15.3 million cases.
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Agrovista offers ecorider ATV
Agrovista, which will make its debut at this year’s Fruit Focus at East Malling, will be offering visitors to its stand the chance to win an ecorider ATV.
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'Home Grown' encourages buying British plants
An innovative approach to promoting home grown plants received a great deal of interest at last week’s Woking Nursery Exhbition.
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ArticleKendall unimpressed by lack of local strawberries
NFU president Peter Kendall was not amused when he went to buy some home grown strawberries in his local town of Biggleswade last week.
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ArticleFrost fear for Hass
The Chilean Hass Avocado Association is looking into the effects on crops of freezing conditions that have swept southern South America.
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ArticleKenya comes out fighting for 'fair miles'
Kenya is hitting back against the eco-warriors once again, with their government suggesting that carbon miles are ‘gimmicks’ designed to block competition.
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Whole group plan for Bomfords
Deloitte Birmingham, the administrator called into the Bomfords Group, is still working to sell the group as a whole.
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Paraquat to be banned
Paraquat is to be banned throughout the EU, after a European Union court last week accepted the view that it does not meet EU health standards.
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ArticleGrapes struggle in two tiers
A two-tier grape market is rapidly developing as importers scramble to find fruit in the right specification for supermarket orders as several sources struggle with sizing and sugar levels, leading the wholesale markets to become awash with poor quality supplies.
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ArticleOrganics up in the air
The Soil Association has been applauded for pulling together key players this week to debate a potential ban on airfreighted organic imports into the UK - but the industry is still none the wiser as to what the future holds.
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Brussels and Defra focus on RPA
Now that political agreement has been reached on the reform of the fruit and vegetable regime, Brussels and Defra are turning their attention to the implementing regulations which will be crucial in how the RPA implements the decisions reached by Ministers.
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Syngenta beefs up Amistar
Syngenta has beefed up its fungicide, Amistar, promising enhanced protection for brassica growers.
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ArticleUSDA sticks to lycopene line
The US Food and Drug Administration has given further data on its study showing no positive correlation between eating lycopene and cancer prevention.
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Pakistan to implement taskforce
Pakistan’s government is to establish a taskforce on horticulture to boost the country’s international export share from the current value of $130 million (£64m) to $1 billion by 2012.
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ArticleUK berries weather storms
Erratic weather in the first two weeks of July following torrential rain in June has continued to take its toll on both supply and demand for UK soft fruit.
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Water way to transport deliveries
Sainsbury's is trialling transportation of its deliveries from suppliers by water.