All Production & Trade articles – Page 1493

  • Nigel Garbutt
    Article

    Garbutt call for EurepGAP unity

    2006-10-06T08:01:01Z

    EurepGAP chairman Nigel Garbutt has called for the industry to unite behind the principles of the European retail partnership’s now global production standard, and embrace the desire for transparency throughout the supply chain.

  • Zespri revises losses forecast
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    Zespri revises losses forecast

    2006-10-05T13:01:01Z

    New Zealand kiwifruit marketer Zespri International has revised its forecast for on-shore fruit losses on figures released last month.

  • Israel set for citrus boom
    Article

    Israel set for citrus boom

    2006-10-05T08:01:01Z

    Press reports in Israel suggest that the country’s citrus industry is ready for a return to its heyday of the 1980s.

  • Article

    French seeds spread to Israel

    2006-10-04T13:01:01Z

    French seed company Vilmorin Seed has gained control of Israel’s largest and oldest seed company Hazera Genetics.

  • Greenery berry pack to extend shelf life
    Article

    Greenery berry pack to extend shelf life

    2006-10-04T08:01:01Z

    The Greenery has launched soft-fruit packaging specifically designed to prolong product shelf life.

  • Article

    Slow progress for plant health refunds

    2006-10-03T15:01:01Z

    Importers expecting a refund from Defra for unfulfilled plant health inspections must now decide whether to accept the standard offer or press for an individual assessment.

  • Dole completes JP shares purchase
    Article

    Dole completes JP shares purchase

    2006-10-03T13:43:18Z

    Jamaica Producers Group Limited (JPG) yesterday accepted an offer from Dole for the purchase of JPG’s 65 per cent interest in the UK’s JP Fruit Distributors.

  • Article

    Toms line up for National Fruit Show

    2006-10-03T11:01:01Z

    Tomatoes, pumpkins and walnuts will be included for the first time in the National Fruit Show 2006 - and the exhibition is set to be the bigger than ever, according to its organisers.

  • Peter Kendall
    Article

    Kendall turns Bournemouth green

    2006-10-02T15:01:01Z

    NFU president Peter Kendall outlined the challenges facing the British farming sector at today's Conservative Party Conference.

  • EA&P hosts press tasting event
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    EA&P hosts press tasting event

    2006-10-02T13:01:01Z

    Celebrating the launch of the English apple season, representative body English Apples & Pears last week invited members of the press to sample some early varieties at an exclusive tasting event in London.

  • Article

    Growers advised to Fazor out re-growth

    2006-10-01T16:01:01Z

    Root-vegetable growers can use Fazor (maleic hydrazide) to suppress re-growth and help maintain quality in carrots and parsnips until 2007, without fear of exceeding the MRL, Dow AgroSciences has advised.

  • Alfons Schmid, Ahold
    Article

    EE countries still playing catch-up

    2006-10-01T08:01:01Z

    Eastern European member countries still have a long way to go in meeting the requirements of western supermarkets as far as both good agricultural practice and marketing is concerned. And growers should never lose sight of the fact that food safety is an ongoing discipline.

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    Growers encoded on produce packs

    2006-09-30T16:01:01Z

    Grower images and other useful information are now available to Japanese shoppers with just a swipe of a barcode.

  • Spanish in lemon debacle
    Article

    Spanish in lemon debacle

    2006-09-30T10:01:01Z

    There is disagreement in Murcia over official forecast figures for the lemon crop.

  • Ian Mitchell
    Article

    Mitchell's multiple warning

    2006-09-30T08:01:01Z

    Competition on pricing of English apples among retailers risks future availability, says EA&P's Ian Mitchell.

  • Argentina: fewer pears of export quality but better prices
    Article

    Less is more for Argentina

    2006-09-29T16:01:01Z

    Less top fruit over this past season and a greater empasis on quality looks to be paying off for Argentina.

  • Italy takes a battering
    Article

    Italy takes a battering

    2006-09-29T14:01:01Z

    Rain has continued to belt down in Italy over the past week, putting up to 70 per cent of towns and villages at risk of flooding and causing “incalculable” damage to horticultural crops.

  • Article

    Foreign gangmasters unchecked as GLA enforcement begins

    2006-09-29T13:10:07Z

    Gangmaster Licensing Authority chief executive Mike Wilson said this morning [Friday] that the problem of monitoring of labour provision from outside the UK remains unsolved.

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    Labour let-down for Israelis

    2006-09-29T12:01:01Z

    Israeli growers are warning European customers that a labour shortage may compromise their ability to fulfill orders.

  • Nigel Garbutt
    Article

    EurepGAP changes priorities

    2006-09-29T10:01:01Z

    EurepGAP has committed to prioritising harmonisation in its protocol overhaul following massive pressure from suppliers at its annual conference.