All Production & Trade articles – Page 1497
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ArticleCTFA looking forward to crop revival
Californian peach, nectarine and plum growers are holding out for a 50.5 million-container crop this season. That is slightly larger than last year’s 47.5m containers, although down on 2004 and 2005 volumes, which stood at 50.8m and 50.9m containers respectively
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Spud fraud uncovered by Trading Standards
Trading Standards has unearthed cases in which imported potatoes have been sold as British product following checks on 32 shops and stores in South Wales.
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ArticleBayer launches Chishill bio-diversity site
Bayer Cropscience officially launched its Chishill biodiversity site at a packed event last week.
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ArticleGrowers to get phone line cash
Growers with telephone wires running over their land are set for a cash boost after the NFU and CLA secured a deal with Energis, now owned by Cable & Wireless.
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Exosect welcomes Defra grant
Environmentally sound pest control provider Exosect has been awarded a grant from Defra to facilitate a joint research project with the International Pesticide Application Research Centre (IPARC), Dow AgroSciences and Micron Sprayers into commercial development of a new spray technology.
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City youngsters to get first taste of rural life
A bumper green grant will see London schoolchildren making some of their first trips to the countryside to see how their food is produced.
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Fruit in the office a reality with Freshfel
European fresh produce association Freshfel Europe has launched a charter to improve health in the workplace by increasing the availability of fruit and vegetables for employees and visitors at work.
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EU must wait for biotech clarification
Europe's farmers will not see any more clarity on EU rules for separating traditional, organic and biotech crops until at least 2009.
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Airfreight issue loses impetus
Kenya is one step closer to winning the battle to protect its huge European market, in the face of a campaign mounted by UK supermarkets to ban product over food mile concerns.
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ArticleBudgens boosts British base
Independent retailer Budgens is to throw its weight behind British Food Fortnight for the fourth year running.
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Technology key to Vietnamese exports
A disappointing production of fruit and vegetables in Vietnam this year and therefore low export turnover, has made the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) adjust its national programme on developing production and exports of fruit and vegetables.
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ArticleGrowers criticise assurance schemes
Irritated growers have voiced their frustrations about complications they say are being added to assured produce schemes.
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ArticleGrowers not assured
Growers are becoming increasingly fed up with the complicated requirements being added to the assured produce schemes.
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HTA holds catering conference
The HTA is to hold a catering conference on Tuesday July 10, aiming to inspire members to develop a more enthusiastic approach to their catering operation.
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ArticleWater fans political flames
It seems that water is once again fanning the flames of political rhetoric, as the UK searches for a national strategy to equate supply and demand.
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ArticleStubbins nursery welcomes local kids
Local children paid a visit to Stubbins Marketing’s pepper nursery in Waltham Abbey last week, as part of the firm’s ongoing campaign to raise awareness among the younger generation of the benefits of locally grown British produce.
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ArticleBest practise dicussed at FDF event
Representatives from across the food chain have met to discuss which best practice techniques should be employed to reduce and manage waste throughout the supply chain.
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UK gets tough on food-chain power imbalance
The NFU is toughening its stance on the imbalance of power in the food chain.
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ArticleNFU stands up to EU
The NFU is toughening its stance on the imbalance of power in the food chain.