All Production & Trade articles – Page 1500

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    CertCheck to save the day

    2007-04-24T11:01:01Z

    A new online service launched at the start of April could soon take the hassle out of certification tracking for UK wholesale and import firms.

  • Israeli stonefruit prospects buoyant
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    Israeli stonefruit prospects buoyant

    2007-04-24T10:01:01Z

    Israeli plum supplies are set to come on line around 10 days earlier than usual, despite the recent hailstorm which struck the eastern Galilee region.

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    45 arrested for €50m fruit fraud

    2007-04-24T07:01:01Z

    Italian police have arrested 45 people accused of a €50 million fraud involving European Union subsidies for citrus farmers in the southern region of Calabria.

  • CTFA set for plum year
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    CTFA set for plum year

    2007-04-23T16:01:01Z

    The California Tree Fruit Agreement (CTFA) is expecting an excellent crop of the state’s peaches, plums and nectarines, following a very cold winter.

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    NFU boss backs land lessons

    2007-04-23T10:01:01Z

    New Cambridgeshire NFU chairman Bob Lawrence is backing moves to give children lessons on the land.

  • Neil Hosking & Andrew Richards of Trevarnon Farm
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    Brakes keeps it local

    2007-04-23T09:01:01Z

    Brakes will be starting this year’s English strawberry season by offering its customers ‘first pick’ Cornish strawberries direct to the area, from the area.

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    Land values shoot up

    2007-04-22T18:01:01Z

    Land values in South Lincolnshire, the Fens of Cambridgeshire and West Norfolk have risen significantly over the past twelve months, according to land agent Tom White, of Property and Business Consultants Brown & Co.

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    New weather station is compact and simple

    2007-04-22T10:01:01Z

    Delta-T Devices has introduced a new weather station, designed to be easy to set up and operate.

  • Kendall
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    Peter Kendall elected COPA vice president

    2007-04-22T09:01:02Z

    NFU president Peter Kendall has been elected a vice president of COPA-COGECA - the umbrella organisation representing the interests of all farmers in Europe.

  • Fruit quality is expected to be very high this season
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    Hass to be good SA season

    2007-04-22T08:01:01Z

    South African avocados are on course for a similar-sized export crop to last season of around 9.5 million 4kg cartons, according to the South African Avocado Growers’ Association (SAAGA).

  • Fresh Direct drives forward
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    Fresh Direct drives forward

    2007-04-22T08:01:01Z

    Fresh Direct, the UK’s largest independent fresh produce supplier, is now operating more than 75 refrigerated vehicles from Petit Forestier

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    US lags in inspections

    2007-04-21T14:01:01Z

    Very little US food is inspected before it is imported, according to new data.

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    Mergers on the cards for growers and packhouses

    2007-04-21T12:01:01Z

    Further mergers and takeovers are predicted within the fresh produce industry

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    FTA announces new president

    2007-04-21T12:01:01Z

    Andy Haines, head of logistics at Tate & Lyle Sugars Europe, has been named as the new president of the Freight Transport Association (FTA).

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    Byworth updates the Yorkshireman

    2007-04-21T10:01:01Z

    Byworth has improved on its 20-year-old Yorkshireman boiler, introducing the re-vamped Yorkshireman 2.

  • Polka dances up berry charts
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    Polka dances up berry charts

    2007-04-21T10:01:01Z

    Polka raspberry production in the UK is set for a boost this year, according to Hargreaves Plants, and sales are expected to jump by more than 10 per cent.

  • Onions face undersupply
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    Onions face undersupply

    2007-04-21T08:01:01Z

    The UK onion season will finish up to a month early, leaving a tight supply situation until at least the end of August.

  • BPC adopts schools
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    BPC adopts schools

    2007-04-21T08:01:01Z

    The BPC is to begin adopting schools as part of an initiative designed to educate children about potato production.

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    Bike registration bill proposed

    2007-04-20T10:01:01Z

    All off-road motorcycles and quadricycles are to be registered and carry number plates, if a new bill is passed.

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    Stonefruit crops stricken

    2007-04-20T09:01:01Z

    Spanish stonefruit growers in Murcia are concerned that high winds in March and a brief localised hailstorm on April 6 have damaged 30 per cent of their crops.