All Production & Trade articles – Page 1503
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VIP harvest bucks EU trend
The Val Venosta Valley’s association of co-operatives (VIP) reports a successful 2006 harvest for its 2,000 members, against a background of lower EU volumes.
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ArticleIsraeli avocado boom
Israel’s total avocado yield this year will reach nearly 90,000 tonnes, compared with 40,000t last year.
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ArticleCranberries bounce back
The US cranberry sector is bouncing back from a devastating summer hailstorm in top-producing state Wisconsin.
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ArticleTree supply shortens
Christmas trees, particularly Nordmann Fir, are in tight supply this year.
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Agrofair crosses the pond
Fairtrade fruit company AgroFair has announced the opening of a new joint venture sales and marketing office in the US.
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ArticleWholesale direction for English apples
Supplying the wrong product to wholesalers merely because it needs to be sold is a recipe for failure, top-fruit growers in the UK are being cautioned.
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WA stonefruit recovery
Western Australia’s stonefruit industry looks set to recover from last season’s devastating inclement weather, with large, excellent-quality crops this season.
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ArticleSweet and early from South Africa
First arrivals of South African Early Sweet white seedless grapes are expected on the UK market within the next few days as the variety embarks on its first commercial season.
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GM spud trials gain government approval
A controversial plan to grow genetically modified potatoes at two trial sites in Cambridgeshire and Derbyshire has gained government approval.
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ArticleLabour users: switch on to gang laws
New legislation coming into force today (December 1) means that anyone using an unlicensed labour provider in the farming and food processing sectors will be committing a criminal offence.
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ArticleChina inching up world exporter list
A new report released by Rabobank, the Dutch agri-bank, predicts that China will usurp the Netherlands as the world’s third biggest fresh produce exporter within three years.
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ArticleIsrael climbs sharonfruit chart
Israel is now the world's second largest exporter of sharonfruit, after Spain, according to the Israeli Plant Production & Marketing Board.
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Banana shipping breakthrough
Irish fresh produce multi-national Fyffes has signed a long-term contract to ship bananas in cool containers.
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ArticlePaper price-rise threat
Paper prices in Spain are set to climb risking an increase in the cost of packaging for the horticulture export sector.
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ArticleDefra scheme to bring kids closer to food
Defra secretary David Miliband is launching the Year of Food & Farming to give every English schoolchild the chance to find out how food is produced and how this links with healthy eating.
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ArticleSun World appoints European marketer licensee
Sun World appoints Peviani and TALI as grape marketer-licensees, as it expands global network.
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ArticleFestive wrapping for Florette
Florette has repackaged its top-selling bagged salad lines for the festive season.
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ArticleBeaven: NZ fruit friendlier than British
New Zealand is more energy efficient at producing and delivering apples to the UK market than UK producers, according to Peter Beaven, chief executive of Pipfruit New Zealand.
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Blythman berating again
Tesco and Waitrose have commissioned independent investigations into supplies of Costa Rican pineapples following an article by notorious food writer Joanna Blythman in The Observer last Sunday.
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ArticleBrazilian producers lose OJ trial
Orange juice producers from Brazil face legal moves from growers, after losing a seven-year battle to clear their names of price fixing.