All Production & Trade articles – Page 1514

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    Exosect given PSD approval

    2006-05-10T14:01:00Z

    Exosect, a provider of environmentally conscious insect pest control, has announced that it has been accredited with GEP (Good Experimental Practice) status by the Pesticide Safety Directorate (PSD).

  • NFU president Peter Kendall
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    OFT announcement welcomed by suppliers

    2006-05-10T06:28:20Z

    The Office of Fair Trading’s referral of the grocery market to the Competition Commission has largely been welcomed by producer representatives - as long as it tackles supplier-retailer relationships adequately, they say.

  • Aviko's no fat chips
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    Aviko's no fat chips

    2006-05-09T17:01:01Z

    Aviko, the number one manufacturer of chilled chips and potato products in Europe, has launched a summer range for health conscious consumers.

  • Greenvale in early at Sainsbury's
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    Greenvale in early at Sainsbury's

    2006-05-09T09:01:00Z

    Greenvale AP has delivered the first of this season’s home-grown new potatoes to Sainsbury’s stores as part of the Local First for Fresh campaign for 2006.

  • David Higgins
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    Higgins expands down under

    2006-05-08T17:01:01Z

    Higgins Group, a leading potato supplier in Europe, is expanding its global operations with the appointment of an Australian agent to market two of its varieties down under.

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    G's gets water relief

    2006-05-08T15:01:02Z

    G’s Fresh Beetroot has become the first company to receive Enhanced Capital Allowance (ECA) approval for tax relief on an efficient membrane filtration system.

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    Chiquita profits slide

    2006-05-07T12:01:00Z

    Chiquita Brands International has recorded a 77 per cent fall in first quarter profits compared to last year.

  • Fenmarc safety recognised
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    Fenmarc safety recognised

    2006-05-06T16:01:01Z

    Asda vegetable supplier Fenmarc Produce has been awarded the British Safety Council’s International Safety Award for its health and safety policies in the workplace.

  • David Pattison
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    Elite lead UK recovery

    2006-05-06T09:01:00Z

    A small group of elite companies in the fresh produce industry in the UK are leading a sector recovery according to an analysis from Plimsoll Publishing.

  • Article

    Strawberry pull-out

    2006-05-05T16:01:01Z

    Strawberry growers in Huelva in south-western Spain have begun pulling up their plants in the face of low prices.

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    Lighthorne secures bigger JS deal

    2006-05-05T14:01:00Z

    Warwickshire grower and packer, Lighthorne Herbs is celebrating securing 75 per cent of Sainsbury’s cut herb business.

  • Asda suppliers speak out
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    Asda suppliers speak out

    2006-05-05T12:01:00Z

    Asda’s fresh produce suppliers are beginning to voice their discontent at demands they are facing from the retailer for massive cash investment.

  • GLA licenses first gangmaster
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    GLA licenses first gangmaster

    2006-05-04T15:01:01Z

    Traditional gangmaster Fred Basset & Son has become the first in the UK to be licensed by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority.

  • Blueberry boom worries Argentina
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    Blueberry boom worries Argentina

    2006-05-04T11:01:02Z

    A surge in blueberry plantings in north-western Argentina is leaving growers nervous.

  • Zespri expects early arrival
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    Zespri expects early arrival

    2006-05-04T09:01:01Z

    Zespri International Europe is expecting to welcome its first vessel of the season carrying New Zealand kiwifruit into Zeebrugge around May 16.

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    Syngenta promises soft-fruit yield enhancement

    2006-05-03T17:01:02Z

    A new kind of soft fruit fungicide that promises to improve yield, quality and shelf life could be available to UK growers this season, Syngenta has announced.

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    New blueberry region enters the fray

    2006-05-03T09:01:01Z

    Producers in northern Spain are grouping together to grow blueberries which they expect to be able to export by summer 2008.

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    NGO says grocers are greener

    2006-05-01T10:01:02Z

    Friends of the Earth (FoE) campaigners are trying to lure consumers away from the major multiples, claiming they emit more greenhouse gases than local shops.

  • Put your questions to Re:fresh
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    Put your questions to Re:fresh

    2006-05-01T08:01:02Z

    The Re:fresh Partnership has lined up a series of hard-hitting industry leaders to be interviewed on-stage during this year’s Re:fresh Conference 2006.

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    Biobest buzzes in with new product

    2006-04-27T18:01:00Z

    Bumblebee pollination company, Biobest Biological Systems, has developed a new Mini-Hive suited to the pollination of fruit and vegetable crops in small compartments.