All Production & Trade articles – Page 1553
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ArticleNZ pipfruit estimates fall again
Further downward revisions in the New Zealand pipfruit estimates puts volume at around 14 per cent down on last season.
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"Strawmato" gets national exposure
A new tomato variety has been dubbed the “strawmato”, because it resembles the fruit and can be dipped in chocolate.
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ArticleBiggest ever kiwifruit load leaves Tauranga
New Zealand's kiwifruit industry has loaded its largest ever shipment for the northern European market.
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SA citrus exporters get Fairtrade green light
ALG Farms and its empowerment partnership, Cedar Citrus, in the Citrusdal Valley in South Africa’s Western Cape region, have packed their first Fairtrade branded fruit for the UK market.
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NZ growers declare war on Australia
Angry New Zealand growers have declared war on Australia in a bid to gain access for their apples.
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Fresh hurricane fears for Florida
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting further heavy hurricane activity in 2005 on the heels of last year’s historically destructive season.
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ArticleKG continues to perform well
Despite tough trading conditions last year, soft-fruit specialist KG Fruits has reported a 14 per cent increase in turnover and a rise of nine per cent in sales.
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NZ import pledge made
New Zealand agriculture minister Jim Sutton highlighted NZ horticulture as an example of creativity and announced that measures hindering imports of high-value genetic plant material will soon change.
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New glasshouse for tomato growers
Tomato growers Richard and Laura Holt chose to mark British Tomato Week with the opening of their new six-acre block of heated glasshouses.
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Chiquita pays out and appoints new finance boss
Fresh produce giant Chiquita has announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share on the company's outstanding shares of common stock.
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Technology to boost quality of Spanish watermelon exports
Spanish producers are hoping to improve the quality of watermelons with the use of new technology.
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US strawberries hit by frost
US farmers have fallen foul of bad weather, with a recent freeze damaging strawberries and some of the apple crop in the central New York area.
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ArticleKeelings opens ground breaking pepper facility
Bertie Ahern, Ireland’s Taoiseach, has helped launch a new ground breaking pepper growing facility.
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EU seeks exemption for fruit and veg
The European Union is likely to seek exemptions for fruit and vegetables from cuts in farm tariffs under the current Doha round of trade talks, Peter Mandelson, trade commissioner has said.
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Philippines exporters tackle Mexico
An investigation into the reported use of the brand name "Manila" on Mexican mangoes has been launched by the Philippines government.
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ArticleVOG seeks price-war defences
European growers desperately need to find strategies for survival against the devalued dollar and the supermarket price wars, according to Gerhard Dichgans, managing director at VOG, right.
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ArticlePeviani moves into seedless watermelons
Seedless watermelons are the latest venture for one of Italy's largest producers, Peviani Group.
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ArticleNZ growers look to WTO over Aussie tactics
New Zealand pipfruit growers are banding together to take on Australia through the World Trade Organisation.
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ArticleBaccini maintains European focus
Baccini Ortofrutta is happy to stick with the European market and let others look to China, according to director, Aurelio Baccini, below.
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ArticleKids enter tomato zone with Stubbins
As part of British Tomato Week, Stubbins invited pupils from the St Mellons Church in Wales Primary School to experience its very own Tomato Zone at Rhymney Valley.