All Production & Trade articles – Page 1565
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ArticleWashington fits UK profile
Fruit sizing on apples out of Washington state this season will favour the UK market.
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ArticleManning appointed to SATI
The South African Tablegrape Industry (SATI) has appointed Roger Manning to head up its strategy on European communications and promotional efforts.
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ArticleSunkist looks to break back into UK market
Sunkist growers, which withdrew from the European fresh produce market in the 1980s, is hoping to re-establish its Sunkist brand in the UK.
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FDA issues letter on Californian lettuce concerns
The US Food and Drug Administration issued a letter to California lettuce growers, shippers, and processors regarding safety concerns with lettuce from the Salinas Valley of California, after the recent E. coli bacteria outbreak.
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ArticleSulphur win for grapes
The grape sector is celebrating after winning the battle to continue using sulphur pads with its product.
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Washington apples top value list
Food production in Washington reached an all time high last year, with apples once again topping the list, despite a drop in sales.
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ArticleNew Zealand grubbing for survival
New Zealand’s apple industry has grubbed around 10 per cent of its orchard area since the end of the last harvest, but bosses claim it's not enough.
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Australian industry to rationalise
The number of Australian fresh produce exporters will reduce from 4,300 to around 900 by 2015, an industry leader said this week.
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Felixstowe exercise to last four weeks
Defra’s plant health division started a four-week period of 100 per cent inspections at Felixstowe this week of all produce subject to the revised EU plant-health regime.
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Tesco under fire for apple imports
Environmental campaigners have hit out at the supermarkets accusing them of failing UK apple producers.
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China offers opportunities for exporters
The growth of China as a nation will offer as many opportunities as threats to the industry, according to Jeffrey Rosensweig, a professor at the Goizueta Business School in Atlanta.
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ArticleHortResearch searching for UK partners
HortResearch, the New Zealand-based research organisation, is looking for strategic alliances in the UK to develop commercial opportunities.
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Carbon reduction project's £800,000 boost
Leading academics and industrialists are to work together on an £800,000 research project to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide released by the food industry.
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Kiwifruit disappointment for Seeka
A major New Zealand kiwifruit grower and packer has announced a predicted short-fall in its annual interim profit report.
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Campari has other cocktail tomato varieties on the rocks
Retailers need a bona fide leader, not an apprentice, to drive sales of their tomato categories, said the Campari Marketing Group at PMA in Atlanta. And Campari is trumping all others in the US market.
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Del Monte profit drop
Higher spending on promotion and production has cut Fresh Del Monte’s latest profits by more than half despite an upsurge in sales.
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Grape change for South African producer
This year’s South African grape season will spell great change for one of the Orange River region’s best-known suppliers.
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PMA establishes Recruitment Foundation
US trade association PMA has decided to establish an Education Foundation, to enhance the training and recruitment facets of the produce industry.
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ArticlePhenomenal strawberry performance
Spalding-based Hargreaves Plants Ltd is reporting record strawberry plant sales in 2005 and sees underlying trends that illustrate changing varietal preferences in the UK marketplace.
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Rot warning for potatoes
Potato growers are being warned to look out for rotting tubers soon after storage following outbreaks of rain-induced soft rot in some fields.