All Production & Trade articles – Page 1610
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Tracie - a breakthrough for the tomato world
Israeli seed breeder Hazera Genetics this week launched what it claims to be "the world's first tomato strain that is immune to the tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV)".
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Picota gets further plaudits
The Picota cherry industry announced its Re:fresh award to the Spanish media at a press conference in Plasencia.
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IRI seminar tackles retail issues
How can you maximise the chance that customers choose to purchase your product? An IRI event in London later this month will attempt to answer this question and others.
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ArticleWaitrose talks up home-grown fruit
Waitrose is highlighting British-sourced strawberries and raspberries, cherries - when they come into season in about a fortnight - and some high volume tomato lines, with a new tray talker.
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ArticleJS customers to become mango experts
Sainsbury’s is kicking off an exotic fruit education programme tomorrow, June 16.
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ArticleAussie apple protesters take to streets
Australia’s apple and pear growers take to the streets to fight New Zealand import plan.
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ArticleChiquita negotiates Colombian sale
Chiquita Brands International is negotiating the sale of its Colombian banana and port operation to CI Banacol.
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Pepper interest hots up
Orange sweet peppers have attracted huge interest from the trade following their launch within the Flandria range at the beginning of March this year.
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FPC issues SPV warning
THE FRESH Produce Consortium is seeking views from members on proposed amendments to the EU's simplified procedure values (SPVs) for calculating import duty.
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Tariff-only negotiations near
Banana growers in leading producing countries are bracing themselves as the European Commission took the first step earlier this week in seeking a mandate from the European Council to negotiate terms with third countries for the new banana regime.
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CCFRA looks at rapid cooling
CCFRA’s latest review, Rapid Cooling of Foods, describes a range of emerging developments and novel methods for the rapid cooling of foods.
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ArticleFavorita diversifies its position in Russian market
The Favorita Fruit Company has terminated a commercial agreement for the sale of bananas in Russia with JFC International under mutual accord.
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ArticleVeridian expands production capacity
Processed onion supplier Veridian has expanded its production capacity by 50 per cent to satisfy growing demand from food manufacturers.
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Irish mushroom growers merge
Two of the Republic of Ireland’s biggest mushroom growers are merging to form the biggest player in Europe’s mushroom industry.
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Syngenta makes new appointment
Syngenta Seeds has confirmed that Keith Harwood has been appointed as the UK sales manager for vegetables.
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ArticleSainsbury's pushes mint in June
Sainsbury's has announced it will be focusing on apple mint as its June herb of the month.
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Willowbrook takes on PropaFresh
Willowbrooks Food, fresh produce processor and packer, has started using a high-performance anti-mist film from Surface Specialities UCB.
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ArticleChile increases European sendings
Chile is enjoying a successful season in Europe, with sendings up by more than 10 per cent overall.
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ArticleSummit addresses China factor
World Shipping (China) Annual Summit aims to explain the reasons behind unprecedented growth in the world's shipping markets.
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ArticleMushrooms back in salad role
The Mushroom Bureau is telling the world that mushroom guideline changes now make them the ideal salad ingredient this summer.