All Production & Trade articles – Page 1626

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    Children to receive produce education

    2003-07-03T00:00:00Z

    Notts children to be given opportunity to visit local producers and learn about fruit and vegetables.

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    Bayer shows commitment to fruit industry

    2003-07-03T00:00:00Z

    Bayer CropScience announced its commitment to the british fruit industry at a House of Lords event on Monday.

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    Apple growers should help themselves

    2003-07-03T00:00:00Z

    Apple producers, suppliers and supermarkets world-wide can do a great deal more to help themselves and raise consumption simply by providing consistent quality, believes one leading New Zealand grower.

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    Europech' issues crop revision

    2003-07-02T00:00:00Z

    European peach, nectarine and apricot estimates prepared in May have been revised by Europech' taking account of late spring weather in all the major production regions.

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    Chilean growers federation to host seminar

    2003-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Fedefruta, the Chilean Federation of Fruit Growers, is to host an international business seminar in Santiago in September to introduce interested importers from around the world to the Chilean fruit-producing industry.

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    Ghana: export capability expands

    2003-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Ghana has the capability to increase its exports of fruit and vegetables to Europe and beyond substantially, the country's delegation to this week's Royal Show told freshinfo.

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    Bananas need lasting solution

    2003-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Pressure group Euroban has chosen the 10th anniversary of the EU banana regime to call for a lasting solution to global banana trade strife.

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    Sun World licenses Australians

    2003-07-01T00:00:00Z

    US stone fruit company Sun World has licensed two leading Australian firms to market its varieties in Australia.

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    Spain: strawbs need EU enlargement

    2003-06-27T00:00:00Z

    According to one producers' leader, the Spanish strawberry sector needs an enlarged EU in order to lift itself out of crisis following its worst season in 16 years.

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    2,4-D import tolerance set for citrus

    2003-06-27T00:00:00Z

    The Fresh Produce Consortium has released a statement after the Pesticides Safety Directorate set an import tolerance of 1mg/kg for 2,4-D on citrus.

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    Grapefruit feels the squeeze

    2003-06-26T00:00:00Z

    The grapefruit market in the UK this summer is going to experience a tightening in supply.

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    Citrus sector's hard times

    2003-06-26T00:00:00Z

    Outspan chairman Kallie Schoeman has warned South African growers that hard times are ahead for the citrus industry.

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    Potato plantings hit new low

    2003-06-25T00:00:00Z

    New forecasts out today predict UK total potato plantings for 2003 will fall by 13.4 per cent on 2002 levels to a historical low of 120,100ha.

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    Haskins: optimistic in uncertainty

    2003-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Lord Haskins spoke at the Worshipful Company of Fruiterers' Top Fruit Conference in East Malling today. Detailing the future of farming without subsidies, the government adviser and rural recovery co-ordinator said he remains optimistic that competitive and profitable farming could be achieved.

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    Melons in a glut

    2003-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Melon production in Murcia in Spain's south-east is soaring as temperatures top 40°C.

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    Norway signs EU deal

    2003-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Unconfirmed reports from a source close to the European Commission indicate that Norway has signed a ?30million trade liberalisation deal with the EU.

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    FPC backing for Chilean fruit industry

    2003-06-24T00:00:00Z

    FPC head Doug Henderson extols the virtues of Chile as a global leader.

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    Citrus deadline looms

    2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

    The Fresh Produce Consortium and the Pesticides Safety Directorate are pulling out all the stops to ensure that citrus continues to come into the UK despite uncertainty surrounding the the maximum residue level (MRL) for post-harvest chemical 2,4-D.

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    Greenvale AP exercises Restrain

    2003-06-19T00:00:00Z

    Supermarket supplier Greenvale AP has made a breakthrough in non-chemical post-harvest treatment of potatoes.

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    Citrus consumption up

    2003-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Spanish trade body Intercitrus claims its five years of promotions in the EU have boosted consumption of Spanish oranges and easy-peelers.