All Production & Trade articles – Page 1627

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    Italian cherry cheer

    2003-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Volumes of Italian cherries are coming on stream from more northern regions as the calendar of supply moves up the peninsula and the season hits its peak.

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    Major UK produce acquisition

    2003-06-17T00:00:00Z

    Two UK companies have joined forces to create a combined approach across a number of fresh produce categories

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    Guernsey industry under threat

    2003-06-13T00:00:00Z

    Producers on the island of Guernsey are facing the closure of the island's main horticultural and agricultural retail store.

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    Greenery goes generic on salads

    2003-06-13T00:00:00Z

    The Greenery will launch its UK Salad Report 2003 in next week's Fresh Produce Journal. Here is a sneak preview of the contents and raison d'etre behind the report.

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    Tanzania full of promise

    2003-06-13T00:00:00Z

    With a supply portfolio similar to Kenya, Tanzania has the potential to substantially increase its exports of fresh fruit and vegetables to Western Europe.

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    Homegrown cuts back for efficiency

    2003-06-13T00:00:00Z

    Homegrown Produce in Kenya has made some cutbacks and is re-evaluating its product portfolio

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    Top-fruit welcome for organic scheme

    2003-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Top-fruit grower and NFU organic committee vice chairman Peter Hall has welcomed the government's new Organic Farming Scheme

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    Building an Empire

    2003-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Empire World Trade md Richard Lowes explains how the company has climbed highest in the Plimsoll analysis of the UK fresh produce industry

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    South Africans report slight crop decrease

    2003-06-11T00:00:00Z

    The SA avocado industry estimates its crop will be slightly lower than last year, but the pattern normally associated with "off-years" such as this one is not being followed.

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    Euro announcement greeted with dismay

    2003-06-09T00:00:00Z

    The farming community today expressed its disappointment at today's announcement by Chancellor Gordon Brown that Britain will not yet hold a referendum on whether to join the single currency.

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    Climate and currency hit supply

    2003-06-05T00:00:00Z

    Prices for imported fruit from continental Europe are spiralling upward as currency and climatic factors combine.

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    Italy battles drought

    2003-06-05T00:00:00Z

    Drought warnings are in place in key growing areas in Italy as rivers and reservoirs fall to dangerously low levels and the lack of water threatens the viability crops.

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    Stone fruit suffers

    2003-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Frosts across European orchards in March and April left Spain virtually unscathed, but now growers in Lerida are dealing with the consequences of hail damage late last month.

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    Spanish growers count losses

    2003-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Spanish strawberry producers are licking their wounds at the end of a harrowing season.

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    French assess damage

    2003-06-04T00:00:00Z

    French fruit growers have calculated their frost-related losses to have affected a third of all French orchards and to have caused ?240 million worth of damage.

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    Added value fatigue warning

    2003-06-04T00:00:00Z

    A little less conversation, a little more action was the call from Promar's Michelle Gibson at a recent conference.

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    Syngenta tomato commitment

    2003-06-02T00:00:00Z

    Syngenta emphasises commitment to tomato industry.

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    Tomato growers breakout

    2003-06-02T00:00:00Z

    Delegates at Syngenta's tomato conference, in Alicante last week, were invited to "breakout".

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    Spanish react to toll threats

    2003-05-30T00:00:00Z

    Spanish producer and trade organisations are calling on regional, national and EU authorities to prevent the introduction in France and Germany of new road tolls for lorries.

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    Fruiterers support top-fruit study

    2003-05-30T00:00:00Z

    The Worshipful Company of Fruiterers has announced it is sponsoring an MBA graduate from City University's Cass Business School to investigate issues affecting the English top fruit industry.