All Production & Trade articles – Page 1644
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Citrus deadline looms
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
Supermarket supplier Greenvale AP has made a breakthrough in non-chemical post-harvest treatment of potatoes.
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Citrus consumption up
Spanish trade body Intercitrus claims its five years of promotions in the EU have boosted consumption of Spanish oranges and easy-peelers.
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Italian cherry cheer
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Prices for imported fruit from continental Europe are spiralling upward as currency and climatic factors combine.
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Italy battles drought
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
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
Spanish strawberry producers are licking their wounds at the end of a harrowing season.
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French assess damage
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
A little less conversation, a little more action was the call from Promar's Michelle Gibson at a recent conference.