All Production & Trade articles – Page 1685

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    Soft, but very strong

    2003-07-27T00:00:00Z

    The UK soft fruit industry heads for Fruit Focus in fine fettle, as sales figures reflect a fine British summer.

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    Big plus for BerryWorld

    2003-07-25T00:00:00Z

    Soft-fruit marketer BerryWorld has joined forces with Edward Vinson, US breeder Harry Swarz and the Hall Hunter Partnership to form BerryWorld Plus with the specific aim of developing new raspberry varieties.

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    Rustler and the Supasweet revolution

    2003-07-25T00:00:00Z

    Rustler Produce, one of the UK's leading suppliers of top quality onions and leeks, is working with the Supasweet onion consortium to bring the tear free onion to market.

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    Fireblight: Oz growers deluded?

    2003-07-24T00:00:00Z

    New Zealand apple growers could clash with their Australian counterparts as they push for trade barriers to be lifted following the WTO ruling on Japan's fireblight restrictions on US apples.

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    Producers shun futures at their peril

    2003-07-24T00:00:00Z

    Potato producers who fail to make use of futures markets are placing good returns at risk in this season of extremely low plantings, warns potato futures broker ADM Investor Services International.

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    Potato trade advised to invest in futures

    2003-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Potato producers who fail to make use of futures markets are placing good returns at risk in this season of extremely low plantings, warned potato futures broker ADM Investor Services International.

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    Florette expansion nears completion

    2003-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Bagged salad giant Florette has completed the first phase of a factory extension at its Staffordshire site.

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    NZ sees new apple markets open up

    2003-07-21T00:00:00Z

    The New Zealand government and its country's top-fruit growers are welcoming a World Trade Organisation ruling this week that could pave the way for New Zealand apples to enter new markets.

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    Go dotty about Polka

    2003-07-18T00:00:00Z

    New raspberry variety to be launched by Hargreaves Plants at Fruit Focus.

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    HRI welcomes Warwick move

    2003-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Horticulture Research International and the University of Warwick (UoW) have welcomed Defra's decision on the future of HRI Wellesbourne and Kirton.

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    French pears kick off

    2003-07-17T00:00:00Z

    French summer pear production appears to have escaped largely unscathed the late spring frosts that have hurt top and stone fruit production in many parts of Europe.

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    Spanish berry industry counts its losses

    2003-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Growers in Huelva were licking their wounds at this month's strawberry roundtable in south-western Spanish region.

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    Spanish citrus growth

    2003-07-15T00:00:00Z

    Spanish citrus trade organisation Intercitrus is forecasting increased exports and earnings in the 2003-04 season.

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    French cherry comeback

    2003-07-10T00:00:00Z

    With the 2003 French cherry season in its last throes, export committee chairman Jean-Pierre Giacomazzi (pictured) was in the UK last week to inform buyers of the commitment French producers have made to meeting the demands of this market.

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    Supasweet onions on the map

    2003-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Supasweet, the trade-marked, UK-bred, mild-tasting sweet onion was launched officially this week in Bedfordshire.

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    Fairtrade Foundation restructures

    2003-07-08T00:00:00Z

    The Fairtrade Foundation is opening up its membership to allow organisations with related goals to apply to join.

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    Hargreaves snaps up ex-M&S buyer Stubbins

    2003-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Plant propagator Hargreaves Plants has snapped up one of the best- known names in soft-fruit buying.

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    Chiquita seals Pafco deal

    2003-07-07T00:00:00Z

    US multi-national Chiquita has completed the sale of its Puerto Armuelles Fruit Co subsidiary in Panama to a worker co-operative.

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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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    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.