All Production & Trade articles – Page 1732
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English apple-cart upset
UK top fruit supply is set for a shake-up come the 2002 season with some key growers switching marketing groups in the wake of a dismal 2001-02 campaign for English apples.
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Cape runs for life
The Cape team is pictured finishing the Race For Life at Battersea Park, London and collecting competitors' goody bags.
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India unveils mango promo
Indian mango suppliers have launched a major awareness campaign in the UK market in order to develop the existing sector and stimulate mainstream consumer interest in new varieties.
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Apricot diversity hope
Apricot producers in Murcia in southern Spain are setting up a committee to look at growing new varieties to diversify their offer away from Bulida, a variety grown primarily for processing.
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Cherry debut in time for Jubilee
California cherry arrivals are just in time for Golden Jubilee celebrations in the UK.
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US apples braced for EU battle
US apple chiefs and UK importers express deep concern for their business as the EU slides towards a tit-for-tat trade war with the Bush administration.
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Euro citrus shortfall
Indicators suggest there has been a shortfall of Greek citrus this season, but a marginal rise in Italian citrus to 3.2 million tonnes.
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Lemon season under way
The lemon export season in Argentina has kicked off despite the country's financial difficulties.
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Management measured
An ambitious survey of UK farmers is launched to find out how farmers feel about green farming issues.
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Portuguese toms on the up
Tomato production in Portugal is forecast to rise six per cent to 1.13m tonnes in 2002-03.
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NZ growers give in to GPG
Top-fruit grower shareholders in New Zealand exporter Enza have sold 90 per cent of their shares to the Guinness Peat Group.
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ETI scoops banana giants
The Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) announces produce suppliers Chiquita Brands International and Fyffes have been selected for membership.
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Pearl in Higgins crown
Potato seed supplier and ware marketing specialist the Higgins Group has announced its new salad potato variety Pearl has been listed by the National Institute of Agricultural Botany.
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NFU fights for HRI
The National Farmers Union met with officials from the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on May 7 to express its concern about proposed cuts to funding for horticultural research and development (R&D).
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Zespri welcomes meat man
New Zealand kiwifruit exporter Zespri has announced the appointment of a meat industry chief executive to its board of directors.
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Chinese lychee breakthrough
A recent post-harvest development will make long distance sea-freight of Chinese lychees possible with first arrivals due in the EU next month.
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NZ avocado on the up
New Zealand's avocado crop set for dramatic growth, according to the US organisation FAS.
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Banana report criticised
Ecuador's banana sector has hit back after a report published last week by Human Rights Watch suggested the country's industry harboured human rights abuses and exploited children.
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Gras goes International
Asparagus growers John and Richard Clement of Tuddenham Hall Estate, Suffolk have linked up with Hargreaves Plants to form Asparagus International Ltd.
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Spanish nispero targets UK
Foods From Spain is organising a major three-year consumer and trade awareness drive to establish a market presence for loquats, highlighting their origins by renaming them in Spanish for the UK market as nisperos.