All Production & Trade articles – Page 1755

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    Cold snap shortens final berries

    2001-05-09T00:00:00Z

    The weather is still being unkind to Spanish strawberry growers even as their season wanes.

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    NZ set for top-fruit deregulation

    2001-05-09T00:00:00Z

    New Zealand's agriculture minister has made a surprise announcement for the top fruit sector.

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    JP notches up QA first

    2001-05-09T00:00:00Z

    A QA manager from JP Fruit Distributors has been awarded the UK's first Fresh Produce Quality Assurance Certificate.

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    NZ jazzes up apple offer

    2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

    A new apple variety from New Zealand is being consumer-tested in key overseas markets including the UK.

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    Agronomists get the news

    2001-05-03T00:00:00Z

    The British Potato Council has launched a series of technical bulletins for agronomists.

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    Israel awaits quota change

    2001-05-03T00:00:00Z

    As Israel's water crisis deepens, a reform of the quota system is being planned.

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    Pay award "disastrous"

    2001-05-03T00:00:00Z

    The National Farmers Union has dubbed the pay award made by the government's agricultural wages board as "disastrous" in a letter to Nick Brown.

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    New life breathed into UK top fruit

    2001-05-03T00:00:00Z

    At a meeting this week in Kent, the heart of UK top-fruit production, the largest supplier of English apples and pears laid out its proposals for the revitalisation of the UK top fruit industry.

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    Canary Islands suppliers get together

    2001-05-03T00:00:00Z

    Canary Islands salads suppliers Frutos Canarios and Fortuna Fruits have announced that they are to merge operations.

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    Puerto Rican debut

    2001-05-03T00:00:00Z

    The first arrivals of sea freight Puerto Rican mangoes were unloaded in the UK this week.

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    New regime "unjust"

    2001-05-03T00:00:00Z

    The latest proposal for reform of the EU's banana import regime which met with US approval has been slated as unjust by Costa Rican workers.

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    Apple sector must revamp

    2001-05-01T00:00:00Z

    According to the latest World Apple Report, apple growers must remake their businesses if they are to breathe new life into the sluggish market and meet future change.

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    Chile hands out manuals

    2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Subscribers to Chile's ground-breaking good agricultural practices (Gap) programme have started to receive their handbooks.

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    New UK soft fruit trials launched

    2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Plant breeder Hargreaves Plants has announced a new appointment as part of a plan to develop a novel trials system for berry production.

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    Smaller crop makes growers glum

    2001-04-29T00:00:00Z

    Many top fruit growers in New Zealand are not cheered by prospects for their smaller crops this season.

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    AG Thames in Migrant link

    2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

    AG Thames Holdings, the holding company of importer-packer Chingford Fruit Packers, announced on Tuesday that it has acquired stone-fruit import specialist Migrant Fruit Ltd.

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    Awards sponsors named

    2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Nexus Horticulture has announced the sponsors for its 2002 Grower of the Year awards.

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    Chiquita claims disputed

    2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

    A UK fair-trade banana organisation is challenging Chiquita's Better-Banana claims.

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    Morant leaves Thames Fruit

    2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Thames Fruit and the Teresa Organisation are saying goodbye to Pepe Morant.

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    Potato stocks low

    2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Latest available figures from the British Potato Council indicate low stocks.