All Production & Trade articles – Page 1777
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Israel embarks on major citrus replanting scheme
Chairman of the Citrus Marketing Board, Daniel Kritchman, announces regeneration project for the Israeli citrus industry.
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Jersey Royal crop shapes up
Some 40 per cent of the Jersey Royal crop is now in the ground. The indoor and outdoor crops are predicted to start at the end of February and the end of March/beginning of April, repectively.
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Top 100 taking huge market share, says Plimsoll report
Plimsoll Publishing's Portfolio Analysis: Fresh Produce first edition 2000 reveals that the 100 best fresh produce companies by sales account for two-thirds of the market share.
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Jaffa citrus recovery hope
Israeli citrus exports to the UK so far this season are seven per cent lower overall than this time last year and 30 per cent below 1997-98 levels but hopes are high for a turnaround.
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Chile forecasts smaller top fruit crop
Climatic conditions over the past 15 months are taking their toll on Chilean apples and pears
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Uruguayan citrus pulls through drought
Uruguay could be expecting a reduced citrus crop of higher quality and slightly smaller sizes in some varieties due to drought in the summer.
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Adrian Scripps enters into agreement with local companies
Adrian Scripps, the growers and packers based in Tonbridge, awards contracts worth more than £500,000 to two local firms for its fruit storage complex.
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Brown urges producers to follow demand in the marketplace
Nick Brown, agriculture minister, states that the only viable future for UK agriculture is to follow the development of products for which there is a marketplace.
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Late Spanish easy-peelers start picking
Grower organisations in Spain are calling on producers not to harvest late-season easy peelers Fortuna and Ortaline too soon as the harvest gets under way this week.
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Morocco enjoys quality year
Easy-peeler and orange crops have recovered from a late start in Morocco and are showing excellent top quality in a difficult market place.
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Western Cape grape in full swing
South African grape is bouncing back with increased supplies of seedless varieties from the Western Cape after climatic setbacks in the traditional Orange River area.
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Enza criticises new top-fruit body
A new export permit stucture in NZ is coming under fire from top fruit marketer Enzafruit.
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Chile starts Royal Gala harvest
With the arrival of summer in Chile, apple and pear harvests are starting and grapes reach the mid-point in their season.
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Rainfall boosts Argentinean citrus
Rainfall in the Argentinean province of Tucumánover the past week gives a timely boost to lemon crops.
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Sheerness attracts new shipping lines
Sheerness welcomes two new shipping lines that are to operate from the port, Lauritzen Reefers and Pacific Seaways, both importing a wide variety of fruit from Chile.
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HRI makes pesticide breakthrough
HRI-Wellsbourne uncovers soil-living bacteria able to break down a number of pesticide compounds. The genes which make this possible are also being singled out.
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NFU launches campaign for farmer relief
The National Farmers Union unveils an initiative to ease financial pressures on UK growers.
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New traceability system put in place
An new electronic system, Food Trak, promises a time saving, low-cost, solution to cater for suppliers' traceability needs.
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Spanish strawberry delay
Cold weather postpones onset of the Spanish strawberry season by two weeks. First arrivals are now scheduled for the second or third week in February.