All Production & Trade articles – Page 1802

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    Zespri sets sail

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    The first shipment of Zespri kiwifruit is expected in Europe at the week-end.

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    Salads availability tightens up

    2001-05-10T00:00:00Z

    Prices have been rising on wholesale markets across the salads range due to the tardiness of UK crops.

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    Potato packers combine forces

    2001-05-10T00:00:00Z

    The two largest potato packers for supermarkets in Kent have joined linked up.

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    NFU manifesto demands support

    2001-05-10T00:00:00Z

    The next UK government must grasp the opportunity of the new parliament to work with farmers to get the industry back on its feet, said the National Farmers Union in its general election manifesto.

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    Dutch dismiss losses

    2001-05-10T00:00:00Z

    Restructuring costs have been blamed for losses at The Greenery.

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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.