All Production & Trade articles – Page 1804

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    Chile rejects dumping claim

    2001-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Exporters in Chile are rejecting claims made by US grape growers that they dumped fruit on the US market last season.

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    Best laid potato plans

    2001-04-06T00:00:00Z

    Despite the difficulties of recent months, potato growers can still look forward to a good season ahead, if they plan carefully.

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    KG signs US deal

    2001-04-06T00:00:00Z

    KG Fruits Ltd has won import rights for fruit grown by Driscoll Strawberry Associates. Pictured are KG's Nick Marston (l) and Dorn Wenninger of DSA.

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    Enza's first arrivals

    2001-04-05T00:00:00Z

    The first New Zealand top fruit arrived in the UK on March 31.

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    Californian cherry on the top

    2001-04-05T00:00:00Z

    Cherries from the south-western US are shaping up for a good season provided no late spring weather conditions spoil the party.

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    Fruit show welcomes Mitchell as chairman

    2001-04-05T00:00:00Z

    Kent fruit-grower Robert Mitchell has been elected chairman of the Marden Fruit Show Society.

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    Multifruit to handle Guapa in Europe

    2001-04-05T00:00:00Z

    Multifruit Import of Rotterdam has obtained exclusive rights to use the banana label Guapa, used on bananas from sources in Ecuador.

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    Apple growers take up their Cause

    2001-04-04T00:00:00Z

    A group of New Zealand growers acting under the banner Apple Cause hopes to meet with the NZ agriculture minister to try and halt moves to further deregulate their industry.

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    Apple stocks clearing

    2001-04-04T00:00:00Z

    Stocks of apples in the European Union and US are clearing well as supplies from the southern hemisphere come on stream in volume.

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    UK onions face drilling crisis

    2001-04-04T00:00:00Z

    Onions could be in short supply if producers do not take action now to adjust their drilling programmes and varietal sequence.

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    Windward revenue declines

    2001-04-04T00:00:00Z

    Banana producers in the Caribbean suffered a nine per cent slump in export revenue during 2000.

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    Road threat to Argentina's citrus

    2001-04-03T00:00:00Z

    The Tucuman Citrus Association is calling on local authorities to address problems with road infrastructure and protests which are threatening the safe arrival of citrus on domestic and export markets.

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    Florida growers call for state help

    2001-04-02T00:00:00Z

    Citrus producers in Florida are concerned that abandoned groves are threatening their livelihoods.

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    Humber Growers find new market

    2001-04-02T00:00:00Z

    East Yorkshire salad producer Humber Growers has found a new market for its Spanish cherry tomatoes in New York.

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    Organic imports climb again

    2001-03-30T00:00:00Z

    As consumption of organics rises in the UK so does the volume of imports although proportionally their share of the overall organic market is being eroded.

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    Cimo and Eucofel edge closer

    2001-03-30T00:00:00Z

    The two bodies representing the European fruit trade are moving closer in their merger talks.

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    Cues get a voice of their own

    2001-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Growers of fresh cucumber in the UK have set up their own representative body.

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    Sheerness hit hard by deregulation

    2001-03-30T00:00:00Z

    The effect of fruit exports in supplier countries opening up to independent operators is being felt at quayside in the UK.

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    Fubol given a gold star

    2001-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Facing up to potato blight and using new fungicidal control products on the market can help reduce disease.

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    Wales sets organic target

    2001-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Wales has a target to switch 10 per cent of agriculture to organic production.