All Production & Trade articles – Page 474
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ArticleShort but sweet
British supermarkets ran low on sweet potatoes in August, however NPD and expanding usage are boosting the category. Fred Searle speaks to Barfoots’ supply chain category manager Ketan Dave and commercial manager Rebecca Charnley
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ArticleLidl invests £15bn in British suppliers
Discounter pledges to support suppliers to grow and source more produce from UK as it continues its expansion
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ArticleEmergency measures for tomato virus
Spread of Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus has prompted the EU to take action with new trade controls being introduced
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ArticleVertical farming research centre opens
The Innovation Hub for Controlled Environment Agriculture in Scotland hopes to find solutions for sustainable production
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ArticleAustralian horticulture exports perform strongly
A prosperous 2018/19 season for Australia’s horticulture industry sees an increase in nut, fruit and vegetable exports
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ArticleEnvironment Bill promises binding targets
New office will be created to hold government to account over environmental targets
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ArticleFareShare ties the Waste Knot with Ferryfast
The UK’s biggest food waste redistributor has begun taking surplus produce from Midlands-based supplier Ferryfast thanks to Defra funding to help make food rescue commercially viable
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ArticleDanper exports first mangoes from Ecuador
Company shipped 25 containers with unnamed Colombian partner
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ArticleStonefruit prospects looking up
Drought still has an effect on volumes, but generally there is a welcome return to normality for South African stonefruit
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ArticleEcuador counts cost of strike
Acorbanec said stoppage has caused “huge, unrecoverable losses” to banana sector
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ArticleHaciendasBio builds up premium organic offering
Arra grapes and flat white nectarines are among the newest additions to the company’s growing portfolio
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ArticleGreat-sun Foods invests in Malaysia
Chinese fresh produce company to construct a tropical fruit planting base in Malaysia with a focus on durian
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ArticleCool Fresh becomes Jupiter Group Europe
New name for Cool Fresh International after its acquisition by Shropshire high flyers, Jupiter Group, in May
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ArticleGLAA homes in on Lincolnshire
Unannounced compliance inspections last week do not turn up any evidence of worker exploitation
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ArticleGrowers praise 'sensational' Kanzi harvest
Apple proving highly resilient in face of major weather challenges, say German, Dutch and Belgian producers
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ArticleLa Dona breaks record for airflown pineapples
Company says consumers are showing preference for ripe, artisan pineapples over sea-freighted fruit
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ArticleCVVP unveils new citrus duo
The club is all set to handle its first commercial crop of Leanri mandarins and Summer Prim lemons
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ArticleUS trade mission targets Asia
A host of US delegates will be travelling to Vietnam to meet with counterparts from a number of Asian countries
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ArticleGrowers eager for US-India trade agreement
Californian walnut growers hopeful of an agreement, as retaliatory tariffs hurt exports
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ArticleThe Halo effect
The evolution of SH Pratt from Luton banana importer to fresh produce giant has seen many changes in the industry, but it remains a family affair