All Production & Trade articles – Page 637
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ArticleLea Valley Growers host Brexiteer to discuss labour issues
Iain Duncan Smith has met with members of Lea Valley Growers Association after he backed calls to ‘scrap unskilled migrant labour’
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ArticleEgyptian exports rise in 2017
Egypt’s Agricultural Export Council has revealed that exports of Egyptian fruit and vegetables rose by 3 per cent last year
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ArticleMexican exporters mull Russian potential
Opening of a new commercial office in Moscow signals Mexico’s desire to increase trade with Russia
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ArticleEx-Hargreaves Plants salesman sets up new firm
Stefan Belakov has set up a new plant material business supplying berry, asparagus and topfruit categories
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ArticlePeru keeps watchful eye on La Niña
Development of the weather phenomenon is set to play a crucial role in the fruit industry’s performance in 2018
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ArticleResearchers handed greening boost
University of Florida/IFAS researchers awarded US$10.5m to work on citrus greening resistance or tolerance
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ArticleFirst shipments of peaches to China
Under newly ratified protocols, Orsida Fresh peaches have been sent by airfreight to mainland China
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ArticleFirst sea shipment for 2018 kiwano season
Enzed Exotics has sent its first sea container of kiwano fruit for the season, destined for the US
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ArticleAHDB commits £5m to farming innovation
Industry body to plough money into PhD courses after identifying UK productivity gap of over £4bn in lost GDP
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ArticleMurcian stonefruit crisis deepens
Around 27,000ha are at risk of abandonment as sector sustains another year of heavy losses
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ArticleUS reliance on fresh produce imports grows
Mexico now supplies virtually all of the fresh asparagus consumed in the US and almost nine out of ten avocados
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ArticleOpening the ‘green lane’ to Australian exporters
The Australian Trusted Trader programme has the potential to reduce regulatory red tape and prioritise trade and border services
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ArticleGovernment to beef up Channel border security
Theresa May set to pledge £44.5m to tighten up border security between UK and France as Macron visits UK to strengthen Calais border treaty
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ArticleHuge cocaine stash hidden inside fresh pineapple
A 745kg stash of cocaine was hidden inside yellow cylinders before being disguised in emptied out pineapple skins
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ArticleCaribbean Exotics eyes new export opportunities
The company expects to access new markets in 2018 as its diversification strategy intensifies
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ArticleUruguayan citrus finds favour in US
The US now absorbs around one-third of citrus exports as the European market continues to contract
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ArticleTough times for RSA grapes
Persistent drought in the Western Cape region of South Africa is continuing to frustrate the South African table grape industry
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ArticleNew seed processing plant for South Australia
South Pacific Seeds will be constructing a specialised processing plant to develop international markets
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ArticleA tale of two Goves
Defra minister Michael Gove visited the Oxford Farming Conference and its sustainability counterpart Oxford Real Farming Conference in one day
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ArticleExports and NPD drive growth at Mash Direct
Northern Irish convenience manufacturer enjoys buoyant sales thanks to product launches and increased focus on exports