Supply news from FPJ – Page 58
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NewsPort performance key for South African citrus
South Africa’s port authority says it is pulling out all the stops to enable a successful export campaign
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NewsUK govt offers Africa cold-chain funding
UK government commits to address the urgent lack of cold-chain in Africa with £4m research grant
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NewsFrustration grows over citrus situation
The CGA has again approached the South African government ahead of a ”looming EU FCM regulation crisis that threatens orange exports and grower livelihoods”
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NewsSearch is on for Wales Woman Farmer of the Year
NFU Cymru marks 25th anniversary of its Wales Woman Farmer Award with launch of search for 2023 winner
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NewsAvos good for gut health
Studies show avocados can significantly improve gut health and digestive system, says WAO
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NewsSouth African citrus ponders strategic options
The South African citrus sector is in a period of fast growth but will need to follow the right path to remain viable
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News'Buy British tomatoes,' growers say
British tomato growers are appealing to UK consumers to buy domestic product as the peak season gets under way
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NewsSouth African lemons head to markets outside Europe
The new Southern African citrus export season, including mainly South Africa, Zimbabwe and Eswatini, has started strongly
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NewsSouthern Hemisphere to produce bigger volume of Kissabel apples
Production in Australia continues to grow, while work continues on test orchards in Chile, Argentina and South Africa
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NewsNationwide Produce launches asparagus brand
The Evesham-based supplier is selling freshly-picked local asparagus under its new Spear It brand
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NewsIt’s all rhubarb to British consumers
Brits want to eat more seasonal produce but don’t know how, new Ocado survey suggests
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NewsMaking a name for Ugandan fresh produce
Odrek Rwabwogo of Uganda’s Presidential Advisory Committee on Exports and Industrial Development (PACEID) tells Fred Searle what he thinks the country must do to establish itself as a trusted supplier to the UK and Europe
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NewsUganda's avocado ambitions
Fred Searle travels to the East African nation as it begins to export Hass for the very first time. The aim: to establish the country as a trusted supplier and help lift small-scale farmers out of poverty
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NewsWhere next for Belgian horticultural research?
Located in Flanders, Belgium’s vegetable heartland, the Research Station for Vegetable Production has 60 years’ experience in translating academic research into practical knowledge for greenhouse and open-field growers. Fred Searle speaks to its director Els Berckmoes about the challenges for producers and what the non-profit is doing to help
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NewsCould Britain learn from Belgium's auction system?
Severe shortages in fresh produce have refocused attention on the pitfalls of UK supermarkets’ preference for seasonal contracts. Fred Searle travels to Belgium to see how the country’s fruit and vegetable auctions do things differently
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NewsBelgium’s UK export mission
Rather than prompting Belgium to focus its efforts on other markets, Brexit has seen the country actively target export growth in Britain. Fred Searle crosses the Channel to find out how and why
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NewsLEAF announces new CEO
David Webster joins the sustainable farming group as CEO in September from the UK grocery division of Associated British Foods where he is sustainability director
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NewsLago D’Oro opens Europe’s largest fennel packhouse
Company sees huge potential to grow sales outside Italy, after the completion of a new facility on the edge of the Fucino Plain
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NewsDefra awards £9.13m to agri-robotics
Projects on robotic crop harvesting, a new way of cultivating potatoes and an autonomous cow bedding system are to receive share of funding