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Spain: Citrus fruits price drops due to bad weather Time:24 Jan 2011 Posted by 21food.com Data from "Agroseguro" shows that up to the 10th of January, citrus fruit producers policy holders reported 8,800 declarations of citrus damage that affect a total of 20,827 parcels in a ...
AU: Consumers urged to get behind local fruit and vegetable growers Time:25 Jan 2011 Posted by 21food.com Peak horticulture organisation Growcom today joined the chorus of politicians and other figures calling for consumers to support Queensland fruit and vegetable growers by ...
AU: Supermarkets weigh up fruit and veg imports Time:25 Jan 2011 Posted by 21food.com Big supermarkets are contemplating the mass importation of fruit and vegetables - and are already stocking shelves with damaged produce from local growers desperate for cash after the floods. In ...
US (CA): It's the season for 'lucky' mandarins Time:25 Jan 2011 Posted by 21food.com Orange globes of good luck are plucked one by one from a grove in Sutter County.Destined for tabletops and entryways as symbolic tokens of the Chinese New Year, Murcott mandarins from Oak Acre ...
Uruguay: 33% rise on apple production Time:25 Jan 2011 Posted by 21food.com Apple production will rise 33% in the present harvest, a 17,000 ton harvest is predicted, according to a preliminary estimate for the 2010/11 harvest, made by the Agricultural and Live Stock Statistics ...
South Africa: Table grape shipments fall Time:25 Jan 2011 Posted by 21food.com The shipments of table grapes from South Africa have fallen again this week. The cumulative shipping of 17.13 million cartons for week 2 of 2011 is down by 4.37 million compared to last year's season. ...
Spain: Canned fruit and veg exports on the increase Time:26 Jan 2011 Posted by 21food.com The canning of fruit and vegetables in the province of Almeria, in 338 commercial operations, exported more than 6,000 tons of fruits and vegetables between January and October 2010. The ...
AU: Supermarkets urged to choose local fruits over imports Time:26 Jan 2011 Posted by 21food.com Fruit and vegetable growers in the region have welcomed assurances from two of the big supermarket chains that they will only turn to imports as a last resort. "I would hope that ...
Southern Seed introduces 'GLORIA F1' aubergine Time:26 Jan 2011 Posted by 21food.com After years of research in the segment of purple aubergine varieties, Southern Seed has got a hybrid of high quality, GLORIA F1. In recent years, several growers have introduced this variety ...
Chile: Exporting fruit is more complicated Time:26 Jan 2011 Posted by 21food.com In the middle of a growth prognosis of 23.9% for this year's harvest, with better quality and fruit size, the export of pear and apple is on a low, with the sector declaring a crisis due to costs ...
Philippines: Strawberries sweetest at colder temperatures Time:29 Jan 2011 Posted by 21food.com Strawberry lovers should have all the reasons to be happy over the prevalence of the cold spell in this capital town because the fruits farmers said are sweetest when the temperatures ...
Mexico: Lemon's cost is due to tension in Michoacan Time:28 Jan 2011 Posted by 21food.com The shortage and increase in price of lemon is due to the wave of violence in Michoacan, which has made tradesmen afraid to go to Uruapan and Apatzingn, the main national producers of this ...
US: Fruit production up in New York state Time:28 Jan 2011 Posted by 21food.com The value of New York's 2010 tree fruit and grape production totaled $332 million, up 14 percent from the 2009 value, said King Whetstone, director of U.S. Department of Agriculture's National ...
Peru: 24% rise in avocado exports in 2010 Time:28 Jan 2011 Posted by 21food.com Between January and November of 2010, avocado exports reached US$ 83.2 million, 24% more than in the same period of 2009, when was US$ 66.8 million, according to information from the Exporters ...
Vegetable prices in Latvia are growing; local potatoes bought up by Russians Time:28 Jan 2011 Posted by 21food.com In January 2011, the prices of vegetables in Latvia increased rapidly, and due to the activity of Russian buyers the supply of local potatoes is dwindling, experts ...
US: Rain fails to dampen 2011 California asparagus crop Time:27 Jan 2011 Posted by 21food.com Despite unseasonably wet and cool weather, California asparagus growers are gearing up for on-time production, which will begin in earnest in March. All asparagus growing regions in ...
Zambia: Pineapple plant to be setup in Mwinilunga Time:27 Jan 2011 Posted by 21food.com Varun Beverages Limited intends to set up a pineapple canning plant in Mwinilunga District, Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister Felix Mutati has said. Mr Mutati said in Lusaka yesterday that ...
EU: Potato buyers competing for supply Time:29 Jan 2011 Posted by 21food.com There is still strong demand in Eastern Europe for potatoes following adverse growing conditions in the summer and as a result the potato markets in Northwest European countries such as Belgium, France, ...
Rijk Zwaan product lines take centre stage during Fruit Logistica Time:29 Jan 2011 Posted by 21food.com From 9-11 February 2011, Rijk Zwaan will again be present at the Fruit Logistica in Berlin with its own stand. Central this year are the various product lines which allow the ...
US (NY): School vending machines filled with local carrots? Time:11 Feb 2011 Posted by 21food.com At high schools in Cincinnati and New York, vending machine choices include Coke, Gatorade and now carrots -baby carrots from Bakersfield. Bolthouse Farms and other farmers ...
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