By KATHY WEBB - The Dominion Post . Thursday, 26 July 2007 Email a Friend . Printable View . Have Your Say Related Links Subscribe to Archivestuff Have your say Despairing apple growers are giving up hope of exporting to Australia next year as they run into another political roadblock. By KATHY WEBB - The Dominion Post . Thursday, 26 July 2007 Email a Friend . Printable View . Have Your Say Related Links Subscribe to Archivestuff Have your say Despairing apple growers are giving up hope of...

Last year was one of those crops apple farmers dream about -- 96 percent of a full crop on the 5,000 acres of orchards across Henderson County. After earlier estimates that the Easter weekend hard freeze decimated the crop, growers say a few apples will pull through. The Easter weekend freeze and the wind storm the next weekend devastated the county's apple and peach crops and caused serious damage to strawberry and other berry crops and nurseries. Apple growers are working to secure...

Waitrose is coming to the aid of apple growers whose crops have been damaged by this summer's terrible weather. The supermarket chain is to take hail-damaged fruit at a fair price and sell it in its stores, highlighting on the packaging the reasons for its less-than-perfect appearance. Around 30 per cent have been affected across the country, with estimates of the damage to the UK apple market reaching 100million. Waitrose prides itself on working closely with its suppliers and on its...

Korean research which shows that eating persimmon fruit may be a hangover cure, will be one of the more unusual scientific issues discussed at a major conference starting tomorrow on the Sunshine Coast. PressZoom.com - Global News Service - News and Press Release Distribution. Primary Industries and Fisheries Minister Tim Mulherin said international scientists, food experts and fruit growers from Asia, New Zealand, Queensland and interstate will meet tomorrow in Marcoola on the Sunshine...

Delhi-based market research consultancy Market Pulse spoke with close to 350 consumers in Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai to understand their attitudes to modern retail and their spending patterns. The most frequent purchases from modern format stores are of commodities (60 per cent) and personal care products (55 per cent) followed by fruit and vegetables and home care products. While the wider range of products at modern retail outlets is the biggest draw for most respondents, for a third of...

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