Brassica news archive – Page 30
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ArticleCold winter planning gives UK growers more options
After a tough, dry summer, UK producers will be looking for some respite from the weather. But with a cold winter forecast and the boom in straw prices set to affect some crops, Alex Lawson weighs up the current prospects for home-grown vegetables
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ArticleNew herbicide set for brassicas
BASF are demonstrating a new herbicide for use in brassicas as well as a new herbicide formulation and a broad-spectrum fungicide, showing that they are continuing to invest in vegetable crops.
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ArticleIndustry urged to rally round brassicas
The Brassica Growers’ Association (BGA) is calling for more industry support for its Love Your Greens Campaign as it plans for its second year.
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ArticleStrawberry crop protection work underway
Strawberry growers, crop protection companies and consumers look set to benefit from a major project being undertaken in Kent to find natural crop protection alternatives to active substances now banned by the EU.
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ArticleBrassica man makes rival switch
One of the brassica industry’s biggest players has moved from Emmett to its rival TH Clements.
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ArticleRoad to recovery is mapped out for organics
Confidence is up in the fruit and vegetable organics market following a run of poor sales and mixed media messages. Ahead of the UK organic industry’s first generic promotional campaign, organic growers are gearing up for the initiative and hoping to win back consumers. Elizabeth O’Keefe reports
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ArticleRolling with the punches
It is well known that Kent has a lot to offer as a horticultural hub, with its thriving orchards, bustling distribution centre in Paddock Wood and a leading centre in UK R&D in East Malling Research (EMR). But as environmental and financial changes take hold, how will Kent remain on top? Elizabeth O’Keefe tours the area to find out
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ArticleWater fears for parched UK vegetables
Home-grown vegetables are thirsty following a sunshine-filled summer and very little rainfall in some of the major producing areas of the UK, leaving fields in need of some extra irrigation and growers fearful of what it could mean for their margins. Anna Sbuttoni reports
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ArticleGlobal wheat price opportunity for growers
The market for UK grown vegetables such as brassicas and potatoes could tighten as spiralling global wheat prices threaten to push land rents up.
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Sprouts battle disease threats
Disease control in Brussels sprouts and storage cabbage crops is now underway and growers are being advised to implement programmes for a broad spectrum of control for disease threats.
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ArticleHaldanes ramps up local fresh offer
Fresh produce will be at the heart of a revolutionary new local sourcing policy across supermarket group Haldanes’ 23 stores.
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ArticleTozer Seeds holds stir fry trials open day
Tozer Seeds is to holding a stir fry product trial at their Millwater Nursery site in Cobham, Surrey later this year.
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LFP in major profits rise
Lincolnshire Field Products (LFP) has recorded a 54 per cent increase in profits after it cut costs in the business.
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ArticleContinued dry spell threatens supplies
The UK’s warm, dry spell is threatening to cause difficulties for salad and vegetable growers
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ArticleWorld Cup Caulis roar on Three Lions
With the country gripped by World Cup fever and England’s crunch encounter against Germany looming, Lincolnshire brassica specialist TH Clements have come up with a unique way to back the team.
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ArticleDecline of the brassica: will the public learn to love their greens?
Despite boasting one of the most dynamic ranges of all the fresh produce categories, it is no secret that the brassica industry has been struggling both to gain sustainable returns and promote itself effectively. So why is a sector of this size often overlooked and what can be done to rectify this in the future? Elizabeth O’Keefe investigates
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Climate change threatens costs
Climate change is already causing shifts in disease patterns in UK crops, a major technical review undertaken by Adas and commissioned by agri-chemical giant BASF has found.
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ArticleBroccoli growers in Father's Day promo
The Brassica Growers Association is using Father’s Day on Sunday to promote the benefits to men of eating broccoli.
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ArticleBGA's new campaign targets men
The UK's men are the target of the Brassica Growers’ Association's new campaign highlighting broccoli's role in reducing prostate cancer risk
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ArticleBroccoli source switch proves smooth
The broccoli market is enjoying one of the smoothest changeovers from imported to domestic supply operators can remember.