Brassica news archive – Page 30
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ArticlePortugal eyes the UK
The Portuguese fresh produce industry is stepping up to the challenge of supplying the UK marketplace like never before, despite experiencing major weather disruptions last season. Elizabeth O’Keefe visits vegetable and salad producers in southern Portugal to find out more
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Northern Ireland battles conditions
Northern Irish growers are battling poor weather, water shortages and attacks from pigeons in a nightmare New Year that has left supermarket promotions curtailed.
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AV Produce enters administration
Two of Kent’s leading fresh produce businesses have gone into administration this week.
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ArticleSpanish crops ‘affected by cold weather’
Associations in Valencia and Murcia say some production has been damaged by low temperatures in Spain
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ArticleThe next generation of crop expert
In the first of a new series of articles exploring the day-to-day working lives of professionals along the fresh produce supply chain, we start at the beginning and spend a day with crop specialist Keely Watson of seed company Elsoms. Elizabeth O’Keefe reports
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Snow fails to stop a steady stream of new varieties
It’s been an interesting exercise to see how the multiples have rearranged their wares in the last week, with fresh
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ArticleSprout shortage to create Christmas chaos
With Christmas fast approaching and the traditional dinner being planned, one of the nation’s favourite vegetables faces a race against time to grace this yearʼs plate.
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ArticleWinter warmers
Britain’s food garden blooms during the chilly winter months with high quality and availability of winter veg. But with largely flat sales over the past year, Doris Lee Butterworth weighs up the prospects for a better season ahead
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Colder nights bring more winter veg to the fore
I get the feeling that most retailers are devoting more space to winter vegetables as temperatures fall. Good news, of course,
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Consumers are still no closer to getting 5 a day
Everyone readily accepts that fruit and vegetables are good for you. Apart from being part of the diet since mankind arrived
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ArticleProducers expect a merry Christmas
Key lines such as Brussels sprouts, nuts and dates are never far away from any Brit’s Christmas plate, and producers are upbeat that nothing can stand in the way of another successful festive season. Doris Lee Butterworth reports
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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.