Brassica news archive – Page 35
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ArticleCornish freeze hits hard
Cornish vegetables fulfil an important role in the UK supply calendar, with product available from November to April. But the harsh winter has well and truly put paid to any hopes of a sterling season in 2008-09. Laura Gould finds out more.
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ArticleSnows hit Spanish production
Freezing low temperatures and unexpected snows have severely affected winter vegetable and berry growers across Spain
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ArticleBred for success
The seed breeding sector has enjoyed busy and exciting times in recent years, with a host of new fruit and vegetable varieties launched on to the market. With more plans in the pipeline for 2009, Doris Lee Butterworth talks to leading players to find out more.
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ArticleDirect Endives and Soleil du Nord unite
French chicory producer Direct Endives has joined producer organisation Soleil du Nord to create new company Endélis
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ArticleBritish onions enjoy sales boost
The British Onions PR campaign upped its game last year by generating an advertising equivalent value of £721,682 and TNS figures showed that onion sales rose 12 per cent over the year, with volume up by almost nine per cent.
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ArticleTight squeeze on sprouts
The British Brussels sprout offer will be a victim of excellent production conditions this season.
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ArticleDisease threat increase for veg
With the continuing wet, warm and humid conditions, this season will be a particularly high pressure year for a number of diseases in brassicas, according to John McCulloch of specialist agronomist County Crops.
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Chicory prices hit record low
French chicory producers are struggling at the start of this season, due to low prices and rising costs
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ArticleBritish Onions battles on
The British Onions PR campaign will move into its third year as a result of continued support from key trading companies such as Albert Bartlett & Sons, the Allium Alliance, the Allium & Brassica Centre, FB Parrish & Son and G’s Marketing.
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Carrefour adds organic chicory range
The French retail group has elected to add chicory to its Carrefour Agir Bio range, as it continues to support organic farming in France
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ArticleWinter warmers on track
Despite far from perfect planting conditions earlier in the year, UK winter vegetable growers are on track to deliver for the Christmas surge in demand. Elizabeth O’Keefe investigates.
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ArticleEU pesticide proposals hard to swallow
Consumers will not easily digest the significant price rises for fresh produce and uncertain supplies that ill-thought-out EU proposals on crop protection products could cause, the Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC) has warned.
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ArticleSelect Lincolnshire comes to London
Select lincolnshire exhibited at The Restaurant Show 2008 at Earls Court this week for the first time, where it unveiled another first for the UK market.
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ArticleS&G launches brassica website
Syngenta has launched a new website that focuses exclusively on brassicas - brassicastoday.com
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ArticleSecond wash-out summer brings more salad woe
A summer of rain and fluctuating temperatures in both the UK and Europe has left the salad category in the doldrums. With insiders signalling that summer is officially over, growers and suppliers are licking their wounds and trying to look forward. Elizabeth O’Keefe reports.
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Makro makes the grade on fresh produce
Makro UK buying manager Fraser Roberts talks to David Shapley about how the cash and carry chain, part of Germany’s Metro Group, has put fresh produce sourcing and distribution at the heart of its plans in the UK.
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ArticleCore shoppers keep category going in face of economy
The Soil Association’s annual Organic Fortnight drew to a close on September 21, with the usual round of festivities stirring up interest in the category. But did the credit crunch threaten to spoil the party? Laura Gould reports.
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ArticleBrassica sales primed for good growth
Sales of cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli and sprouts are underperforming and require more new marketing ideas
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Stores paddle through stormy supply waters
Listening to the weather reports and forecasts from around Britain and elsewhere in the last 10 days, one wonders at the