Brassica news archive – Page 38
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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
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ArticleWaitrose veg price claims slammed
Claims by Waitrose that its broccoli prices are defying the credit crunch have been attacked by the industry as an attempt to garner “short-term publicitty, without looking at the bigger picture”.
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ArticlePesticide-free - the new organics?
The list of pesticides available to conventional growers has been getting shorter every year. New proposals for EU regulations were being reviewed as FPJ went to press and, in response to the possible outcome, growing methods less reliant on pesticides are being increasingly explored. Damaris Freeman looks into pesticide-free and residue-free production.
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ArticleVegetable sector mourns loss of British summer
A wash-out summer has brought the UK vegetable industry a multitude of problems. Low light levels have affected both the yield and quality of summer lines, while demand for less abundant winter-type vegetables has increased. Elizabeth O’Keefe reports.
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German broccoli volumes set to rise
Market analyst ZMP says it expects prices to begin moving during the next week as domestic production comes online
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ArticleDeliciously helpful for Yorkshire produce
Yorkshire is home to a fair amount of local production and two of the major multiples as well as four wholesale markets have their roots in the region. This week, the FPJ team turns the spotlight on the county, and over the next 12 pages, finds out that those roots are still spreading.
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ArticleBroccoli could reverse effects of diabetes
Researchers have discovered that eating broccoli could undo the damage caused by diabetes to heart blood vessels.