Brassica news archive – Page 42
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Vegetable and top-fruit insecticide approved
Spinosad, a natural insecticide that controls difficult pests in vegetables and topfruit, has been approved by the EU.
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ArticleSmile on the face of Cornish King
One of the leading lights in Cornish potatoes, Melvyn Wyer, recalls some of the highlights of 40 years in the trade and tells FPJ readers why he has every confidence in the region’s potato future.
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ArticleVegetable yields suffer in heatwave
Hot dry conditions over the last two months are playing havoc with the yields of many vegetable crops across the UK, sector leaders have revealed.
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ArticleBrassicas feel bite
Growers up and down the country have been welcoming the arrival of the summer brassica season in recent weeks, although the cool spring temperatures have delayed the start of many lines. Emma Twyning finds out how growers think the season will pan out and what challenges lie in store for the sector in the long-term, as brassica consumption rates fall.
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ArticlePesticide sector answers its critics
It seems everyone has an opinion about pesticides, or perhaps more precisely, the use of pesticides. Doris Lee Butterworth talks to pesticide producers about the challenges facing them
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ArticleBroccoli bags gold for HRI Warwick
Warwick HRI, the University of Warwick’s plant research Department, created a gold medal winning stand at last week’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London.
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ArticleBelgian brassica back on course
Belgian cauliflower is back on track and the summer season for the brassica under the Flandria quality label started this week - only a week late.
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Spaldings targets top and soft fruit
Top-fruit and soft-fruit growers have been identified as potential new customers by Spaldings, the Lincoln-based direct distributor of agriculture and ground care machinery.
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ArticleSEF aims to treble production
Grower of the Year, Southern England Farms, is growing three times the volume of brassicas in Cornwall this season, compared to the 2004-05 crop year.
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Seminis offers late varieties
Growers will be able to plant new late autumn cauliflower varieties from Seminis this summer in full commercial volumes.
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Don’t call the carrot humble
Coming through my mail box this week have been some pretty impressive statistics concerning the carrot, namely that the UK
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ArticleMack and Geest sign jv
Mack and Geest have set up a jv to manage their potato and conventional and organic vegetable business with Marks & Spencer.
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Simple ideas prove the best as focus shifts to fruit
Fruit seems to come more into focus on multiple shelves at this time of the year. Whether it is the change of season from
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ArticlePVGA makes new appointment
The Processed Vegetable Growers Association (PVGA) in Louth have announced the appointment of David Tebbutt as business development executive.
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ArticleScience going global
Innovation, added value and being consumer-led are all vital in the fresh produce sector and are frequently cited by companies in these pages as what keeps them ahead of the game. But behind the buzz words are hundreds of projects taking place around the world as part of a global network of research and development. English-speaking countries are well placed to benefit with English the international language of science. Kathy Hammond looks at the internationalisation of R&D in horticulture and fresh produce.
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Text service to warn of crop disease
UK brassica growers are being offered a hi-tech new disease warning service, with a little help from their mobile phone.
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ArticleSprouts having a top season
The Brussels sprout job has had one of its most successful seasons ever.
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ArticleBuilding a Cornish empire
With modern-day logistics allowing vegetables to be procured from across the world to obtain a seamless annual supply, British agriculture is often ignored in favour of cheap imports from foreign shores. But what if a British grower could produce superior local crops that matched the price of imports, all year round? Emma Twyning finds out how Cornish brassica business Southern England Farms is changing the supply rules and why it has become so successful.
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ArticleMultiples claim Christmas success
Ahead of official Christmas trading figures, major multiples are already proclaiming their triumphs in the produce aisles during December.
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Onion producers hopeful
Faced with selling an onion crop which is 15 per cent lighter than last season and consequently in better balance, UK growers are hopeful that prices will be far better than the rock bottom levels of 2004-2005.