Potato news archive – Page 116
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ArticleIrish growers ‘being ripped off’ by multiples
Multiples in the Irish Republic have been accused of ripping off growers and consumers with huge mark-ups on fresh produce.
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ArticleThe organic debate
Demand for organic production is on a sharp upward climb, but is it worth dealing with all the difficulties organic farming entails when the returns necessary for long-term sustainability are not there? Elspeth Waters investigates
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ArticleManorfresh goes to Prophet
Prophet software has been selected by the Manorfresh Ltd, the company that was born of the merger between Geest QV Ltd and DGM Growers.
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Summer spells stonefruit and easy-to-cook veg
The rain may have come down in torrents on Wimbledon’s opening day, but there is every indication that the multiples -
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ArticleLevy bodies to consolidate
Five agriculture and horticulture levy bodies will consolidate into one under new Defra plans, but not all are pleased.
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ArticleGreenvale receives Queen's Award
The UK’s largest fresh potato company Greenvale AP has received the Queen’s Award 2006 for Innovation, a prestigious accolade awarded to UK businesses.
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A blight protectant on all your programmes
Dow AgroSciences is advising potato growers to start incorporating strong protectant foliar fungicides with known zoospore, and tuber blight activity, into their bight programmes.
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ArticleNice piece of kit
Doris Lee Butterworth talks to leading machinery manufacturers and discovers that many are introducing new products and programmes, as well as finetuning their existing offers, to continue their strong presence in the fresh produce arena.
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ArticleHome-grown favourites
British new potatoes are fast becoming the UK’s favourite spud. Linking up with retailers to highlight the home-grown crop as fresh local produce that is both convenient and good for you, UK suppliers are on top of their game. Anna Sbuttoni reports.
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Things get ugly at Waitrose
Waitrose is launching a range of ‘ugly’ fruit this week, making Class II fruit available across its stores.
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Come on feel the noise
British Potato Council campaigning is set to make even more noise about the healthiness of potatoes.
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Anyone for tennis? Produce shelves serving up a treat
The arrival of hot weather and the imminence of Wimbledon mean that soft fruit and stonefruit are beginning to fill up the
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ArticleAyrshire new crop smashes records
Leading fresh potato supplier Greenvale AP announced a record crop of Ayrshire potatoes as the first harvest hit Tesco stores last week.
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ArticleKids mad for potato day
The British Potato Council’s (BPC) ‘Potato Day’ proved a hit with school children this year.
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ArticleSt Nick's spuds hit Tesco
Record rainfall in May has not held up the first deliveries of Kentish new potatoes to Tesco, according to local supplier St Nicholas Court Farms.
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ArticleDug in the dead of the night
For the second year running, Lancashire potato grower Sean Mallinson has been burning the midnight oil to guarantee Booths customers the freshest locally-grown new potatoes.
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ArticleGreenvale taken into private hands
Potato supplier Greenvale Holdings plc group (Greenvale) has been taken into private ownership by a purpose-built company.
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Whatever happened to the seasons?
The rising availability of imported fresh produce means shoppers have little idea about British fruit and veg seasons, new research has found.
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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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ArticleChip Week achieves 50-fold return
A media campaign for National Chip Week 2006 has boosted consumer sales and brought a 50-fold return on investment, according to the British Potato Council (BPC).