All Research & Development articles – Page 16
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Festival of Fresh 2023 in pictures
FPJ’s open-air summer festival allowed the UK fresh produce trade to catch up, share ideas, enjoy the sun and take in a heavy-hitting speaker programme at the site of AMFRESH’s new packhouse and innovation centre
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Carbon-neutral production takes centre stage at Festival of Fresh
Martin Evans of Freshgro tells audience about his group’s route to producing carbon-neutral carrots
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Slimers to supply slug-control solutions
£2.6m Defra-funded project launched to revolutionise slug control for farmers
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Enza Zaden acquires carrot programme
Vegetable seed company adds new crop to its portfolio after picking up breeding programme from Carosem in Germany
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B-Hive trials TuberSense system
Agri-tech innovator’s potato disease detection system enters advanced testing phases
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Green Motion presents Luna UCR to California growers
This is the first variety released by the Green Motion platform
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Citrus Australia leads first Origin Verification Program
Citrus study, which is the first of its kind, characterises Australian oranges at both a national and regional level
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Australia-UK FTA: what’s in it for horticulture?
Wayne Prowse of horticultural trade analyst Fresh Intelligence Consulting gives us the Australian perspective on the post-Brexit trade deal and explores what it means for the fresh produce sector
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Stacked Farm secures new investment
Tayside investment pushes automated indoor vertical farming company’s capital raise towards A$100m
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Rijk Zwaan intensifies courgette innovation
Having introduced varieties with New Delhi resistance in 2021, the Dutch group is extending its breeding programme and looking at various traits
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Australian almonds receive export investment
Industry and Hort Innovation collaborate on programme designed to push export sales past A$1bn
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Winners revealed in inaugural Festival of Fresh Awards
AMFRESH, Nationwide Produce and Jack Ward of British Growers were among the award winners at FPJ’s open-air summer festival in Alconbury Weald
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Tesco reveals new buying strategy at Festival of Fresh
Produce category director Tom Mackintosh says it is time for Tesco to find new balance between long-term contracts and greater responsiveness to the market following shortages
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Neom urges creativity, collaboration and commitment
Neom Food’s Dr Juan Carlos Motamayor says he is confident we can develop the solutions needed to grow crops in conditions of extreme heat and water scarcity and create a more sustainable world
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Kent gets hort innovation boost
Growing Kent and Medway/Canterbury Christ Church University agri-engineering collaboration launched to boost food innovation
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Imida unveils new climate resistant stonefruit varieties
Range of high-quality peaches, nectarines and plums fill the early or late production window for optimum commercial value
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UCR to release new high density avocado scion cultivar
Eurosemillas is the worldwide master licensee and will lead the variety’s rollout under the Green Motion platform
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T&G launches new apple variety
Joli is a new global premium apple variety that will be available to consumers from 2028 onwards
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Bluelab partners with De Lettuce Bear in Malaysia
New Zealand ag-tech company provides technology for indoor vertical lettuce farming and hydroponics facility
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Anecoop teams up with Koppert to promote sustainable pest management
Under the new deal Koppert will train cooperatives on biological pest control techniques