Schemes
£22m worth of fruit and veg wasted due to labour shortage
According to a new survey by the National Farmers’ Union (NFU), £22 million worth of the 2022 fruit and vegetable...
Schemes
According to a new survey by the National Farmers’ Union (NFU), £22 million worth of the 2022 fruit and vegetable...
Other
A total of 29 organisations, including the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the National Farmers’ Union (NFU),...
Agri-Business
Work is underway in the UK to develop a robotic solution to horticultural labour shortages to help secure the harvest...
Arable
The short-term transition of producer organisation funding by Defra provides welcome relief for growers and avoids a funding gap that...
Agri-Business
Hopes of growing bananas in Belfast might sound... well… bananas. But scoff all you like, because an ambitious group of...
Agri Politics
Growers opposed to the continuation of a compulsory levy to fund the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) have welcomed...
Arable
Growers are being urged to join a series of open discussions about the future of horticulture at Agriculture and Horticulture...
Agri-Business
A financial support scheme to help Northern Ireland ornamental horticulture growers with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has opened...
Agri-Business
Mologic has launched a new rapid test for Botrytis. BotrytisAlert uses lateral flow technology to enable earlier disease intervention and...
Environment
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has formally announced there will be a ballot on the continuation of a...
Arable
Businesses in the UK’s £24 billion ornamentals sector face an “uncertain future” after the government ruled out financial support for...
Agri-Business
The firm behind one of the UK’s most-loved berry drinks – Lucozade Ribena Suntory (LRS) – has invested over half...
Agri-Business
The sunniest UK spring on record has led to a bumper crop of extra sweet British strawberries with many growers...
Agri-Business
The UK is primed for a strong cherry season, with around 6,000t of home-grown British cherries predicted to hit supermarket...
Agri-Business
Experts at the University of Hertfordshire, in collaboration with Agri-tech Services, have created a web-based, real-time system for calculating when...
Agri-Business
The reopening of garden centres across England has been praised as a “lifeline” for British ornamental horticultural growers. The rules...
Agri-Business
The UK’s horticultural sector could face being “wiped out” in just weeks by the coronavirus lockdown, an industry body has...
Agri-Business
Disease and pest management control strategies will be the focus of research presented at a major tree fruit industry event...