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27 Jan 2012 | by Gavin McEwan

Horticultural Development Company fact sheet backs replanting and stresses good husbandry.

Growing crop interest boosts rhubarb festival and sales

27 Jan 2012

Next month's Wakefield Festival of Food, Drink & Rhubarb has been extended from two days to three in response to growing interest in the crop.

Higher strawberry residue limit sought

27 Jan 2012

The European Food Safety Authority has proposed a "tentative" increase in the maximum residue limit of the diamide insecticide chlorantraniliprole in strawberries from 0.01mg/kg to 0.5 mg/kg, following an application from authorisation holder DuPont UK.

Horticultural packaging alliance agreed

27 Jan 2012

Leeways Packaging of Gloucester has formed an alliance with horticultural services company Agrovista to assist its sales and marketing.

UK leads online fruit and vegetable buying

27 Jan 2012

British consumers are more likely than their Dutch and German counterparts to buy fruit and vegetables online, according to research by the Dutch Production Board for Horticulture.

Rhubarb grower dies

27 Jan 2012

Veteran rhubarb grower David Westwood, who did much to promote a revival of the crop, has died aged 74. His company D Westwood & Sons grows 60ha of the crop in West Yorkshire's Rhubarb Triangle.

Greenvale gains wind turbine approval

27 Jan 2012 | by Gavin McEwan

Potato supplier bids to cut carbon footprint by generating electricity at its Cambridgeshire site.

UK Vegetable Industry Conference turns focus on sustainability

27 Jan 2012

Profit from sustainability will form the theme of this year's UK Vegetable Industry Conference due to be held on 8 February at the East of England Showground in Peterborough.

Seed tests reveal ultraviolet benefit

27 Jan 2012

Exposing vegetable seedlings to ultraviolet light early in their development can improve their cropping at maturity, research at Lancaster University has found.

Pesticide guide updates crop-use details

27 Jan 2012

Revised expiry dates of existing pesticides are detailed in the latest edition of The UK Pesticide Guide, published by the British Crop Production Council (BCPC).