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25 Mar 2011 | by Rachel Sixsmith

Systems manufacturer starts work with radio specialist to create an innovative venting system.

Growers sing the praises of peat substitute coir

19 Nov 2010

Jack Shamash talks to growers about their experience of using the coconut fibre substrate.

Energy costs could rise 20 per cent by 2010

15 Oct 2010 | by Rachel Sixsmith

The cost of energy could soar by 20 per cent by the year 2020 - "making life for growers tougher in the future".

Stating the case for alternative energy

11 Jun 2010 | by Claire Shaddick

The Government is offering growers incentives to invest in renewable energy, Claire Shaddick reports.

Insecticide best applied directly to plants

28 May 2010 | by Rachel Sixsmith

The naturally-occurring bacterial insecticide Bacillus thuringiensis (or Bt) works better when growers apply it to young plants rather than the soil they are in, researchers at the University of Oxford and Royal Holloway University have found.

Growers and farmers eligible to apply for interest-free loans from Carbon Trust

12 Mar 2010

The NFU has been working with the Carbon Trust and Defra to make grower and farm businesses eligible for the trust's interest-free loan scheme.

Omex Agrifluids opens doors of lab facility as it celebrates 25-year anniversary

02 Oct 2009

Omex Agrifluids, which manufactures and distributes fertiliser and foliar nutrition products for the agriculture and horticulture industries, has invested more than £3m in a state-of-the-art production and laboratory facility in King's Lynn, Norfolk.

New Covent Garden Market will reveal redevelopment plans to public

25 Sep 2009

The redevelopment plans for New Covent Garden Market - the largest fresh produce market in the UK - will be unveiled to the public for the first time in November.

Unified labels could be 'confusing' to UK consumers, says peat association

01 May 2009

The UK peat market is resisting a call from the European Peat & Growing Media Association (EPGMA) to harmonise growing media across Europe.

Consultant urges growers to observe metaldehyde limits

27 Feb 2009

Growers are being urged to observe a limit on the rates at which they apply slug pellets containing metaldehyde in order to protect the control's future use.

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