25 May 2012
The wet start to the growing season has increased the risk of cavity spot on carrots, particularly the UK's most widely planted variety Nairobi, according to Syngenta field technical manager Ian Holmes.
25 May 2012
An episode of BBC1's The Apprentice that focused on English sparkling wine last week was a timely boost to the already thriving sector, English Wine Producers marketing manager Julia Trustram Eve has said.
25 May 2012
Marks & Spencer (M&S) this month launched a new Driscoll's strawberry variety, Driscoll's Diamond, to coincide with the Queen's diamond jubilee.
25 May 2012
| by Gavin McEwan
Kent College secures grower sponsors for three-year management apprenticeship programme
25 May 2012
| by Gavin McEwan
Rainbow Growers Group manager says growers must work to overcome consumers' negative view.
25 May 2012
The NFU launched a campaign this week encouraging consumers to buy British produce. A boat cruise on the Thames from Tower Bridge to the Houses of Parliament kick-started the Farming Delivers for Britain campaign on Monday.
25 May 2012
| by Matthew Appleby, Jonathan Tilley and Jez Abbott
Following granting of 28-day exemption in hosepipe-ban-hit regions industry lobbyists draft a revised code of practice.
25 May 2012
Barfoots of Botley has applied to build a new 1,000sq m cold store at its Pagham site in West Sussex.
23 May 2012
Horticulturists owe a huge professional debt to Victorian plant hunters who risked their lives and sanity trekking to faraway lands, says broadcaster Roy Lancaster.