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The horticultural industry’s digital ‘Apple Best Practice Guide’ has a new home at niab.com. Free and available to all, the

The Processors and Growers Research Organisation (PGRO) is advising growers who are entering agreements for the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI)

The UK Agri-Tech Centre launches today (April 2nd) following the merger of Agri-EPI, CIEL and CHAP to create the UK’s

Continuous rainfall and saturated fields mean that Irish farmers are struggling to plant the 2024 potato crop. Growers have warned

Defra has confirmed the sighting and capture of a single Asian hornet at Ash in Kent on 11 March, the

A joint collaboration between vertical farm Ro-Gro, plant and microbiology research institute the John Innes Centre, food and health bioscience

The NFU is calling for a halt to proposed changes to rules requiring growers pay recruitment fees of workers, which

Industry commentators have warned that this year’s record low potato harvest could result in shortages later this summer. Tom Pocklington,

Newtec weighing solutions, have announced the launch of a new weighing solution, model 2008PCM / Memory Pans. The new weighing

Machine learning driven crop insights tool HarvestEye exhibited on the global agronomy stage at Fruit Logistica last month, showing its

Potato growers can manage the increasing incidence of blight resistance with effective fungicide mixing strategies, and still retain the benefits

A three-year world-first study by Australia’s Heart Research Institute (HRI) has confirmed a natural chemical found in broccoli can reduce

Vegetable growers can now more accurately irrigate, manage and protect their crops thanks to two new environment monitoring sensors from

GRIMME is introducing a new generation of its popular RH 20, RH 24 and RH 28 receiving hoppers for the

Unilever has launched its first regenerative agriculture project in the UK, working with farms that grow mustard seeds and mint

According to a recent interview, potato supplier Albert Bartlett is trying to find a more resilient and sustainable variety to

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ROCKWOOL will convert two of its Roermond production lines to use innovative electric melting technology based on low-carbon electricity. Upon

The cost of producing a kilo of British apples continues to rise for UK growers. In fact, new data reveals

Greenhouse growers who were producing crops for failed Aldi supplier UK Salads are still uncertain of whether their produce will

Collaboration is critical between businesses, experts and farmers if agri-tech is to be successfully adopted, which will be a key

In the decade since New Covent Garden Flower Market first launched British Flowers Week in June 2013, the annual campaign

The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (AMC), part of Lloyds Banking Group, has launched a new loan to support farmers and rural

A ground-breaking new bio-stimulant, featuring a unique blend of essential nutrients, amino acids and Fulvic acid, is unlocking access to

With just one month to go, the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) and its members are pleading with the government to

More than 100 tractors and other farm vehicles drove though Westminster on Monday evening (25 March) as farm groups protested

Gather your friends and colleagues from across the industry and mark your calendars for Thursday 9 May, 7pm at Core

Fieldwork Robotics Ltd, developers of selective, adaptive and modular harvesting robots, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded

The adoption of biological crop protection is being delayed by a regulatory environment that has failed to keep abreast of

Red Tractor Assurance today announces that it is dropping its Greener Farms Commitment module (GFC), following feedback from its members. The module was developed

The government has published its response to an Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee inquiry into soil health today (Thursday 21 March).

It has become a custom that at Easter that colourful flower arrangements decorate St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, in

At the close of 2023, Defra asked the British Ecological Society to bring together nearly 40 experts, to collate expert

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The initial results of a three-year trial being conducted by lighting supplier Signify and growing media producer Grodan at the

Producers and suppliers of ornamental plants and fresh produce have once again urged the government to delay the implementation of

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