All articles by FPJ Staff – Page 166
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Blight pressure keeps spray intervals tight
Good quality potatoes will be hard to produce this season as a result of very high blight pressure, with growers needing to keep their spray intervals tight and continue to use fungicide treatments with tuber blight protection right through to harvest.
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Notcutt to speak at HTA conference
Former Notcutts Nurseries chairman Charles Notcutt has been added to the lineup of speakers for this year’s HTA conference in October.
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ArticleThe ware necessities
Potato growers headed north to Bolshan Farm in Angus on July 26 for a Variety Demonstration and Technical Update held by MBMG in conjunction with the BPC.
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Champagne winner named
We can now reveal the result of the joint Commercial Grower/Fresh Produce Journal champagne prize draw, taken at Fruit Focus.
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Breeding for texture and flavour
The difference between a delicious spud and a more mundane meal is about to come under the microscope in a bid to tantalise the taste buds of a fickle consumer.
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Asia Fruit Logistica exhibition space full
Exhibition space at the inaugural Asia Fruit Logistica exhibition has sold out, with a month still to go before the launch of the show, organisers have reported.
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ArticleBlight population analysis in full swing
Wet and mild conditions and high associated Smith period pressure has made this a record year for blight, according to BPC’s Rob Clayton.
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Cautious thumbs up to CC bill
The NFU has stressed this week that although it welcomes the government’s report into the draft Climate Change Bill, it has concerns about some of the report’s recommendations.
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ArticleNew VP for AGCO EAME
Multinational agricultural equipment manufacturer AGCO EAME has appointed a new vice president.
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Peanuts become biofuel option
Agricultural Research Service scientists in the US are developing a peanut that could elbow other biodiesels out of the market.
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ArticleFresh Herbs prove an Innocent success
A new campaign designed to promote fresh herbs set up its first stand amid Morris dancing and welly wanging at the Innocent Village Fete in Regent’s Park last weekend, giving away over 5,000 freshly cut herbs.
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SA calls for more produce in public places
An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but, according to a new report, they may be hard to come by at most hospitals and leisure centres.
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Asda backs hail damaged crops
Asda and Internatioal Produce have stressed that they believe weather damaged crops may still be salvageable.
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Organic festival set for September
Bristol Harbourside is set to be transformed into an organic haven when the Soil Association promote their ‘six good reasons’ message during their Organic Food Festival.
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More Plantarium introductions
In what’s becoming a weekly ritual of Plantarium novelty news, organisers of the Dutch nursery stock fair have released details of yet more introductions scheduled to appear in the show.
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ArticlePlant promo boosts UK sales
Early responses from a trial being undertaken to promote locally produced garden plants have shown that around 95 percent of customers would buy a plant grown in this country over one produced abroad.
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ArticleJumping for Jazz
Base jumping may have been dubbed the world’s most dangerous extreme sport by its participants, but Jazz apples aren’t afraid to get involved.
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UK consumers eat less sit-down meals
More bad news for consumers in the UK - not only are we the most obese, but, according to a new report, we’re less likely than anyone else in Europe to sit down for a proper meal.
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Energy solutions for FPC members
Fresh Produce Consortium members are being offered the opportunity to lower their energy bills via a solution from the Energy Information Centre.