All Research & Development articles – Page 120
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ArticleNew £40m fund for productivity investments
Growers looking to invest in robotics or new processing equipment can apply for grants from new farm productivity fund
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ArticleName clash prompts rebrand for strawberry variety
Breeder Flevo Berry has renamed its Sunsation strawberry variety after it was found to clash with a sunflower
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ArticleWaitrose launches orange-skinned apples
Sunburst apples are described as a ‘retail first’ and have launched at Waitrose in the run-up to Halloween
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ArticleBardsleys’ Bramleys win big at National Fruit Show
Kent producer wins multiple prizes for its Bramley apples and Conference pears, putting success down to frost protection measures
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ArticleRaspberry breeding consortium launches first two varieties
NIAB EMR’s ‘East Malling Rubus Breeding Consortium’ launches two new raspberries as it looks to break dominance of club varieties
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ArticleBlues grower finds hi-tech solution to bird damage
Laser technology provides effective and long-lasting bird control according to Meduri Farms
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Article‘Make school dinners compulsory to fight obesity’
Food poverty campaigner Kathleen Kerridge says all school children should be fed school meals to ensure a healthy, nutritional diet
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Article‘Prescribe vegetables, not pills’
Growing number of doctors are writing ‘veg prescriptions’ as specific health benefits of a plant-based diet gain more traction
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ArticleFinancial strength boosts innovaton
Rijk Zwaan announces a strong set of financial results for 2016/17, allowing it to make "substantial" R&D investment
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ArticleRetailers ‘react positively’ to British apple campaign
Supermarkets and online retailers like new logo and marketing, English Apples and Pears reports at promotional event
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ArticleMUSA project launches in Tenerife
The first meeting of the EU-sponsored project to find alternative IPM strategies for ACP banana producers was recently held in Tenerife
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ArticleStudy highlights glyphosate prevalence
New research has shone a light on the presence of residues of the herbicide glyphosate in EU soils, following a study spanning 11 member states
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ArticleTough September trading for foodservice sector
Like-for-likes sales down 0.9 per cent nationally, compared to last September, with London restaurants worst hit
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ArticleBranston invests £6m in Lincoln site
Installation of new optical grader and WarmStor system part of strategy to meet higher customer demand and reduce food waste
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ArticleKissabel: new brand for red-flesh apples
New range undergoing commercial trial features unique orange-skinned variety and fruit with distinctive berry flavour
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ArticleAlbert Bartlett to launch Halloween packaging
Special packaging for Purple Majesty potatoes will include ‘spooky’ recipe suggestions for kids’ meals
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ArticleEating blueberries ‘improves reaction times’
Children who were given blueberry drinks had nine per cent quicker reaction times, new research has found
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ArticleUC Davis brings resistant rootstocks to Europe
The grape rootstocks are resistant to a number of destructive nematodes
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ArticleEdipeel hits the market
Developers claim all-natural product can double the shelf life of fresh produce
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ArticleNatureFresh enlists canine help to manage pests
A sniffer dog is helping the Canadian company to keep damaging pests under control