Month: March 2016

Some fruit growers may have heard about the outbreaks of a new plant pathogen in mainland Europe called Xylella fastidiosa. This ...

The Chairman of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA), Jer Bergin, addressed a protest by sixty Irish farmers at Lidl and ...

Researchers at the University of Exeter would like to hear from those who run small family farms as they research ...

The sweet potato requires a long, hot growing season to attain good yields. In a cool climate, the use of ...

Potato prices have increased by an average £20 per tonne since the start of the year due to a bigger ...

Over £12,500 of scholarships has been awarded to nine students studying horticulture by the David Colegrave Foundation (DCF). The awards ...

Ali Capper previously served as Vice-Chair on the Board, a role that will now be taken on previous Chair Guy ...

Grower Manager, Brian Moralee, from Wight Salads has won a prestigious international farming award from Marks & Spencer. The annual ...

Following stiff competition Lydia Mackay − a second year BSc horticultural student at Pershore College − won the West Midlands ...

Fifteen new panel members have been elected, and eleven existing members re-elected for a second term, to AHDB Horticulture’s crop ...