NFU calls agricultural drought summit as heatwave bites
The NFU is seeking urgent action to address the crippling impact of the dry, hot weather on farms across the ...
Month: July 2018
Farmers and robots join forces at Fruit Focus 2018
The UK has less than 30 weeks of parliamentary time left before the Brexit date, and fruit growers are desperate for ...
Highly-regarded horticulturalist celebrates 50 years in horticulture
Colin Randel, product manager and vegetable expert at Suffolk-based mail order plants and seeds firm Thompson & Morgan was this ...
Syngenta acquires Floranova to enhance its flowers business in fast growing Asian markets
Syngenta announced today it has completed the acquisition of Floranova, a respected flower and home garden vegetable seeds breeder with ...
5-year anniversary of Seed meets Technology
Seed meets Technology will kick off its fifth edition from 25 to 27 September 2018 in Seed Valley. This year’s highlight ...
Onion harvest will be down by 25 per cent
This year’s British onion harvest is likely to be 25 per cent down both in terms of the quantity of ...
Taupe is the new black
HTA member growers initiate a way forward for the future of plant pots Following increasing attention in the media on ...
First RPP labelled growing media on the market
Responsibly Produced Peat (RPP) is proud to announce the first 4 companies to produce RPP-labelled growing media products: Lentse & ...
Future of cut flower research centre secured
Funding for The Cut Flower Centre has been confirmed for a further five years, with a broadened remit to research ...
Algorithms for accurate tomato crop estimates
According to Dutch firm HortiKey, continues increases in the area of tomato production globally mean that growers need to adopt ...
