Crunch time for food security
Feelings often run high where insects are concerned, with many people even squeamish to look…
Monthly Archives: November, 2017
Weetabix Growers Group unveil new imagery to mark 2017 harvest
Weetabix Food Company has marked this year’s harvest by unveiling a series of images with…
AHDB helping growers address Brexit labour challenges
Growers concerned about the future availability and affordability of labour are being urged to join…
Legvalue’ web site goes live
Roger Vickers, chief executive of PGRO (Processors and Growers Research Organisation) announced today that the web site…
Black-grass fight moves on to the next round
Farmers fighting black-grass have managed to drill late and apply pre-emergence herbicides so the battle…
Talks on glyphosate fail: Smith responds
The European Commission has announced that talks on the renewal of the glyphosate licence, due…
Gove signals govt switch on neonics (update)
In an article in the Guardian this morning Michael Gove has indicated that the UK…
Scientists develop groundnut resistant to aflatoxin
Scientists at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, in St. Louis, MO and their collaborators at…
Plaguing insects with bittersweet tastes to protect crops
Herbivorous insects are estimated to be responsible for destroying one-fifth of the world’s total crop…
Trial results show up to 25% saving on water with H2Flo
With new regulations on water abstraction anticipated and related uncertainties around Brexit, fruit growers seeking…