A nationwide pilot to bring migrant workers to UK farms has been announced by the Home Secretary...
Food and Drink Federation reports rise of 8.3% on same period last year to £4.9bn but add weak pound pushed up costs and resulted in 19% increase in trade deficit The growth in exports was welcomed by the Food and Drink Federation UK food and drink exports rose to “record” levels in...
Fruit flies make Africa lose US$2 billion a year 2. A new facility in Kenya is to produce an effective bait to control the pest A farmer says that the facility could help smallholders afford the bait A facility has been launched in Kenya to aid commercial production of a protein bait...
Plants produce volatiles, air-borne organic chemical compounds, to attract pollinators and seed dispersers, and to repulse plant-eating...
No brand from New Zealand is stronger than the kiwifruit. New Zealand kiwifruit is always a hit at the...
IN THE rolling Adelaide Hills, brussel sprout growers Leigh and Scott Samwell have brought to life their very own Frankenstein monster. It’s called a kalette — half brussel sprout, half kale — and when they launched in Australia last year, they were the first completely new vegetable Australia had seen in more...
Without EU workers, Britain’s horticulture industry would collapse, experts have warned. Thousands of people travel to the UK...
As industry faces an unprecedented set of challenges, senior leaders in food and drink have announced the...
Over 60 per cent of the production cost of a lettuce is in the manual harvesting; automating...
The export volumes remain small, but overseas sales of bananas are on the uptick. Exports were up...
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