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A really important task 20/Mar/2009 |
| Rob Tasker talks about his perspective on UK production and his predictions for how growers can raise their game. [see more] |
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Tabletops can help ease labour shortage 15/Jan/2009 |
| Tabletops - which have picking costs 30 to 40 per cent lower than for bed-grown strawberry crops - are helping to reduce the adverse impact of a severe labour shortage. [see more] |
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Pro Tech Marketing sponsors Under 40s Fruit Growers conference 09/Jan/2009 |
| We are delighted to be sponsors of the Under 40s Fruit Growers Conference and we look forward to meet the fruit growers in Leipzig". [see more] |
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Strawberry technology boosts UK super fruit growth 03/Jan/2009 |
The use of polytunnels has revolutionised soft fruit production in the UK, and the advantages vastly outweigh the drawbacks, according to the NFU.
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Why polytunnels are used 02/Jan/2009 |
| The British soft fruit industry, a capital and labor intensive industry, comprised of family owned and run farms, has become an important and successful rural business able to meet the challenges of a very demanding marketplace. Polytunnels are essential to this. Without them the quality and yields for commercial production could not be achieved and supermarkets would buy imported fruit over British-grown. [see more] |
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The case for polytunnels 01/Jan/2009 |
| It is no longer realistic or economic to grow strawberries in the UK climate to the standards of reliability and quality demanded by customers without tunnel protection. [see more] |
