Fruit growers attending the upcoming workshop at NIAB East Malling in Kent will learn about the benefits of wildflowers in fruit production, how to select appropriate wildflower seed mixes, as well as strip establishment and management.

Malling Ace strawberry crops delivered exceptional fruit quality and yield this season despite record-high temperatures across Britain in the summer.

A correct balance between macronutrients and micronutrients is essential to obtain the best results possible from grapevines. A deficiency of any single nutrient is enough to limit grape yield or affect grape quality and the availability of each nutrient needs to be related to the crop requirements. Yara provides the following advice on its website.

BASF Agriculture acquired Becker Underwood, the largest entompathogenic nematode producer in the world, several years ago and integrated it into the organisation as BASF Agricultural Solutions. Rob Storer for BASF notes that there is increasing pressure for effective pest and disease control in fruit and vegetable crops, but there are also more legislative and practical challenges.

After the release of the Defra-commissioned review of automation in horticulture, British Berry Growers, which represents 95% of the UK’s commercial soft fruit growers, is calling on the government to take note of the review’s recommendations.

One of the first battery powered JCB Loadall telescopic handlers to be supplied in the UK has started work at a large Cambridgeshire nursery. David Williams reports.

New Holland Agriculture has launched the new Stage 5-compliant Boomer tractor range, which packs a bigger performance while maintaining its compact size. New features further improve the tractors’ efficiency and operator comfort.

As farmers face numerous challenges, including labour shortages, climate change, safety issues and government regulations, Monarch Tractor says its new innovation combines electrification, automation, machine learning and data analysis to overcome these issues, maximising yields and cutting costs.