Fruit Articles

The BAPL research and development team will again be hosting its annual R&D day on 10th February 2025 in the Mumford Building at Niab East Malling, Kent.

New research is looking into the ability of resveratrol, found in blueberries and raspberries, to inhibit cancer cells.

A new analysis of costs facing British apple and pear growers indicates that food price rises expected in 2025 are now an inevitable consequence of recent government policy.  

Farmers and growers have been reminded they may risk a fine if they do not comply with their legal pension duties. 

The trading divisions of the international businesses Devos and Wouters will merge from August 2025 under the name Devos-Wouters. 

Scottish berry breeder and producer, Angus Soft Fruits, has celebrated its 30 years in business during the annual conference. 

Wilkin & Sons is world-renowned for its jams, produced in Tiptree, Essex for over 130 years – with its Little Scarlet strawberry jam even finding favour with 007. Sarah Kidby visited the farms and factory to learn more about its enterprise.

The Garden Industry Manufacturer’s Association (GIMA) has announced that it has raised over £20,000 for Greenfingers throughout 2024 as the charity heads into its 25th anniversary year. 

With growers in parts of the country now suffering the effects of the eighth wettest winter on record in 2023/24, Sarah Kidby spoke to apple and pear growers for an update on this year’s harvest.

New variety of apple, Kissabel Rouge, has hit European markets, including the UK. 

NIAB’s Katia Zacharaki and Dr Mark Else outline why vertical farming of strawberries has not always been a commercial success and explain how NIAB is using this technology to improve the yield potential and performance of strawberry plants propagated using this approach.

Average farm business income for horticulture has fallen by 38%, Defra has revealed.