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Cider Season is Nearly Upon Us – Cone Bottom Tanks at the Ready!
As summer matures, so too do the fruits on the UK’s heaving apple and pear trees. Although Horticulture Week indicates that 2015 will see a slight dip in Europe’s forecast apple and pear harvests, with a 4 per cent dip for apples and 3 for pears, both harvests are still above the average for the last three years. Across the 28 EU member states, 11,974,000 tonnes of apples and ...
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APAL returns to host 2016 National Horticulture Convention with AUSVEG and CMAA-FMA
AUSVEG and the Central Markets Association of Australia in partnership with Fresh Markets Australia (CMAA-FMA) are pleased to announce that Apple and Pear Australia Limited (APAL) will once again jointly host the National Horticulture Convention, to be held at the RACV Royal Pines Resort from 23-25 June 2016. APAL joined AUSVEG in hosting the 2015 Convention, with the partnership resulting in ...
By AUSVEG
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Upping the apples and pears in Health and Safety Week
Staff at the Environment Agency will be provided with locally produced fruit next week (13 to 17 October) as part of Health and Safety Week. Home grown apples and pears from M A Manning and Son in Willingham will be given to staff in Bedford, Huntingdon, Ely and Kings Lynn, as part of the week, aimed at raising awareness and providing information and practical advice on health and safety ...
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Chronica Horticulturae Volume 54 Number 4
Chronica Horticulturae Volume 54 Number 4 (December 2014) is available as well as the ISHS 2014 Membership Directory. This issue of Chronica Horticulturae includes: News & Views from the Board: ISHS Publications 2.0 • Appointment of Dr. Kim Hummer as ISHS Science Editor • IHC2014: the 29th International Horticultural Congress, Brisbane, Australia • 2010-2014 Board Report to ...
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New High Density for Large Fruit Plantations
The High Density is a sprayer designed to carry out localized treatments, transferring the usual proximity of vineyard applications to other crops such as apple trees, pear trees and other fruit trees in the “trellis” plantation model, and also in the super-intensive olive and almond crops, among others. This sprayer allows efficient and precise spraying, which saves approximately 40% ...
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WRAP: Potato lovers hate waste
The Waste & Resources Action Programme has launched a brand new Love Food Hate Waste advertising campaign to encourage people to reduce their food waste. The advertisements show people who love food so much that they have come to slightly resemble their favourite food. One advert features a potato lover whose head resembles a potato – another features a lamb lover that looks like a lamb. ...
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Horticulture’s biggest event to inject millions into Gold Coast economy
Australia’s largest horticultural event, the National Horticulture Convention, Trade Show, and Awards for Excellence, is forecast to boost the Gold Coast economy by over $2 million over the course of the three day event. Now incorporating both AUSVEG and Apple and Pear Australia Limited (APAL), the Convention will run from 25-27 June and is set to attract over 1,400 local and international ...
By AUSVEG
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National Horticulture Convention sowing the Seeds For Industry’s Future
The diverse and dynamic range of careers in horticulture will be on display when a group of year 11 and 12 students descend on the National Horticulture Convention at the Gold Coast on Friday 26 June. During their attendance at the Convention, incorporating both AUSVEG and Apple and Pear Australia Ltd (APAL), students from Loganlea, Beenleigh and Noosa District State High Schools will ...
By AUSVEG
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12 Ways to Make Christmas Special by Volunteering
December 15, 2010 - As families from Baton Rouge to the Bay Area make their holiday plans, VolunteerMatch reminds Americans that making a difference in the lives of others is the best way to have a meaningful Christmas. And with more than 75,000 participating charities, VolunteerMatch is the most popular place to sign up for a volunteer opportunity. Getting started is easy. Just visit ...
By 3BL Media
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Harry & David continues to deliver happiness to troops serving in Combat throughout the holiday
With overwhelming success of the continued "Support Our Troops Moose Munch® Bar Drive," gourmet gifts retailer Harry & David will once again deliver its famed Moose Munch Bars to soldiers serving in combat. On December 7th Representatives Richard Lowe, Soldiers Angels Board Member, will be in the NY Holiday Orchard Store on Fifth Ave. and Brett Barn, son of the founder of Soldiers ...
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Revolutionary pest surveillance method to be launched at the 2015 National Horticulture Convention
A revolutionary new pest surveillance system that will help growers monitor insect populations will be on show at the 2015 National Horticulture Convention, Trade Show and Awards for Excellence. The Trapview Smart Trap System utilises innovative technology in a fully integrated system to provide a simplified solution for growers, agronomists and researchers to monitor the levels of various ...
By AUSVEG
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Cactus could feed East African livestock, say scientists
A succulent, wild-growing cactus that has been widely dismissed as a noxious weed could sustain African livestock during drought, according to scientists at the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI). A paper by John Kang"ara and Josiah Gitari, animal nutritionists at KARI, concludes that Opuntia species — the prickly pear or paddle cacti — have extreme tolerance to drought and ...
By SciDev.Net
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Time is ripe for wine grapes
Grape berry ripening is occurring earlier and the harvest season is becoming shorter, possibly due to increases in atmospheric temperatures and CO2 levels. This is causing wineries considerable difficulty in accurately scheduling harvests to maximise the wine-making potential of some grape varieties. “We discovered that the application of certain plant-growth regulators can delay berry ...
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New products from BASF at Focus Fruit 2022
R&D manufacturer, BASF, is previewing two new products for the fruit industry, Revysol® and Nemaslug® 2.0, at this year’s Fruit Focus taking place at NIAB EMR, Kent on 13th July 2022. Revysol® is renowned in the cereal sector for offering highly effective broad-spectrum control of diseases and is awaiting approval for use in the fruit sector. Nemaslug 2.0 is a highly ...
By Comexposium
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Life cycle study demonstrates the long-term costs of everyday crops
The environmental and economic costs of a selection of common crops have been determined by a new study, which hopes to improve agricultural sustainability assessments in Europe. The researchers used life cycle analysis on organically farmed tomatoes and pears, and intensively farmed wheat, apples, and lettuce to show the overall impact of agricultural methods. Agriculture accounts for 45% of ...
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EPA approves three new moth mating disruption products
Semios, provider of real-time agricultural information and precision pest management tools, has been given EPA approval for three aerosol pheromone products that disrupt the mating of codling moth and oriental fruit moth. “Our new formula performs extremely well at lower temperatures, emitting a drier mist that disperses quickly across an orchard,” said Michael Gilbert, CEO of ...
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Unitec At Fruit Attraction 2019
THE UNITEC GROUP BOOTH (Hall 9 – Booth 9D13) WILL EXHIBIT ITS MOST RELIABLE AND PERFORMING TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE QUALITY SELECTION OF EVERY SINGLE FRUIT. Blueberries, cherries, peaches, plums, apples, pears, kiwi, etc .: for each type of fruit, UNITEC, a group with an Italian heart but having worldwide operating branches – Spain, France, USA, Chile, Argentina, South Africa, Turkey, ...
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EPA approves two insecticides for control of invasive stink bug
On June 24, 2011 EPA approved, for emergency use, the insecticide dinotefuran (trade names Venom and Scorpion) on tree fruit to help manage populations of the brown marmorated stink bug, an invasive insect that has caused extensive yield losses in tree fruit production in the mid-Atlantic region. The approval, known as an emergency exemption, applies to Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, ...
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Lead Found in Brand Name Packaged Fruits & Juices
LA Testing provides lead testing solutions to the general public and food processors to ensure products are free of dangerous levels of lead. Los Alamitos, CA, July 8th, 2010 Last month the Environmental Law Foundation (ELF), a California non-profit organization, reported that a number of packaged fruits and juices they tested reported high levels of lead. On June 9th the ELF sent a Notice of ...
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Semios Receives US EPA Approval for 3 New Pheromones To Target the Most Destructive Pests in the Apple & Pear Industry
Semios, provider of real-time agricultural information and precision pest management tools, has been given US EPA approval for three aerosol pheromone products that disrupt the mating of codling moth and oriental fruit moth. “Our new formula performs extremely well at lower temperatures, emitting a drier mist that disperses quickly across an orchard,” said Michael Gilbert, CEO of ...
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