Farms manager Dave Thomson offers some good advice on how to make maximum use of the technique.

The Well Pict Berries website at www.wellpict.com has been updated and improved with more information and resources than ever before.

Strong demand for strawberries means that the days when they were only on British plates during their UK outdoor growing seasons are long gone.

Well Pict European has been crowned Supplier of the Year for the second year.

With industry-wide support, the UK`s East Malling Research (EMR)-based strawberry breeding programme now has a sound long-term future.

The success of NFU lobbying for an increase in the size of the SAWS has been appreciated by growers affected by labour shortages.

Some 5,000 more workers have been granted access under SAWS, home office minister Phil Woolas announced today.

The government has been asked to relax labour market restrictions to migrant workers from Romania and Bulgaria...

A report compiled for the British government’s Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has further illustrated the crucial role of seasonal migrant workers and the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Scheme (SAWS) to the horticulture sector.

This summer has not been the kindest to the soft-fruit category, with unseasonably wet and dark conditions holding back both supply and demand.