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EXCLUSIVE

UK fruit producers show resilience and growth in latest Top 25 Fruit Producers ranking

LATEST FRESH PRODUCE NEWS

Canada 'reframes' peat v peat-free

Peat is an "enabler", according to the Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss Association (CSPMA).

Coir business appoints voluntary liquidator

EU SPS reset and regulation of plant protection products: Horticulture Crop Protection mythbusters for growers

HortWeek 185th anniversary: What horticulture means to Helen Cox and Steve Dowbiggin

HortWeek 185th anniversary: What horticulture means to Kate Ebbens and Peter Brammal

HortWeek 185th anniversary: What horticulture means to Mark Gregory and Meg Warren-Davis

CAAV joins calls for UK Government to make it easier for growers to build reservoirs

HortWeek 185th anniversary: What horticulture means to Steve Carter and David Domoney

Garden stars endorse HortWeek as we turn 185

Fresh Produce Consortium launches national action platform as industry warns UK food system risk is “at tipping point”

Drought food production situation 'critical'

BAPL says apple supplies will beat drought

Most farmers not confident about the future, Defra survey finds

HortWeek stories you may have missed this week

New EAMU granted for Romeo on top fruit crops

More than half of England officially in drought: NFU issues advice

Over a fifth of farms experienced crime in the last 12 months finds survey

Essex farm and tenants hit by fire

What important horticulture news have you missed this July?

Companies House results: Polhill, Flamingo, Maze Rattan, EC Drummond

Fungicide to be banned in UK

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

Product Special: Bigger and better glasshouses for more efficient production

Whatever happened to… Efford Experimental Horticultural Station

Ask Sally: How can tyres help to ensure safer journeys?

Product Special: Battery kit update

Brexit 10 years on: Bad news for horticulture, eight experts speak UPDATED

LIVE MAP: horticulture business mergers, closures and sales in 2026

Automation replaces low-paid jobs in commercial growing sector

Ask Sally: What is the best approach to stay safe when working from ladders?

Product Special: Intelligent irrigation for growers, landscapers and turf managers

Open Farm Sunday: Tiptree in focus

Annabel Shackleton with the Tiptree team

Obituaries 2026

Guide to: Horticulture business costs and employment challenges

International Women’s Day: how close is horticulture to gender parity?

Whatever happened to… the Glasshouse Crops Research Institute

How using peat got back on the agenda

Sector Preview 2026: Fresh Produce

EAMU UPDATES

EAMU roundup: May 2026

Plum tree - credit: Flickr/Jnzl'sPhotos (CC by 20 DEED)

EAMU roundup: February 2026

EAMU roundup: January 2026

Lettuce crops - credit: Flickr/NRCS Pacific Islands Area

EAMU roundup: December 2025

EAMU roundup: November 2025

EAMU roundup: October 2025

EAMU EXPIRY ALERTS

EAMU expiry alert: October 2026

EAMU authorisations that are due to expire by the end of October 2026.

OPINION

Modern horticulture deserves a bigger place in Britain's food future: Labour MP says Government policy must back the UK fresh produce production

Ben Goldsborough - credit: House of Commons/ Roger Harris (CC by 3.0)

Glyphosate use in the UK

Why it is time for the fresh-produce sector to adopt a fresh outlook

Biological control in the British soft-fruit sector

Organic fertilisers providing welcome certainty for farmers in volatile times, says SoilWorx

Growers need a planning framework that recognises the importance of water storage to modern horticulture

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Fresh Horticultural Careers, West London
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Private Estate -Haywards Heath, Rural West Sussex nr Haywards Heath
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Hodnet Hall Gardens, Hodnet Hall Gardens
Kitchen Gardener

Lilburn Estates, Nr Wooler, Northumberland
Purchasing & Production Planning Manager

Allensmore Nurseries Ltd, Allensmore, Hereford
HOUSE FLORIST

Daylesford Estate, Gloucestershire
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Woodbridge Town Council, Woodbridge