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Top 25 Fruit Producers

EXCLUSIVE

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

LATEST FRESH PRODUCE NEWS

HortWeek 185

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

HortWeek is 185 years old having been founded in 1841 and here we feature our readers telling is what horticulture means to them.

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

Growers to share harvest optimisation best practice

Companies House results: David Austin Roses, Plum Products, Langmead Herbs, Barton Grange

Bionema develops a new bioherbicide to protect high-value crops from weed damage

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

Glasshouse

Product Special: Bigger and better glasshouses for more efficient production

Whatever happened to… Efford Experimental Horticultural Station

Efford Experimental Horticultural Station

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

Sally Drury

Product Special: Battery kit update

Batteries and chargers

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

Brexit

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

HortWeek mergers map 2026

Automation replaces low-paid jobs in commercial growing sector

Growing salary report

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

Sally Drury

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

Hose pipe photo

Open Farm Sunday: Tiptree in focus

Annabel Shackleton with the Tiptree team

Obituaries 2026

Nigel Dunnett

Guide to: Horticulture business costs and employment challenges

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

International Women's Day

Whatever happened to… the Glasshouse Crops Research Institute

GCRI

How using peat got back on the agenda

peat

Sector Preview 2026: Fresh Produce

Fresh Produce

EAMU UPDATES

EAMU roundup: May 2026

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

EAMU roundup: February 2026

Blueberry

EAMU roundup: January 2026

Lettuce crops - credit: Flickr/NRCS Pacific Islands Area

EAMU roundup: December 2025

Apricot orchard

EAMU roundup: November 2025

Broccoli

EAMU roundup: October 2025

Hops

EAMU EXPIRY ALERTS

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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

Ian Graham

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

Nick Marston

Biological control in the British soft-fruit sector

Nick Marston

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

Paul O’Hora

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

Nick Marston