BrassicasToday Interviews RSShttp://www.brassicastoday.comEverything about Brassicas1<![CDATA[ Miss. Pettitt: “Research and development is considered vital by growers to remain progressive as key industry producers” ]]>
Miss. Pettitt: “Research and development is considered vital by growers to remain progressive as key industry producers”

Interview with Miss. Sarah Pettitt, chairman for the National Board for Horticulture and Potatoes
The National Farmers Union (NFU) is a membership organization representing the interests of members and more than 55,000 farm businesses in England and Wales. It undertakes political lobbying and act as a spokesman at a National and International level, to maximize outcomes for its members.


S&G Brassicas Today

]]> <![CDATA[ Mr. Shiavon: “Summer production of broccoli grown in the highlands for the fresh market can be very profitable” ]]>
Mr. Shiavon: “Summer production of broccoli grown in the highlands for the fresh market can be very profitable”

Interview with Alecio Shiavon, Brassica Product Manager in Brazil (Syngenta)
Cabbage is the most important brassica crop in Brazil, although broccoli is gaining in popularity. In an interview with Brassicas Today, Alecio Shiavon, Brassica Product Manager for Syngenta, reports that adverse climatic conditions affected broccoli and cauliflower in particular last season, as they did in Europe. Cabbage, however, was less affected.


S&G Brassicas Today

]]> <![CDATA[ Emmanuel Deschamp: “Our research helps growers by ensuring a good yield and customers by ensuring that the product will be available” ]]>
Emmanuel Deschamp: “Our research helps growers by ensuring a good yield and customers by ensuring that the product will be available”

Interview with Emmanuel Deschamp, Syngenta’s North West Area Product Manager for cauliflower and broccoli

Last season, cauliflower production in the United Kingdom and France suffered the effects of poor weather conditions. A severe winter will always have a significant impact on crops, but it also provides seed companies with information about the extent to which different varieties are able to resist cold temperatures.


Syngenta Brassicas Today Newsletter

]]> <![CDATA[ Marc Smetryns: “Today the consumer can choose between sprouts with a classic taste and sprouts with a very mild taste” ]]>
Marc Smetryns: “Today the consumer can choose between sprouts with a classic taste and sprouts with a very mild taste”

Interview with Marc Smetryns, Syngenta’s North West Area Product Manager for cauliflower and Brussels sprouts

Marc Smetryns, North West Area Product Manager for cauliflower and Brussels sprouts, provides advance information on Brussels sprouts acreage for the 2010 growing season. Although the last Brussels sprouts season was not a great success in North West Europe on account of weather conditions, diseases and lower prices, early Syngenta varieties performed well and helped growers to cope with the difficult situation.


Syngenta Brassicas Today Newsletter

]]> <![CDATA[ Wolfgang Ott: “The situation in Eastern Europe is having a big influence on cabbage storage in North West Europe” ]]>
Wolfgang Ott: “The situation in Eastern Europe is having a big influence on cabbage storage in North West Europe”

Interview with Wolfgang Ott, Syngenta Area Product Manager for Cabbage in North West Europe 

Wolfgang Ott, Syngenta Area Product Manager for Cabbage in North West Europe, advises producers to adhere to the programmes they have planned, in spite of climatic conditions and market changes. According to this expert, cabbage production trends in Eastern Europe are affecting the way the market develops in North West Europe.


Syngenta Brassicas Today Newsletter

]]> <![CDATA[ Ms. Stewart: "The PTI simply offers a voluntary solution to help industry achieve existing mandatory traceability requirements" ]]>
Ms. Stewart: "The PTI simply offers a voluntary solution to help industry achieve existing mandatory traceability requirements"

Interview with Julia Stewart, Public Relations Director of the Produce Marketing Association

New product tracing systems have been the subject of discussion in the United States this December. Traceability is already mandatory and since 2007 the supply chain has been working on a new Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI) to find voluntary solutions in order to help industry meet the existing requirements. In an interview with Brassicas Today, Julia Stewart, public relations director of the Produce Marketing Association, outlines the main points of the new PTI, which aims to assist the fresh produce sector in achieving chain-wide, electronic produce traceability by 2012.


S&G Brassicas Today

]]>