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There’s a company actively working to build a solar energy farm in the Town of Kirkland, but there’s also several small groups opposing the project.

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Garlic-based nematicide shows promise for Yorks root grower >More in © Gary Naylor Photography The control of free-living and root-knot nematodes is a problem for many vegetable growers, particularly as the mainstay nematicide Vydate (oxamyl) was withdrawn from use last December. Despite its loss, a fully registered, granular nematicide formulated from garlic is proving effective in reducing nematode populations on one Yorkshire farm. Left untreated, the soil-borne microscopic pest feeds directly on crop roots, which distorts and disf...

While an official opening was not be possible, the team at Grimme UK’s new £3m depot have still found a way to celebrate – supplying its 2000th de-stoner to a leading vegetable grower. A month after moving into the Market Weighton depot, it has supplied a milestone CS 150 Combi-Star separator to one of Yorkshire's largest root vegetable growers. With its unique mix of star rollers and main webs, it was sold to MH Poskitt, which grows, washes, packs, and distributes carrots, potatoes, swedes, parsnips and pumpkins for supermarkets. Patrick Graf Grote, managing director of Grimme UK,...