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Apple - Best Practice Guide for UK Production
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This Defra guide aims to improve the competitive position of the UK apple industry. It seeks to provide growers with information on topics that have the greatest influence in achieving commercial success in apple production. Defra and HRI, March 2003.
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Crops: Guide to National Listing of Varieties of Agricultural and Vegetable Crops in the UK (PB10621)
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This document provides a short guide to the National List system was adopted in 1973 following the UK entry into the European Community. EU Directives require Member States to prepare and publish National Lists of Varieties of the main agricultural and vegetable species which are eligible for certification and marketing in their territory. The EU Directives are implemented in the UK by the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001 (as amended). The procedure for making an application for National Listing is briefly explained in this booklet. Defra, PB10621, 2005.
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Hazel Coppice Restoration (FCIN56)
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The biology and silviculture of hazel coppice woodlands are briefly explained. Practical procedures for management of stools are described and the results of a recent case study on growth and yield are presented. Forestry Commission, FCIN56, 2004.
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Managing Maize
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This is a document presents a Code of Good Agricultural Practice for managing maize. It includes information on site choice, managing the soil, soil erosion, the use of fertilisers and manures, cover crops, herbicide management and managing silage effluent. Environment Agency, Circa 1998.
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Miscanthus: Planting and Growing (PB5421)
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This DEFRA booklet has been produced to introduce farmers to a new crop. It gives guidance on the most appropriate location, land preparation, planting techniques and crop management required to grow miscanthus as an energy crop. 2001 version, PB5421
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Organic Farming Environment
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The report argues that current organic expansion is extremely relevant to the future of wildlife and landscape conservation in the wider countryside because organic farming encourages sustainable conservation of farmland biodiversity by combining the best of traditional knowledge and practices with modern production technologies. Countryside Agency, 2000.
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Organic Standards Compendium UK
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This Compendium is the standard for organic food production that must be complied with in the
UK. It is based on, and complies with, Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2092/91, as amended. It is published by Defra on behalf of all Rural Affairs Departments in the UK. It describes the minimum standards to be applied by Certification Bodies in the UK . Defra, 2006.
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Organic Standards: European Union Organic Standards (January 2010)
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This document has been produced to assist those who produce, prepare, store, import from a non-EU country or market organic products (referred to in this document and in the EU Regulations as operators) and the inspection bodies which licence them (referred to in this document and in the EU Regulations as control bodies) with implementing the new framework of EU organic standards which came into effect on 1 January 2009. Defra, January 2010.
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Pear - Best Practice Guide for UK Production
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This Defra guide aims to improve the competitive position of the UK pear industry. It seeks to provide growers with information on topics that have the greatest influence in achieving commercial success in pear production. Defra and HRI, March 2003.
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Plant Health Propagation Scheme (PHPS) (PHPS 1)
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The Plant Health Propagation Scheme (PHPS) is a voluntary scheme run by The Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera). It aims to promote the production and use of healthy, proven planting stock. It covers: soft fruit: strawberries, berry fruit, currants; top fruit: apples, pears, cherries, plums; hops. This leaflet describes how the PHPS works. It should be of interest to those wishing to grow certified material, or wanting to know aboht the benefits of using PHPS stock in commercial plantations. Also includes eligibility of rubus, strawberry and top fruit material into the PHPS. FERA, PHPS 1, July 2009.
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Poplar and Willow Varieties for Short Rotation Coppice (FCIN17)
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Poplar and willow varieties suitable for growing as short rotation coppice in the UK are listed. These are the varieties which the Forestry Commission will expect to see proposed in applications for planting short rotation coppice under the Woodland Grant Scheme. Forestry Commission, FCIN17, 1999.
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Poplar Varieties (FCIN21)
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This Information Note gives the list of poplar varieties acceptable for registration under the Forest Reproductive Material Regulations (1977), current in January 1999. It lists the varieties eligible for registration, and gives general recommendations for their use. Forestry commission, FCIN21, 1999.
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Potatoes: The Use of Sulphuric Acid
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Guidance published by Pesticide Safety Directorate on the safe application and use of sulphuric acid on potatoes. Defra PSD, 2005.
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Short Rotational Coppice - Best Practice Guidelines (PB7135)
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This booklet has been produced to introduce farmers to a new crop. It provides guidance on the choice of site, planting techniques, crop management and harvesting methods required when growing short rotation willow or poplar coppice as an energy crop. The booklet summarises current agronomic techniques and, therefore, may need to be modified as further experience is gained. Defra, PB7135, 2002.
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Short Rotational Coppice - Establishment & Management (FCIN7)
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This Practice Note reviews existing knowledge and gives guidance on site selection and preparation, plantation design, planting, weed control, crop management, pest management and yield for short rotation coppice plantations of willow and poplar grown as sources of renewable energy. Forestry Commission, FCIN7, 2002.
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