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UK: Andersons report raises fears that availability of UK apples,...

2014-10-25 13:38:58| Agriculture - Topix.net

NFU vice president Guy Smith, who farms at St Osyth, near Clacton, describes the Andersons report on the growing restrictions on PPPs as "important and timely" The availability of British foods could be drastically reduced because of growing restrictions on the use of certain chemicals to control weeds, disease and pests, a controversial report has warned. The Healthy Harvest report released this week by farm business consultants Andersons and commissioned by the National Farmers' Union , Agricultural Industries Confederation and Crop Protection Association , focuses on the economic impact of plant protection products on UK agriculture and the wider economy.

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