Prague, Nov 18 (CTK) - Fruit consumption is growing in the Czech Republic and last year reached an estimated 84 kilogrammes per capita, while in the first half of the 1990s it was roughly 12 kilogrammes lower, according to data from the Agriculture Ministry and the Czech Statistical Office (CSU) Prague, Nov 18 (CTK) - Fruit consumption is growing in the Czech Republic and last year reached an estimated 84 kilogrammes per capita, while in the first half of the 1990s it was roughly 12...

There are several species of fruit, however, that we can grow without spraying to protect the fruit from diseases and insects. Look for fruit tree sales at area nurseries or wait and plant fruit trees in early February, when shipments for spring arrive. If we are going to grow them so a majority of the fruit is blemish-free, an ambitious spray program is required. Pears will survive and even produce fruit without irrigation, but they grow better when watered every two weeks during summer...

Supporters also say extensive monitoring would be a financial burden for farmers who are already struggling to compete with low-cost imported fruits and vegetables. Officials with DEP and state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services say the program already has been successful in getting hundreds of farmers and container plant growers to use modern farming techniques that keep pollution out of waterways. Florida is enlisting the help of hundreds of farmers and nursery growers to...

Winemakers around Tampa Bay who don't have vineyards full of fancy wine grapes have picked a fruit basket of wine from orchards, groves and berry patches instead. The fruit wine alchemists use modern technology to balance acids, sugars and tannins from citrus, berries and tropical fruits as carefully as wine grapes. Though fruit wine was a novelty product in Florida and the grape-unfriendly frozen North for years, new vintages have a wider range of flavors and styles. To put a taste of...

Consumers will see somewhat lower prices for pork, at least for a while, before prices begin to rise, according to kiplinger.com. That s because as corn prices rise, profit margins on hogs decline, and producers opt to cut back by actually sending more female animals to slaughter rather than breeding them. If paying for a traditional beef roast for a holiday dinner is turning into a splurge, in the short term you might want to switch to a pork loin roast instead. B lame ethanol for the...