Understanding customer needs and market trends, and the latest legislation are important aspects of business planning and can be vital to growers that operate in competitive markets. Whether you export or sell direct to local customers, doing regular research can be critical to informing your commercial decisions and enabling your business to adapt to change.

This section explores the key issues facing horticulture businesses. It contains links to other sections of the Knowledge Hub with practical steps to consider and links to other useful resources.

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Webinar: Why Grow Watercress? Understanding the health benefits

Watercress is an important crop to consider growing as a protected crop. A…

Sunflower Webinar

Tyfu Cymru hosted a webinar on sunflowers as there is currently a lot of in…

Our Guide to Mobile Card Payment Systems

How customers pay for their goods is changing - debit card transactions ove…

Growing Cut Flowers Year Round

A huge range of plants from trees and shrubs to annuals and bulbs can be gr…

Webinar: Introduction to Agricultural Standards for Commercial Horticulture Production

This introductory webinar will be an overview of what an agricultural stand…

Webinar: Exports in Horticulture

From the 1st January 2021 the way we sell goods to the European Union will…

Webinar: Imports in Horticulture

As we approach 2021 and the end of the end of the Transition Period there w…

The roles of trade associations in raising awareness and representing members

Pippa Greenwood is a very well-known broadcaster and author including being…

Webinar: The Flower Farmer's Year

The Flower Farmer’s Year session looks at how Georgie Newbery - the flower…

Peas Please Progress Report 2020

162 million additional portions of vegetables served as part of the Peas Pl…

Commercial Horticulture Plan 2020

Horticulture is a key growth sector for Welsh Government. It is essential t…

What is Red Tractor Certification all about.

The Red Tractor standard was originally launched in 2000 and has developed…

Tyfu Cymru - Electric Daisy Virtual Study Tour

We have (safely) captured a Virtual Study Visit with Fiona at Electric Dais…

Technical Advice Sheet Pumpkin PYO Marketing with Covid

While many of the covid-19 restrictions are being relaxed, it’s likely to c…

Welsh Fruit and Vegetable Production - Baseline Study

This baseline study for Tyfu Cymru was conducted by Dr. Amber Wheeler and l…

Organic market insight

The Soil Association published their 2017 Organic Market report earlier thi…

Organic Market Report 2019 - Insights

A report by the Soil Association revealed that the UK organic market is now…

Grown not Flown Flowers

The cut flower market can learn a lot from the way the food and drink indus…

Embracing Wonky

Wonky, over-sized, under-sized and over-blemished - the fruits and vegetabl…

Pick your Own (PYO): What you need to know to get 5* rated…

In our series of industry insights, we provide some background to the marke…

Pick your Own (PYO): What you need to know to get 5* rated (part 2)

Part two of our Pick your Own Factsheet focusing on Marketing and Top Techn…