TITLE

Cultivating a thriving line in bulbs

AUTHOR(S)

Abel, Charles

PUB. DATE

June 2006

SOURCE

Farmers Weekly;6/2/2006 Supplement, Vol. 144, p14

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article focuses on the site host of the Cereals 2006, Nocton, a cut-flowers supplier based in Lincolnshire, England. Nocton owner Paul Clarke and his wife Anne invested additional funding of £10 million to get the horticultural enterprise to where it is today. In spring it was paying off debt £1 million at a time, thanks to the best cut flower season in 35 years. Together with training in field work the result is a productive workforce. INSETS: Three million stems a day…;Motivated workforce underpins success.

ACCESSION #

21358261

 

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