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2025
News
August
Members Trial Sites Visit
We invite all members to join us on August 28, 2025, at 4:00 PM to explore our trial sites.
Here, we proudly showcase a variety of gala clones and hybrids and demonstrate how these varieties thrive under UK conditions. You will see multiple rootstocks along with diverse 2D orchard planting and growing systems.
The ticket link will be included with the advisories, but if you have any questions please contact our office on sales@fastllp.com or call 01795 533225
July
July's Variety Spotlight
We're happy continue to shining a spotlight on new varieties available from FAST LLP. Each week, we'll focus on a different variety of Tree Fruit.
UK testing trees are available for viewing of varieties please contact our Product Manager Razvan Iorga on on 07803 520340 or by email Razvan.iorga@fastllp.com.
Tiger Gala new stripes that shine. For more information please click the image.
Eden Gold unique pear. For more information please click on the image.
SWEETLIFE. For more information please click on the image.
Dora unique, new fully russeted apple. For more information please click on the image.
June
June's Variety Spotlight
We're excited to shine the spotlight on new varieties available exclusively to FAST LLP. Each week, we'll focus on a different variety of Tree Fruit.
Clara is a new early yellow variety. For more information please click on the image.
Early Crunch is also an early variety with offering. For more information please click on the image.
For all enquiries please contact our Product Manager Razvan Iorga.
May
We're happy to confirm that the FAST Annual Members' Conference will be on 28th January 2026.
February
We want to say a huge thank you to all the members that attended the 2025 FAST Annual Conference.
A special thank you goes to our fantastic guest speakers for sharing their knowledge and expertise with our members:
From the Joint Session: NFU Horticulture & Potatoe Chair Martin Emmett, Daniel Stevenson Intergrated Farm Management (IFM) Manager at LEAF and Richard Bonn Co-Founder of AETHR.
From the Soft Fruit Session: Micky Riggs, Head of Growing at The Summer Berry Company, who delivered a highly popular talk on UVC Control to reduce Powdery Mildew incidence in field Strawberry crops.
From the Tree Fruit Session: Benoit Escande, from Escande Nursery, spoke about the variety of challenges faced by 21st-century fruit growers.
Stands and stakeholders
We would also like to thank new and returning trade stands for their support; we could not run the conference without their contributions.
From our Kent and Herefordshire-based centres, we work closely with our growers to help them develop better agricultural practice, optimise their crop performance, and develop more efficient growing systems.