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Membership Schemes

FAST LLP membership comprises of three elements – a general membership based on the number of crop types you require, analysis support from our in-house laboratory and advisory hours.  Each membership package is tailored to match your needs in terms of support, and not based upon the size of your farm.

We offer membership packages that are tailored to meet each grower’s requirements and which include technical support and advice via email or telephone, regular advisory newsletters, technical manuals and updates, and access to a range of members-only offers, discounts, conferences, trials results, and online services. 

We also offer laboratory analysis through our Laboratory Analytical services together with agronomy advice and consultancy work which can be office or farm-based. 

General membership

Membership year runs from March to end of February and is invoiced in quarterly instalments (March, June, September and December).  Invoices can be submitted directly to a producer organisation if required

Advisory newsletters are sent via email on a weekly or fortnightly basis, depending upon the crop type and time of year. FAST LLP offer up to 3 crop memberships: top, soft and stone fruit and members can chose a single type or a combination

Telephone/email advice is included, within fair usage, plus support from all technical staff

Access to members-only trials results, conferences and online services, plus members only discounts and offers

Relevant technical manual and updates

Agronomy advice:

Any number of advisory hours can be included - this is recommended as pre-booked hours for either crop walking, pest & disease or management advice which takes priority over ad hoc visits

Additional consultancy work (farm or office based) can be supplied at an hourly rate to include travel time; charged in increments of 15 minutes

Laboratory analysis:

Any analysis required can be supplied and charged separately or a recommended programme of analysis can be worked into your membership to spread the cost

Other Services included within the FAST LLP Membership

Pest & Disease Forecast

Our weather station network utilises the very latest pest and disease models to ensure our growers are optimising their control methods against problems such as scab, canker and codling moth.

Good Horticultural Practice encompassing Integrated Crop Management and sustainable growing systems including organic production

Optimising crop performance

Improving all aspects of fruit quality

Advisories

We are proud to say that every member of our advisory team here at FAST LLP has in-depth practical experience in the field of crop production, with many of our team members having managed horticultural enterprises across the different areas of our expertise. We can therefore confidently offer our clients and members independent, unbiased, and practical advice that is based on real-world know-how. 

This knowledge is passed on to our FAST Members via Advisory Newsletters which is sent out, by email, weekly during the season (fortnightly out of season).

They give details of the nutritional and husbandry operations which should be carried out at that time plus information about pests and diseases, their identification and control.

Conference Papers

One of the benefits of being a FAST LLP Member, is that every year we hold a Members’ Conference for soft, top and stone fruit growers to outline new technologies, new products available, trials that have been carried out and many other topics.

To download the papers that are presented at the conference, please click on the corresponding link Below:

Technical Manuals

FAST LLP’s years of experience and modern farming techniques mean that we can help provide the most up to date technical manuals for you to know what you need for your top, soft and stone fruit. With manuals being updated regularly, you can keep on top of what you need, how to apply it, and when to harvest, as well as all the other information you require.

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