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Google News: Business Statement
[DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)] - May we find time for an urgent debate on the shocking performance of the East of England ambulance service? I am in no doubt that the performance of the chairman, Maria Ball, and the chief executive, Hayden Newton, is falling well short of acceptable.
Views differ on source of blame for potato blight problem
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[Horticulture Week] - The firm has urged amateur growers to choose Sarpo and similar blight-resistant varieties bred by the SRT. Earlier, Potato Council corporate affairs manager Maria Ball blamed gardens and allotments for "a disproportionate amount of overall blight
Google News: Potato firms' 'double whammy' weather woes
[FoodManufacture.co.uk] - “Right now, the potato industry, its growers, packers and processors, are facing a severe challenge to manage the impact of the weather,” said Maria Ball, corporate affairs manager at the Potato Council. “This year they are facing exceptional
Google News: 'Allotment amateurs' are making potato blight worse
[The Grocer] - However, small plots were responsible for a “disproportionate amount of overall blight pressure” in warm, wet seasons such as 2012, claimed Potato Council corporate affairs manager Maria Ball. Potato crops are prone to 'late blight', the spread of
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