Boost your crops’ health and yield outcomes with BioBoost

by helen.holman | Jun 19, 2025 | OptiYield, Product

As we are increasingly experiencing, with this season’s unpredictable weather patterns crops are under constant pressure from environmental stresses like heat and drought, even if they are irrigated. For example, Tuber Initiation is inhibited above 25°C and...

Seaweed extract: What’s the difference between heat extraction vs cold extracted?

by helen.holman | Jun 17, 2025 | Emerald Research, OptiYield

Seaweed extract is produced by one of two industrial processes, the extract containing all the ‘goodies’ is obtained by either a heat/chemical processing or through cold pressing. The table below illustrates a comparison of the two methods: Feature Cold-Pressed...

Fancy a TRIP (Transformative Reduced Input Potatoes) to our Cornish nutritional trials?

by helen.holman | Jun 4, 2025 | News, TRIP

The Innovate UK funded Transformative Reduced Input Potatoes (TRIP) project is holding a farm walk of this year’s nutritional trial plots on the 26th June by kind permission of Colwith Farm Potatoes, at Lostwithiel, Cornwall. The event kicks off at 12 noon with lunch...

Direct applications are driving increased nutrient use efficiency

by helen.holman | May 28, 2025 | TRIP

One of the aims of the Transformative Reduced Input Potatoes (TRIP) Project is to evaluate ways to minimise the application of soil-applied inputs and in particular nitrogen, phosphate and potassium. The main alternative to traditional methods of applying inputs via...

What is leaf tissue analysis and why is it useful in potato crops?

by helen.holman | May 19, 2025 | News

Leaf tissue analysis is a vital tool for managing the nutritional health of potato crops. While the OptiYield soil analysis system predicts nutrient availability to the crop from the soil, it can’t predict the weather and conditions, so cannot know precisely what the...