Why standard soil tests don’t tell the full story.

by helen.holman | Sep 17, 2025 | OptiYield

Most farmers are familiar with standard soil testing. Typically, a lab will report back on a few basic indicators such as pH, nitrogen (N), phosphate (P), potash (K), and magnesium (Mg). Some tests are more advanced and include analysis of micronutrients and organic...

Symposium launched as Emerald Research rebrands Consortium-Plus

by helen.holman | Sep 16, 2025 | Emerald Research, News, OptiYield, Uncategorized

After three years of trials, Emerald Research Ltd (ERL) is relaunching its microbial soil improver Consortium-Plus as Symposium, a complementary mixture of many synergistic beneficial microbes and organic biostimulants.  The decision has been taken following...

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...