Potato Armageddon …. Will the UK farmers follow Europe in planting decisions?

by Simon Fox | Mar 26, 2023 | News, OptiYield

It’s not often that UK farmers follow their European counterparts, but are they likely to go for winter oilseeds and cereals over potatoes for the 2023 harvest? During 2022 season the Europe potato hectarage of 102.5 million tonnes (while still being the second...

Making your nitrogen applications as efficient as possible

by Simon Fox | Oct 14, 2022 | News, OptiYield

There has been no shortage of news articles lately covering the ‘perfect storm’ that rising fuel and nitrogen prices will have on UK agriculture and the wider economy, with fertiliser prices high, (at the time of writing nearly £1000/t for Ammonium Nitrate) and much...

Autumn Sowing 2022- Challenging times indeed.

by Simon Fox | Oct 13, 2022 | Emerald Research, News, OptiYield

This year for the first time we face sowing following a drought with very variable moisture levels, combined with uncertain fertiliser prices and availability. Inflation affecting inputs across the board, especially the cost of red diesel, and a drive towards...

Simple application boosts beet marketable yield by 10%

by Simon Fox | Oct 4, 2022 | Emerald Research, News, OptiYield

UK sugar beet production has remained around one tonne per hectare above the European average for the last three campaigns according to Statista[1]; As growers face more challenging conditions and tighter margins, some are looking to the latest developments in...

Increasing oil content of OSR by 10% with foliar nitrogen.

by Simon Fox | Apr 13, 2022 | News, OptiYield

Cooking oil is in short supply due in part to the war in Ukraine, as they and Russia account for 60% of the world’s sunflower oil. Together with Canada’s disastrous 2021 rape seed harvest, the global vegetable oil ‘stock-to-use’ ratio falling to 44 days. While its too...