Innovate UK – POSTCOVA Project

by Simon Fox | Dec 16, 2020 | Emerald Research, News, OptiYield, POSTCOVA

Emerald Research Ltd leads Innovate UK Grant awarded to put sustainability within easy reach of farmers. Emerald Research Ltd (ERL) with project partners, Lisk and Jones, Puffin Produce and Bangor University have been awarded an Innovate UK research grant for...

Soil: the (in-depth) really big picture for decision making today, tomorrow and evermore….

by Simon Fox | Oct 23, 2020 | News, OptiYield

Autumn and spring planning offer the opportunity to make changes, not just in your choice of crop or variety grown, but more significantly to your farm’s bottom line, soil health and your financial wellbeing. If you change nothing else in the coming season, change...

Are the objectives of ELMS and the increased production of marketable crop yields mutually exclusive?

by Simon Fox | Aug 12, 2020 | News, OptiYield

The Environmental Land Management Scheme (ELMS) will bring the biggest change to British agriculture in 50 years. The three main elements or tiers of the scheme are:- Sustainable farming incentive Local nature recovery Landscape recovery Tier one, Sustainable Farming...

The role of foliar programmes

by Simon Fox | Jul 24, 2020 | News, OptiYield

Maintaining or improving profit margins from high value field crops such as potatoes, carrots, brassicas, leeks or onions – while minimising risk – is an annual challenge. The right foliar applications at the right time to supplement soil applied fertilisers are...