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Your Spring 2027 Planting and Six Thousand Miles of Warm Water
Somewhere in the equatorial Pacific, a pool of warm water roughly the size of Australia is building. The Niño 3.4 monitoring region is already above the El Niño threshold and climbing. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) gives an 88% chance of a...
Potato Heat Stress: Keeping Crops Working Through Summer
Photographs taken on 22 July show potato crops managed under the OptiYield® programme retaining substantial green canopy following an exceptionally demanding period of summer weather. The four OptiYield fields A B C and D - are all in the same locality. Although there...
Strong Potato Roots: What Early Symposium-Treated Crops Are Showing
Early field observations from two commercial crisping potato crops treated with Symposium are showing dense, fibrous rooting, fresh white root tips and active development below ground. These are encouraging signs during establishment because the strength of the root...
From Potatoes to Carrots: Root Crop Agronomy, Soil Biology and Marketable Yield
Root crop agronomy is not just about potatoes Emerald Research Ltd (ERL) has built much of its crop work around potatoes, and for good reason. Potatoes are a technically demanding root crop where soil health, nutrition, rooting, stress resilience and marketable yield...
Why Petiole Analysis Matters Before Potato Crops Look ‘Off Colour’
Petiole testing – isn’t just for ‘off colour’ crops. Petiole testing helps potato growers identify nutrient deficiencies, imbalances and uptake issues before visual symptoms appear. By analysing what the crop is actually taking up during the season, growers can make...
Potato Petiole Analysis: Staying on Track from Emergence and Beyond
Potato Petiole Analysis: Staying on Track from Emergence and Beyond After the initial sigh of relief that tubers are in the ground and emerged, comes the concern to keep them on track to meet your tonnage and quality commitments at the end of the season – which may be...
How Seaweed Extracts Help Potatoes Cope with Water Stress
Foliar support when irrigation is limited With limited or no irrigation overcoming the effects of prolonged dry periods comes down to biostimulant and nutritional support - delivered through foliar application. Why Seaweed Extracts Are Used in Crop Stress Programmes...
Heading into May and should we be talking about water stress?
Potato Water Stress: Managing Crop Nutrition in Dry Conditions What is the UK water situation going into May 2026? Up until mid-February the UK had a record-breaking run of 40 consecutive days of rain somewhere in the UK, in fact Aberdeenshire had received...
Fertiliser Prices & Potato Nutrition: Smarter Nutrient Strategy
Fertiliser Prices Are Rising Again: Why Potato Nutrition Needs a Smarter Strategy This Season Maybe it's not in the bag? The numbers coming out of the fertiliser market this spring have an uncomfortably familiar ring. UK-produced AN is around 30% above its...
Foliar Application in Wet and Dry Weather | Crop Nutrition
Foliar Application – Come Rain or Shine Weather has always been one of the biggest influences on crop nutrition. Even the best-planned fertiliser programme can be challenged by changing conditions in the field. Dry soils can restrict nutrient movement to the root,...