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2025 Potato farm report & analysis
We are trying something new this autumn and you are invited to join us on the 12th November , at 12.30pm for our live on line seminar event. 2025 has been a very challenging year for growing potatoes with extreme drought and heat at times, however our growers have...
How OptiYield turns soil tests in to a crop plan
While standard soil analysis provides a few numbers for nutrients such as P, K, and Mg, OptiYield generates a much broader dataset. The question is: how does this information translate into practical recommendations on farm? From data to decisions Standard...
The Root of Success: Why potato root development shapes crop health
Strong, healthy and productive crops start with the formation of a root mass that can sustain crop health and vigour throughout the growing season in many ways: Anchorage and stability – Strong, well-developed roots physically anchor potato plants, preventing lodging...
Why standard soil tests don’t tell the full story.
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
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
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?
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?
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
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?
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...