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The miracle work of microbial mixes
The role of microbes in a soil’s ecosystem is well established, along with a clear understanding of their beneficial role in enhancing crop production. Recent years have seen microbial colonies come under repeated stress with prolonged episodes of waterlogging, which...
A new approach to regulating biopesticides
The ‘Emergency Authorisation’ process on pesticides is often misunderstood. Inherited from the EU, it was designed to allow regulators to adopt the precautionary principle but to have the option of allowing controlled and judicious use only when essential. It was...
Being ready to get away at the first opportunity this spring.
January is typically a time of renewed optimism and hope for the coming year but it is becoming increasingly hard to ‘keep the faith’ as Bon Jovi would say, in the light of data that (unsurprisingly) shows that 2024 was the UK’s third worst harvest in the last 40...
Mind the gap … missing nutrients
UK farmers and growers spend around £500m a year on nitrogen-based fertilisers to boost crop production - nothing wrong in trying to boost production, it’s what has been happening since man stopped being hunter gatherers and moved to farming settlements. We keep...
Should we be banking in our soils?
The banking metaphor of using your soil as a long-term nutrient bank, allowing you to store crop nutrients away for future use, should be resigned to the annals of history. In our view, and especially with phosphate, it is only a bank in the respect of locking up...
Soil analysis – it needs to be more than a single number..
Let’s start with an analogy - Q: How much diesel is left in the tank MIKE? 👩🌾 MIKE: The measuring stick measured two metres deep📏 Q: Well how wide or long is the tank? 🤷♂️ MIKE: I can’t tell you that, but we have two metres of diesel … 🤦…and,...
Soil analysis & crop recommendations – get on the front foot at CropTec 2024
Emerald Research Ltd (ERL) will be exhibiting at CropTec 24 taking place on the 27th and 28th November at the NAEC, Stoneleigh. Taking centre stage will be this season’s results from the Innovate UK-funded Transformative Reduced Inputs in Potatoes (TRIP) project,...
Emerald Research strengthen its senior team with the appointment of George Eustice
Emerald Research Ltd (ERL) is pleased to announce that George Eustice, former Secretary of State at DEFRA, is currently working with its senior management team as a Board Advisor regarding policy and regulatory affairs in the environment, agri-food and natural capital...
Biostimulants and how they enable heat and drought resistance.
Heat and drought along with other abiotic stresses can take their toll on crops in many ways: A lack of water disturbs the uptake of fluid through the roots which in turn stops the delivery of vital nutrients and other important molecules to the cells. Water stressed...
Emerald Research Ltd Leaving less of a footprint at Potato Days UK Event
Emerald Research Limited (ERL) will be exhibiting at the Potato Days UK event, which is being held on the 4th and 5th September by kind permission of Dyson Farming at Nocton, Lincolnshire. The event will be the largest potato sector event being held in the UK this...