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The margin game – when lots of little things add up to make a big difference.
When uncertainty about weather patterns, inputs costs and sales prices are the only certainty in the coming season, farmers and growers can reap dividends by utilising a full nutritional programme specifically designed to maximise quality and yield attributes required...
Soil health: Thriving over surviving
Soil health is a phrase that has been climbing up the agricultural, sustainability and political agendas in recent years and is fast becoming quite a meme. As with many clichés, it can mean many things to many different parties, but what should it mean to farmers and...
What are the benefits of foliar nitrogen application?
The use of foliar nitrogen applications offers farmers and growers a host of benefits ranging from an overall reduction in the amount of nitrogen applied through to increased nutrient use efficiency (NUE) and reductions in environmental losses, which can result...
Emerald Research finds new pastures at Hartpury Agri- Tech Centre
As of Thursday 1st February 2024, Emerald Research Ltd (ERL) has moved in to their new head office, based at the University of Hartpury’s Agri-Tech Centre, a progressive facilitator within the field of applied agricultural innovation. ERL’s CEO, Simon Fox, has chosen...
Promising field trial results for potatoes with reduced inputs
Emerald Research Ltd (ERL) released the first season’s trial results from the Innovate UK funded Transformative Reduced Input in Potatoes (TRIP) project. Emerald Research is running farm field strip trials, commercial field-scale trials and replicated pot trials for...
Encouraging healthy rooting in Potatoes
In this era of drone and precision technologies one of the most important inspection tools in the armoury is still the humble spade! When was the last time you dug down to see the result of your cultivations or, more importantly, before you culti- vated? So when is it...
Anna Cervi appointed as the TRIP project’s Formulations Chemist
Following the launch of the project titled ‘Transformative Reduced Inputs in Potatoes’, or TRIP for short, which will be funded by Innovate UK over the next three years, Emerald Research Ltd (ERL) has appointed Anna Cervi as the TRIP project’s Formulations Chemist....
Innovate UK funds three year programme to study regenerative potato commercialisation
Emerald Research Ltd (ERL), a leading voice in the campaign for a holistic and sustainable approach to crop production, has been awarded another Innovate UK funded research programme following on from the recent Postcova project. In collaboration with a consortium of...
OptiYield soil analysis – the starting point for winter crop resilience.
The OptiYield expert software system seamlessly integrates with your autumn establishment routine, providing extensive soil analysis information and delivering specific macro/micro nutrient recommendations at each growth stage from establishment and throughout the...
OptiYield Trials at Cereals 2023!
A first for Emerald Research Limited and a first for Cereals…. After ten years of trading, Emerald Research Ltd (ERL) will be exhibiting under its OptiYield brand for the first time at Cereals 2023, which is being held at the Thoresby Estate on the 13th and 14th June...