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If it’s not broken, why fix it?
What may surprise many people, is that although we left the EU single market on the 31st December 2021, as part of the withdrawal agreement, we were committed to bring in regulations on the use of biostimulants in the UK; this was to align the UK with the EU under the...
UK biostimulant industry in EU regulation stranglehold – can it survive?
The UK biostimulant industry is facing an extensive review of the regulatory environment relating to the ability of UK farmers to apply them after September 2022. This legislative review (DEFRA, Project 31280 “Creating an Enabling Regulatory Environment for Enhanced...
POSTCOVA Project April Update – is it all in vain?
POSTCOVA Project April Update – is it all in vain? Our Winter Wheat trials are coming along nicely with all of our Nitrous Oxide gas detectors in place, ready to detect Green House Gas emissions from our control plots and – hopefully – significantly reduced emissions...
POSTCOVA Project Update
Novel biotechnology increasing sustainable crop production Five months into our Innovate UK POSTCOVA trial and we are working our way through the trial protocols, with our glasshouse trials of Spring Wheat, Cauliflowers and Potatoes underway and the field Winter Wheat...
Innovate UK – POSTCOVA Project
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….
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?
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
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...