by helen.holman | Feb 24, 2025 | Biopesticides, Emerald Research, News
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...
by helen.holman | Jan 14, 2025 | News
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...
by helen.holman | Nov 14, 2024 | News, OptiYield
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 … 🤦...
by helen.holman | Oct 23, 2024 | Emerald Research, News, OptiYield
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,...
by helen.holman | Oct 9, 2024 | News
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...
by helen.holman | Mar 4, 2024 | News, Uncategorized
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...