by Simon Fox | Mar 26, 2023 | News, OptiYield
It’s not often that UK farmers follow their European counterparts, but are they likely to go for winter oilseeds and cereals over potatoes for the 2023 harvest? During 2022 season the Europe potato hectarage of 102.5 million tonnes (while still being the second...
by Simon Fox | Oct 14, 2022 | News, OptiYield
There has been no shortage of news articles lately covering the ‘perfect storm’ that rising fuel and nitrogen prices will have on UK agriculture and the wider economy, with fertiliser prices high, (at the time of writing nearly £1000/t for Ammonium Nitrate) and much...
by Simon Fox | Oct 13, 2022 | Emerald Research, News, OptiYield
This year for the first time we face sowing following a drought with very variable moisture levels, combined with uncertain fertiliser prices and availability. Inflation affecting inputs across the board, especially the cost of red diesel, and a drive towards...
by Simon Fox | Oct 4, 2022 | Emerald Research, News, OptiYield
UK sugar beet production has remained around one tonne per hectare above the European average for the last three campaigns according to Statista[1]; As growers face more challenging conditions and tighter margins, some are looking to the latest developments in...
by Simon Fox | Apr 13, 2022 | News, OptiYield
Cooking oil is in short supply due in part to the war in Ukraine, as they and Russia account for 60% of the world’s sunflower oil. Together with Canada’s disastrous 2021 rape seed harvest, the global vegetable oil ‘stock-to-use’ ratio falling to 44 days. While its too...
by Simon Fox | Apr 3, 2022 | News, OptiYield
From macronutrients like nitrogen to micronutrients like manganese, traditional agronomy has taught us that foliar applications are fraught with challenges and complications, leaving soil applications as the preferred, default solution. Historically, foliar feeding...
