by helen.holman | Sep 23, 2026 | Crop Health, OptiYield, Uncategorized
Crop Resilience Starts Before Planting: Reflections from Arable Insights Live On 17 September, Emerald Research joined potato growers, agronomists and industry specialists at Farmers Weekly’s Arable Insights Live: Potatoes, held at the Dyson Research Centre in...
by helen.holman | Sep 1, 2026 | Crop Health, OptiYield
Somewhere in the equatorial Pacific, a pool of warm water roughly the size of Australia is building. The Niño 3.4 monitoring region is already above the El Niño threshold and climbing. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) gives an 88% chance of a...
by helen.holman | Aug 4, 2026 | Crop Health, OptiYield
Photographs taken on 22 July show potato crops managed under the OptiYield® programme retaining substantial green canopy following an exceptionally demanding period of summer weather. The four OptiYield fields A B C and D – are all in the same locality. Although...
by helen.holman | Jul 23, 2026 | Biostimulants, Crop Health, OptiYield, Product, Technical Update
Early field observations from two commercial crisping potato crops treated with Symposium are showing dense, fibrous rooting, fresh white root tips and active development below ground. These are encouraging signs during establishment because the strength of the root...
by helen.holman | Jun 30, 2026 | OptiYield, Trial Reports
Root crop agronomy is not just about potatoes Emerald Research Ltd (ERL) has built much of its crop work around potatoes, and for good reason. Potatoes are a technically demanding root crop where soil health, nutrition, rooting, stress resilience and marketable yield...
by helen.holman | Jun 8, 2026 | Crop Health, Nutrient Testing, OptiYield
Petiole testing – isn’t just for ‘off colour’ crops. Petiole testing helps potato growers identify nutrient deficiencies, imbalances and uptake issues before visual symptoms appear. By analysing what the crop is actually taking up during the season, growers can make...
