by Simon Fox | Apr 15, 2021 | News, OptiYield, POSTCOVA
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...
by Simon Fox | Mar 8, 2021 | Emerald Research, News, OptiYield, POSTCOVA, Trial Reports
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...
by Simon Fox | Dec 16, 2020 | Emerald Research, News, OptiYield, POSTCOVA
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...
by Simon Fox | Oct 23, 2020 | News, OptiYield
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...
by Simon Fox | Aug 12, 2020 | News, OptiYield
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...
by Simon Fox | Jul 24, 2020 | News, OptiYield
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...
