by Simon Fox | Aug 13, 2021 | Emerald Research, News, OptiYield
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...
by Simon Fox | Jul 20, 2021 | News, OptiYield
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...
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...
