Effective nitrogen application come what May, June & July..

by helen.holman | May 17, 2024 | Emerald Research, OptiYield

If you believe in the many and varied weather predictions, such as ‘Thunder on All Fool’s day, it brings good crops of corn and hay’ or ‘Rain on St. Johns Day (June 24th) expect a wet harvest’, there is no way of being able to reliably predict what weather we may get...

Scorched by foliar in the past… reasons to try again

by helen.holman | May 8, 2024 | Emerald Research, OptiYield

The concept of foliar applied preparations is based on science, but when they were initially introduced in the late 1990’s many of the initial products had drawbacks, such as leaf scorch, low active volumes per application, poor uptake and even phtyotoxicity . All of...

The margin game – when lots of little things add up to make a big difference.

by helen.holman | Apr 30, 2024 | Emerald Research, OptiYield

When uncertainty about weather patterns, inputs costs and sales prices are the only certainty in the coming season, farmers and growers can reap dividends by utilising a full nutritional programme specifically designed to maximise quality and yield attributes required...

Maincrop Potato Trial – OptiYield® System

by admin | Nov 7, 2023 | OptiYield-Projects, Trial Reports

A comparison between OptiYield treated and Farm Standard portions of maincrop processing potatoes (var. Royal) conducted on 19th October 2018 at GooderWestwood. (Grid Ref.: 54.146921, -0.747831). By kind permission of the Wilson Family of CJ Wilson & Sons. The...

Foliar Feeding- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s)

by Simon Fox | Mar 4, 2022 | News, OptiYield

With the need to maximise the efficient use of inputs, not just from a financial perceptive but from today’s drive for sustainable agriculture, recent developments in foliar feeding product formulations now make them a viable alternative to the traditional broadcast...