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 | 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 | May 12, 2026 | Crop Health, OptiYield
Potato Water Stress: Managing Crop Nutrition in Dry Conditions What is the UK water situation going into May 2026? Up until mid-February the UK had a record-breaking run of 40 consecutive days of rain somewhere in the UK, in fact Aberdeenshire had received...
by helen.holman | Apr 29, 2026 | OptiYield, Product
Fertiliser Prices Are Rising Again: Why Potato Nutrition Needs a Smarter Strategy This Season Maybe it’s not in the bag? The numbers coming out of the fertiliser market this spring have an uncomfortably familiar ring. UK-produced AN is around 30% above its...
by helen.holman | Apr 20, 2026 | OptiYield
Foliar Application – Come Rain or Shine Weather has always been one of the biggest influences on crop nutrition. Even the best-planned fertiliser programme can be challenged by changing conditions in the field. Dry soils can restrict nutrient movement to the root,...
