Soil analysis – it needs to be more than a single number..

by helen.holman | Nov 14, 2024 | News, OptiYield

Let’s start with an analogy – Q: How much diesel is left in the tank MIKE? 👩‍🌾   MIKE: The measuring stick measured two metres deep📏   Q: Well how wide or long is the tank? 🤷‍♂️   MIKE: I can’t tell you that, but we have two metres of diesel …  🤦...

Soil analysis & crop recommendations – get on the front foot at CropTec 2024

by helen.holman | Oct 23, 2024 | Emerald Research, News, OptiYield

Emerald Research Ltd (ERL) will be exhibiting at CropTec 24 taking place on the 27th and 28th November at the NAEC, Stoneleigh.  Taking centre stage will be this season’s results from the Innovate UK-funded Transformative Reduced Inputs in Potatoes (TRIP) project,...

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...

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...

Soil health: Thriving over surviving 

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

Soil health is a phrase that has been climbing up the agricultural, sustainability and political agendas in recent years and is fast becoming quite a meme. As with many clichés, it can mean many things to many different parties, but what should it mean to farmers and...