Emerald Research Ltd Leaving less of a footprint at Potato Days UK Event

by helen.holman | Jun 20, 2024 | Emerald Research, TRIP

Emerald Research Limited (ERL) will be exhibiting at the Potato Days UK event, which is being held on the 4th and 5th September by kind permission of Dyson Farming at Nocton, Lincolnshire.  The event will be the largest potato sector event being held in the UK this...

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...

Promising field trial results for potatoes with reduced inputs

by helen.holman | Feb 1, 2024 | News, Trial Reports, TRIP

Emerald Research Ltd (ERL) released the first season’s trial results from the Innovate UK funded Transformative Reduced Input in Potatoes (TRIP) project.  Emerald Research is running farm field strip trials, commercial field-scale trials and replicated pot trials for...