by helen.holman | Oct 2, 2025 | OptiYield
While standard soil analysis provides a few numbers for nutrients such as P, K, and Mg, OptiYield generates a much broader dataset. The question is: how does this information translate into practical recommendations on farm? From data to decisions Standard...
by helen.holman | Sep 17, 2025 | OptiYield
Most farmers are familiar with standard soil testing. Typically, a lab will report back on a few basic indicators such as pH, nitrogen (N), phosphate (P), potash (K), and magnesium (Mg). Some tests are more advanced and include analysis of micronutrients and organic...
by helen.holman | Dec 11, 2024 | OptiYield
The banking metaphor of using your soil as a long-term nutrient bank, allowing you to store crop nutrients away for future use, should be resigned to the annals of history. In our view, and especially with phosphate, it is only a bank in the respect of locking up...
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,...
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...
