THE EU Court of Justice (ECJ) recently overruled a lower court decision on mancozeb’s non-renewal in the EU, citing various procedural errors. It challenged the decision of the EU General…
SEQUENCES of different actives from different fungicide groups are key to effective late blight control, while because they have different modes of actions, there will be a reduction in the…
THE European Union recently announced the withdrawal of metribuzin, with a use-up date of November 24th, and whilst it’s uncertain whether British regulator HSE-CRD will follow suit, there is a…
WIREWORM damage is now an increasing risk in potato crops across the country, including eastern counties and up into the Scottish borders, growers have been warned.
TRIALS carried out by Orion Future Technologies, working with Hutchinsons and Richard Austin Agriculture, have revealed how the application of silicon biostimulants can have a positive effect on potato yields…
WITH continued research and wider adoption, Scottish potato growers may soon have an effective new approach to boosting tuber numbers in the coming years, recent work has shown.
SMALL AND MIGHTY MICROBIALS MAKING THE BIG DIFFERENCE IN TRIP PROJECT TWO seasons into the three-year Innovate UK-funded Transformative Reduced Input Potatoes (TRIP) Project, the on-farm trials continue to demonstrate…
WITH the legislation outlook looking to shift substantially in coming years, Alexander Preston looks ahead to what he believes could be the Great Potato Revolution.
THE potato industry has made it clear that it needs better information on how much land is being used to grow potatoes but collecting this data presents a significant challenge.
FOR over a century, agriculture has been dominated by a chemical revolution. Synthetic fertilisers and pesticides have become the cornerstone of crop production, promising quick fixes and high yields.
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