Haith Group and Grimme UK & Ireland announce strategic partnership
Two of the most respected and well-known agricultural machinery manufacturers have announced a strategic collaboration…
Browsing: Potatoes
BlightCast 2020 vision
Syngenta BlightCast is now live and running for the 2020 season, to give potato growers…
Weed free start key in potatoes: Backrow gives residuals a helping hand
With the loss of diquat from the weed control toolbox this spring, potato growers are…
New purple potatoes launch in stores across the UK
A new variety of potato is launching in supermarkets this month and its grower, Branston, is…
EU commission confirms end of the road for Monceren
Bayer is maintaining its previous advice not to use the potato tuber treatment, Monceren (pencycuron)…
Naturally derived biostimulant prevents potato blight
Recent European Union-funded trials indicate that a biostimulant product, code-named ERL-32, can successfully prevent potato blight…
Potato trials reinforce value of variety choice
Results from the Hutchinsons Fenland demonstration in Suffolk have proven how important careful variety selection is…
Fogging Contractors confirm last date for CIPC application
At a recent meeting of the NAAC Post Harvest Treatment Group, contractors and self-applicators endorsed…
Technology employed to test crop emergence
BASF launched the first SDHI fungicide for in-furrow treatment for Rhizoctonia solani in potatoes two…
Potato businesses at risk due to CIPC use-up date
The Potato Industry CIPC Stewardship Group (PICSG) has warned potato growers and buyers against applying…