11 April 2017 Five new board members for AHDB Potatoes AHDB Potatoes has announced the addition of five new members to its board, replacing five…
5 April 2017 SPot Farm Scotland trials demonstrate benefits of reducing cultivation depths Commercial trials carried out at AHDB’s Strategic Potato (Spot) Farm in Perthshire have shown that…
28 March 2017 Irish potato manual a game changer for East African farmers Irish international development agency Vita has launched a new book- “Growing the Potato Crop” by…
20 March 2017 January potato stocks reach parity with 2016 levels GB potato stock levels at the end of January were at a similar level to…
7 March 2017 New Amistar approval adds alternaria protection for potatoes A new approval for Amistar is set to better protect potato crops from Alternaria that…
24 February 2017 Green cover proves headland attraction Green cover headlands sown on potato and root vegetable crop headlands is proving a positive…
15 February 2017 Food for thought at Cornish Potato Day Jeremy Oatey hosted this year’s Cornish Potato Day at his Hay Farm Dairy, Torpoint, as…
10 February 2017 Potato growers speak out against unclear payment deductions The NFU has written to processors and packers calling for clarity and transparency in the…
6 February 2017 Higgins seed potato, potato breeding assets acquired Cygnet PB Ltd and Cygnet-PEP Ltd have acquired the seed potato assets and breeding programme…
30 January 2017 Morrisons and Farmcare agree supply deal Morrisons and Farmcare are today announcing a supply agreement and the acquisition of the Farmcare…