GB potato production up as growers battle with weather
The total harvest of British potatoes this year will be 5.3m tonnes according to estimates – up 2.8% on 2019 but below the five-year average of 5.4m tonnes. This estimate ...
The total harvest of British potatoes this year will be 5.3m tonnes according to estimates – up 2.8% on 2019 but below the five-year average of 5.4m tonnes. This estimate ...
The continued wet weather in late October/early November has extended the harvesting season beyond eight weeks for some, which is clearly not good news where stores have been part-filled and ...
Many arable farmers will receive the invoice this week for their contribution for 2020 to the collective arable farming research. They pay the same amount per hectare as for the years ...
Potato harvesting has once again been affected by wet weather, with widespread rainfall in recent weeks hampering grower efforts to get the crop out of the ground. AHDB reported that ...
Sowing wildflowers into potato crops could reduce aphid-carried viruses and offer an alternative to declining access to insecticides for growers. In Scotland, trials are being carried out to discover the ...
The race is on to get this year’s potato crop harvested as growers battle their way through drenched fields and muddy conditions. The season has been one of extremes, with ...
New trials run by Innovative Farmers Field lab and funded by AHDB in the UK will research the possibility of using brackish water for potato irrigation. Irrigation plays a vital role in potato quality. Growers ...
TRV is one of two viruses causing spraing in potato that is most commonly associated with tuber internal blemishing (see also PMTV). These defects are significant and cause rejections of ...
The 2020/21 potato storage season is proving to be one of the most challenging yet for the potato industry. With storage season fast approaching, harvest provides the best opportunity to ...
Potato growers have been warned of an increased risk of virus and disease in crops following the loss of diquat as a desiccant. Levy body AHDB said trials had shown ...