As ballot looms, will our potato growers give the AHDB a roasting?
If potato growers decide they no longer want to pay the £42.62 per hectare levy, then the potato part of the AHDB will likely cease.
If potato growers decide they no longer want to pay the £42.62 per hectare levy, then the potato part of the AHDB will likely cease.
After some 36 years with AHDB and its predecessor organisations, Potato Specialist Mike Storey is going to retire at Christmas. His colleague Adrian Cunnington looks back... Dr R.M.J. (Mike) Storey ...
Bill Watts has joined AHDB as Arable Knowledge Exchange Manager (Potatoes) for the West Midlands, South West and Wales. Having recently completed his PhD, Bill has extensive research experience in ...
The latest data on in-store airflow, tuber respiration and sprout suppression is included in the 3rd edition of Sutton Bridge Crop Storage Research’s (SBCSR) Potato Store Managers’ Guide. The guide ...
Earlier this month, AHDB secured nine emergency authorisations for potato, herb, celery, carrot, parsnip, cherry and plum for UK growers to protect their crops. The 120-day authorisations were issued in ...
The weather has not been kind to potato growers in the United Kingdom. AHDB potatoes offers some helpful tips and guidance to make it a successful potato growing season nevertheless. ...
With the frying trade accounting for 12% of the Great Britain potato crop, ensuring quality across the sector has never been more important. In a bid to help the chip ...
Children across the United Kingdom have been harvesting new potato crops as part of the Potato Council’s primary school project, Grow Your Own Potatoes. Keen to observe educational activity in ...
There is more to the long-term storage of potatoes than sprout suppressants. Here we examine five main considerations
#potatocultivation #soilhealth #wetseason #cultivationdepth #soilcompaction #agriculturalsustainability According to the latest data from the UK, wet weather during the potato-growing season can lead to soil compaction, which can negatively affect crop ...