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British potato growers can create a clean start to crops by switching the foundation of their broadleaved weed control plans to Shark (carfentrazone-ethyl). But, as with diquat, timing is key to success.  Capable of ...

Organised by Scotland’s Rural College, the 23nd annual conference of the SAC Association of Potato Producers (SACAPP) will take place on Wednesday January 26, 2022. The conference will be virtual only due to ...

After the closure of the world-renowned Sutton Bridge Crop Storage Research facility last week, following the loss of the potato levy ballot in March and subsequent announcement of AHDB Potatoes’ demise in ...

Speaking at BP2021, Eric Anderson, of Scottish Agronomy, warned growers in the Scottish seed potato sector about the challenges presented in 2021 – emphasising that minimising the handling and damage of the ...

CROP solutions provider Fera is to provide an aphid monitoring programme in seed potatoes, with yellow water traps, for the 2022 season, after establishing a demand from existing customers and stakeholders. The ...

The ground-breaking organisation first set up by Scottish seed potato growers will celebrate its 50th anniversary this weekend.

According to a report by Nancy Nicolson, published by The Courier today, potato growers in Britain will be sent bills this week calling for the payment of the full AHDB levy of £42.62 per hectare  ...

A group of leading potato industry stakeholders has drawn up tentative proposals for a new representative body, provisionally called GB Potatoes, reports Nancy Nicolson for The Courier. The ten respected professionals,  including Agrico UK executive director Archie Gibson ...

Potato growers in the UK are starting to lift a crop that has weathered difficult conditions and is being sold into an uncertain market, writes Cedric Porter in an article for Farmers Guardian. Porter says ...

Tomorrow marks the return of Potatoes in Practice (PiP), the UK’s largest annual field event for the industry. The Scotsman reports that the event offers growers the opportunity to catch up on the latest in ...

Potatoes in Practice, the UK’s largest field event for potatoes and a highlight of the season for the sector bringing together variety demonstrations, research and trade exhibits in one place, is set to return ...

In its newsletter from the beginning of this week, the Research Center for Potato Cultivation PCA and Inagro discussed the question of whether it is already time to use maleic hydrazide (MH) ...

Blight is the bane of potato growing and experts warn that, long-term, pressure in the UK is only set to rise.

Calls are growing to save the Sutton Bridge Crop Storage Research (SBCSR) center from the fallout surrounding AHDB Potatoes, after it emerged all its research activity will cease by May 2022. In ...

This season we are receiving a lot of reports of high levels of softening, dehydration and compression damage from potato store managers

During April 2021 we experienced cold dry conditions which haven’t been seen in some years. Moving into May much of the country has received, or is about to receive, some much needed ...

Many growers experienced an April to rival one of the driest on record (1938 and 1974 both saw less than 15mm of rain on average in the UK). Potato growers have been ...

After use, the dishes degrade in the soil in 30 days

Our Fight Against Blight programme started in 2004 and since then ‘blight scouts’ have sent in over 10,000 samples of potentially blight infested potato plants for genotyping. Each year the results are ...

The prevalence of virus in seed potato stocks is challenging the industry and we are at a tipping point

Potato cyst nematode (PCN) is the UK’s primary potato pest

The phase-out of EU subsidies after Brexit has been highlighted as the key factor forcing down the business confidence

Storing potatoes long-term is often challenging and this is especially so if there is a reliance on ambient ventilation

There is generally pressure for potato store managers to closely monitor carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the industry

A new report indicates the pyrethroid sensitivity of two important aphid virus vectors