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Reducing fertiliser use on farms is critical to reducing N₂O emissions. (Courtesy: Clay LeConey)
oktober 14, 2020
Agriculture responsible for 70% of nitrous oxide emissions - a greenhouse gas 300 times more powerful than CO₂
Nitrous oxide emissions (300 times more powerful than CO₂) are jeopardizing Earth's future climate. Agriculture caused almost 70% of global N₂O emissions in the decade to 2016.
McDonald's is seeking boost resilience of its British potato supply chain to environmental degradation and climate impacts
september 28, 2020
McDonald's and McCain offer climate resilience funding for UK potato farmers
Fast food giant McDonald's is working with McCain Foods and Prince's Countryside Trust to help farmers in the United Kingdom improve soil health and boost resilience to climate change and Brexit
AHDB: Taking a look at UK's chipping markets from a supply and demand perspective.
september 17, 2020
AHDB: Taking a look at UK's chipping markets from a supply and demand perspective.
With the coronavirus pandemic hitting the UK domestic potato trade, we have estimated a 1% drop year-on-year in the GB potato area for 2020/21, with the provisional area standing at 119Kha.
Perthshire farmer wins £1m bank backing for new potato sorting machine.
april 09, 2020
Perthshire farmer wins £1m bank backing for new potato sorting machine
A PERTHSHIRE farming business which supplies table and seed potatoes to the UK, Europe, North Africa and Middle East will increase throughput by up to 100 percent by modernizing operating processes after securing £1 million in support from banking giant
Gowan acquires late blight, rhizoctonia protection agents from Bayer.
januari 17, 2020
Gowan acquires late blight, rhizoctonia protection agents from Bayer
Gowan Crop Protection Limited, an affiliate of Gowan Co. LLC., has entered into agreements with Bayer AG to acquire rights to the active ingredients fenamidone and pencycuron.
Record-Breaking 2019 for Scotts Precision Manufacturing
januari 14, 2020
Record-Breaking 2019 for Scotts Precision Manufacturing
One of Britain's leading designers and manufacturers of vegetable harvesting machinery has reported a record number of sales in 2019. Scotts Precision Manufacturing sold 70 Evolution separators last year, 20 more than its previous high.
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Production in ground and regional rainfall. (Courtesy: AHDB, ADAS, Environment Agency)
december 23, 2019
Analyst Insight: How tight does the GB potato market look?
This autumn has been the wettest across England since 2000 and the fifth wettest on record. These conditions have hampered lifting across GB, with progress particularly slow in Yorkshire and the North of England.
AH Worth CEO Duncan Worth speaks to Ed Leahy about his company’s rebranding as it sheds its old name, QV Foods
december 20, 2019
Potato company QV Foods rebrands as AH Worth
AH Worth CEO Duncan Worth speaks to Ed Leahy about his company’s rebranding as it sheds its old name, QV Foods
AHDB farm excellence network reveals how reducing nitrogen fertiliser can save time and money while still improving yield.
december 20, 2019
Potato-growing trial uncovers big savings
AHDB farm excellence network reveals how reducing nitrogen fertiliser can save time and money while still improving yield.
Scotts Precision Manufacturing to Celebrate Best of British at Lamma 2020
december 03, 2019
Scotts Precision Manufacturing to Celebrate Best of British at Lamma 2020
A Union Jack branded six-bed Trinity Topper is to take centre stage on Scotts Precision Manufacturing's stand at LAMMA 2020 as the company celebrates the best of British. custom livery to the
Potato processors in the United Kingdom and their growers express again extreme concern about the potato supply, due to wet weather and potato varieties grown for processing in particular affected.
december 02, 2019
Extreme weather hits potato processors in the UK for the second year in a row
Potato processors in the United Kingdom and their growers express again extreme concern about the potato supply, due to wet weather and potato varieties grown for processing in particular affected.
British farmers have persevered in the face of adversity to complete 89 per cent of the potato harvest during the wettest year so far since 2012.
november 17, 2019
Despite much rain, British potato harvest is 89% complete
British farmers have persevered in the face of adversity to complete 89 per cent of the potato harvest during the wettest year so far since 2012.
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The total 2019 planted Great Britain area (revised estimate) is 118.95K ha. This updated estimate puts the area 1% higher than last year and represents the GB area covered by over 90% of producers.
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Dr Ingo Hein is a senior scientist based at the Cell and Molecular Sciences group of the James Hutton Institute
juli 31, 2019
Four late blight 'resistancy' genes in current commercial potato varieties already defeated by Phytophthora Infestans
Recent research at the James Hutton Institute suggests that limited genetic differences in potato lineages has left British and American spuds vulnerable to late blight, the disease that caused the Irish potato famine.

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