When

Aug 11, 2011

Continues as Scheduled

In person and online

Event Description

Potatoes in Practice will be held at SCRI’s Balruddery Farm on Thursday 11 August 2011. It is the biggest field potato event in the UK and brings together variety trials and research in one place making it one of the most important dates in the potato industry calendar.

Potatoes in Practice is sponsored by Potato Council and features trials and demonstrations from SCRI, SAC, Masstock Arable (UK) Ltd. (formerly CSC Potato Care) and the potato industry.

News on this Event

August 16, 2011

Award Winning SAC Student Answers Questions on pit rot of Potatoes

SAC 1st Class Honours graduate, Amanda MacLennan, from the Black Isle used the recent Potatoes In Practice Event near Dundee to present the results of her research into Pit rot of potatoes.

August 15, 2011

Export vital for Scottish seed potato business

Securing the recent growth in Scottish seed potato exports was as important as looking to develop new markets, Mark Prentice, the Potato Council's head of seed and export told growers at Potatoes in Practice held near Dundee. Total seed exports had sm...

August 11, 2011

Rise in blackleg 'major concern' for Scottish seed potato growers

Word from the seed potato fields indicates increased levels of the bacterial disease blackleg in crops over the past month. Yesterday the talk was transformed into figures, with officials from the Scottish Government's Science &Advice for Scottish...