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• Success through knowledge

  Potato Council is working with SAC to deliver the practical outcomes of Scottish Government-funded research conducted by SCRI.  Results of the research will be delivered to levy-payers...

• Planting precision

  As the planter comes out of the shed for another season, the Potato Council is encouraging growers to focus on seed rate accuracy.Seed rate accuracy is greatly influenced by attention to detail of...

• Focus sharpens on residues

  More potatoes than ever before have been sampled by the Pesticide Residues Committee in the latest quarterly survey.  Despite none exceeding statutory residue limits, Potato Council is urging...

• The fullness factor

  A Potato Council-funded research study commences this year at Oxford Brookes University, to learn how potatoes satisfy the appetite compared with meals of similar calorific values, such as rice,...

• Industry meets to agree best practice

  Potato Council’s Marketable Yield and Blight forums, on February 9 and 10, will ensure potato growers get a clear strategy on how to boost returns and keep disease at bay.  Industry experts...

• Benefits rolled out from seed rate work

  A new project will ensure nine more varieties will get seed rate recommendations that maximise marketable crop yield.  These are based on seed size and age research carried out at Cambridge...

• Seed industry must play to its strengths

  With exports up and reputation never better, the mood was upbeat for more than 170 growers, merchants, seed suppliers, packers and processors who gathered at Potato Council’s Seed Industry Event...

• Tackling threats is key to sustained growth

  Erwinia, Potato Virus A and rising input costs are just some of the threats for British seed growers that were explored at the Seed Industry Event workshops.  Delegates discussed how managing...

• Varietal optimisation of ethylene use

  A three-year study started at Cranfield University and Sutton Bridge Experimental Unit (SBEU) in August this year to understand how taste and health-related compounds are affected in tubers when...

• New CIPC rates mean planning is vital

  Store managers are urged to review chlorpropham (CIPC) product labels.  New application rates are in place and it’s vital that applications are carefully planned to ensure they follow label...

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