Arable
Could you come up with the next diquat alternative?
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is inviting researchers to tender for a new project to understand alternative burn-off...
Potatoes
Arable
AHDB opens tender for potato desiccants research project
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is inviting researchers to tender for a new project to understand alternative potato...
Arable
British potato supply chain making moves to protect stocks
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has estimated GB grower-held potato stocks at the end of November 2018 at...
Arable
AHDB funds increased storage support amid CIPC uncertainty
Potato store managers will be able to call on information and support from an £800,000 fund ring-fenced for sprout suppression...
Environment
AHDB updates measures to prevent spread of PCN
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has published an updated set of regulations and recommendations for dealing with the...
Arable
UK potato production hits lowest level since 2012
The total potato harvest for 2018 in GB is 13% down on the five-year average of 5.6m tonnes at 4.9m...
Arable
Potato sales rise to 2.2m tonnes amid AHDB campaign success
UK shoppers bought 3% more fresh potatoes this year compared to 2015, according to the latest data analysis. The figures...
Arable
Grower feedback wanted on changes to seed potato standards
British seed growers are being asked to share their feedback on potential changes to the scope of the Safe Haven...
Arable
Potato production hits lowest level since 2012
The total British potato harvest is down 13%Â on the five-year average of 5.6 million tonnes, according to the annual Agriculture...
Arable
AHDB appoints new potato knowledge exchange manager
Bill Watts has joined AHDB as the arable knowledge exchange manager (potatoes) for the West Midlands, South West and Wales....
Arable
‘Harry Ferguson of potatoes’ to be celebrated through new banknotes
Northern Ireland man John Clarke may not be well known to the general public, but his impact on the world...
Arable
New guide launched to help growers test for PCN
AHDB Potatoes has launched a new guide to help growers test for Potato Cyst Nematode (PCN) – a pest that...
Arable
Drought 2018 still posing questions for potato growers
A special session at the final Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) Strategic Farm field walk of the season focused...
Arable
Certis appoints new potato product manager
Crop protection firm Certis has welcomed recently-appointed UK potato product manager Nick Badger to its business. Badger has worked in previous...
Agri-Business
Conference to show how UK seed can take on the global market post-Brexit
Making the most of the global export market post-Brexit will be one of the major themes of this year’s Seed...
Arable
4 appointments for new AHDB Arable team
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has announced four potato-focused appointments to join the newly formed Arable Knowledge Exchange...
Arable
Industry urged to consider the potato of the future
Maris Piper has been the most grown potato variety in Great Britain for over 20 years – but will it...
Arable
'Potatoes less exposed to Brexit risks than many other sectors'
Brexit may provide potato farmers with an opportunity to substitute imports if trade barriers are imposed by Brussels. As a...
