Heat stress hits potato yields
Potato crops have paid a heavy penalty as a result of this summer’s record-breaking temperatures…
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The importance of potential: Building a career from the factory floor
While it can be easy to wish for overnight success, there is something to be…
Techneat offers new disc option on Placement Pro GR applicator
Cambridgeshire based manufacturer Techneat Engineering now offers the option of discs, as an alternative to…
Potato partners secure £2 million investment funding to sustain the future of potato growing.
The Net Zero Hectare project has secured £2.06 million in funding acquired from The Farming…
Scottish Government funding will continue the Fight Against Blight in 2022
The Fight Against Blight (FAB) campaign will continue this year, thanks to funding from the Scottish…
PotatoEurope 2022: unveiling the ProSort mobile optical grader
This year’s PotatoEurope trade fair in September will see the presentation of a new potato…
National potato supplier donates one million meals to charity food network
UK potato supplier Branston has hit the one million mark with the number of meals…
The Steketee EC-Ridger is making mechanical weed control possible for potatoes and carrots
Agri-machinery manufacturer Lemken has produced the Steketee EC-Ridger, to help farmers keep their ridge crops…
DormFresh sprout suppressant now approved for stored potatoes in GB
The approval of 1,4SIGHT (1,4-Dimethylnapthalene or DMN) means that growers will now have an option…
Keeping your potatoes in the fridge could help as the cost-of-living bites
Experts from UK potato supplier Branston are now saying that storing your potatoes in the…