Tagged: potatoes
Building on a Traditional Recipe with Innovation in Fife
December 20, 2019
At first sight Lacesston at Gateside near Cupar is a traditional North east Fife family farm. Potatoes and spring barley are its mainstays, with soft wheat grown for distilling and oats for Quaker. All its sandy loam arable ground is… Read more
Tagged # agronomist, barley, conservation, cover crop, donald hay, john weir, liming, oats, potatoes, precision agriculture, Precision Farming, precision growing, rtk precision, scotland, soil care, soil health, sustainable agriculture, variable rate, winner
Vicki Brooks Blog – An encouraging all-round start
November 9, 2015
Helped by a decent amount of seedbed moisture and some welcome early October warmth, our oilseed rape has got off to a better start than last year. The bulk has profited from good sowing conditions in August and the first… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, agronomist, agronomists, blackgrass, harvest, Oilseed rape, OSR, potatoes, prei-em, sugar beet
Improving Potato Nematicide Application
March 26, 2013
Greater consistency and precision in their most costly and important pesticide application will pay handsome dividends for potato growers at planting, suggests Agrii regional roots development manager, Peter Jones. But achieving this will demand a much greater understanding of the… Read more
Tagged # control of potato cyst nematode, improving bed treatment, improving potato seedbeds, maximum residue limits, nematicide application, PCN, pesticide application, potato growers, potatoes, soil type