Know How / Potatoes

In a tough potato market, our potatoes page aims to help you grow a more profitable crop in the face of rising inputs and volatile markets.

This is your starting point for addressing challenges such as disease and weed control, finding ways of managing pests, exploring precision farming and protecting the environment.

Key areas of focus:

  • Getting establishment right
  • Planning fungicide strategy
  • Keeping on top of weeds
  • Meeting market specifications
  • Planning irrigation schedules

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POTATOES

Potato cyst nematode: Measures being considered in Scotland

Measures to protect Scotland’s seed potato sector from the spread of potato cyst nematodes (PCN) are likely to have implications for ware growers across Great Britain. Roughly 80% of the…

POTATOES

Potato growers advised to stock up mancozeb for new strain

Potato growers are being advised to stock up on the multisite fungicide mancozeb before sales end on 30 November, to help manage resistance risk next season. The advice follows confirmation…

POTATOES

Potato growing innovations to cut inputs and carbon footprint

With intensive soil cultivations and high levels of inputs often required to produce commercial crops, there was plenty of innovation on display at a recent two-day potato event in Lincolnshire…

HARVEST

Harvest highs and lows from Arable Insights farmer panel

After a difficult season, what has the combine delivered for our eight Arable Insights growers? Farmers Weekly caught up with them to see how the harvest has progressed. See also:…

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