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AHDB has announced the quest for the first farmer host for its new Scottish Strategic Potato (SPot) Farm. “The SPot Farm is a...
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Following the announcement to withdraw products containing chlorpyrifos in the UK, AHDB is reviewing its guidance to help growers...
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Growers and suppliers of potato and horticultural produce attending this month’s Fruit Logistica, the world’s leading fresh...
Industry News
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Take 5 with... John Milner, Next Generation potato farmer
Getting Started spoke to John Milner, one of AHDB Potatoes’ Next Generation delegates. John...Source: FG Insight -
£1m AHDB soils call sets out five-year research partnership plan
A new £1 million AHDB research call marks the start of a five-year partnership initiative to devise...Source: Farming UK News -
AHDB look to boost fresh potato consumption
Growers and agronomists came together at AHDB’s Welsh Potato Day, held in Pembrokeshire, to...Source: FG Insight
R&D
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Aim: To determine the main risk factors of blackheart in order to allow improved management of crops and to minimise blackheart...
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Background Pyrethroid spray failures were first noted in cereal crops in June 2011 for some populations of the grain aphid (S....
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Background Potato cyst nematodes (PCN) are recognised as the pest of greatest concern to GB potato growers and free-living...
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Collaboration Glasgow (SUERC), SBCSR Background CIPC is widely used by the potato industry as a sprout suppressant on crops that...
Publications
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The AHDB Potatoes indicative estimate for end-November 2015 GB potato stocks is 3.2 million tonnes. This estimate is around 300...
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AHDB Potatoes first provisional estimate of total production in Great Britain for the 2015 crop year is 5.43 million tonnes, down...
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Compiled by the AHDB Potato Market Intelligence team, the aim of the GB Potatoes: Market Intelligence annual publication is to...
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An upodate on the trends influencing the structure and competitiveness of mainland NW Europe versus GB production of potatoes for...
