Potatoes

In the last of our potato agronomy series, Farmers Guardian gets the view on harvest prospects and talking points of the 2024 season from agronomists in Scotland and England

Farmers warned future of sector at risk from seed disease 'epidemic'

Growers being urged to disinfect stores to reduce the carry-over of damaging diseases to the 2024 harvest

Use of mancozeb has helped protect UK crops, say experts

New partnership aims to control viral infection levels by monitoring transmission

The NFU has launched a Save our Spuds campaign, but the issues facing UK growers are echoed around the world

Around 200 jobs were at risk at the firm after the company ceased trading

A root crops update from Hutchinsons agronomist, Daryll Shailes

Paraffin oil product Olie-H can now be employed to help non-persistently transmitted potyviruses