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Protect potatoes right up to harvest in high blight year

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

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Early yield digs suggest some potato varieties could be 10-15% down due to the conditions this season
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Early yield digs suggest some potato varieties could be 10-15% down due to the conditions this season

Fife - Morven Anderson, Hutchinsons The potato harvest, like the combinable crop harvest, is likely to be quite spread out this autumn after a protracted start to planting and precious few bright,...

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