How combining science with art can aid profitable potato production

Growers and agronomists attending the Cambridge University Potato Growers Research Association annual conference were invited to 鈥榣ook back to move forward', as speakers shared the latest developments in potato production

Teresa Rush

31 January 2026 鈥� 6 min read

With potato yields averaging around 100 tonnes per hectare, US agribusiness AgriNorthwest is producing some of the highest-yielding crops in the world. The business grows potatoes, carrots, onions, peas,...

How to optimise fungicide programmes to prolong efficacy this spring

Fungicides remain one of the most important tools to growers, but protecting the effectiveness of the chemistry already available is becoming an increasing challenge

Ashleigh Ellwood

13 March 2026 鈥� 6 min read

Arable

Horticultural focus: Increased pest pressures challenge lettuce crops

With significant lettuce crop losses recorded across 2025 due to the nasonovia lettuce aphid, we find out what the keys risks are for crops and what control options are available

Ashleigh Ellwood

10 March 2026 鈥� 4 min read

Arable

Letters: "It must surely be time for a clear, time-bound phase-out of pesticides in the UK"

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Steve Clarkson, chief executive of Organic Farmers and Growers, examines new research on pesticide residues in soils and the debate over whether their use should be phased out

Steve Clarkson

10 March 2026 鈥� 1 min read

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