160: Potato irrigation: efficiency, common scab control and new trials

AHDB Food & Farming

English - June 02, 2020 06:00 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MB
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Previous Episode: 160: Drought - how to manage the continued dry weather

Next Episode: 161: Strategic Farm Week 2020 podcast special

In this episode we will discuss:

Irrigation systems efficiency
Licensing for abstracting water
Current water levels
How to use irrigation to reduce common scab
An overview of the latest trials looking at use of brackish in potato irrigation

Our guest speakers:

Nicola Dunn - AHDB Resource Management Scientist
Dr. Mark Stalham - Head of NIAB CUF
Mark Taylor - Vice Chair of Nene Potatoes Ltd

Useful links:

ahdb.org.uk/knowledge-library/potato-irrigation

https://ahdb.org.uk/news/can-brackish-water-be-used-for-potato-irrigation

https://ahdb.org.uk/

ahdb.org.uk/weather

innovativefarmers.org