Potato Review

NEWS Children grow and learn MORE than 150 children from Newark Hill Academy, Orton Wistow Primary School and William Law CE School in Peterborough took part in the East of England Agricultural Society’s education initiative, Kids Country, planting crops of potatoes for the Grow Your Own Produce annual event. Supported by volunteers and Kym Cooper, Members and Community Relations Ocer at Co-op Central England, and Caroline Williams, Agronomy Manager at Burgess Farms, the children planted their own seed potato in a pot of peat-free compost and will harvest the crop in June. Kids Country is supported by a range of corporate sponsors and volunteers, local growers and food producers, and individual volunteers. If you would like your workplace or school to be involved in any way, or to volunteer as an individual please contact slauridsen@eastofengland.org.uk . GRIMME UK Ltd. Get more information about this special offer from your local GRIMME Partner. £50 ACRE/YR * + Fixed Annual Rental (1+4) – applies to all CS150 Destoners irrespective of model or specification. + 5 Years Manufacturer's Warranty – for total peace of mind. + 5 Years GRIMME MachineCheck – free professional appraisal to identify essential seasonal maintenance. + GRIMME Yield Guarantee – field trails confirm the CS150 will increase your marketable yield when directly compared to any competition destoner in the same field. Fix your GRIMME Destoner cost over the next 5 seasons. *Example cost per acre based on Annual Rental of £13,500+VAT / 270 acres. Operating Lease – 5 annual rentals £13500+VAT (1+4). At the end of the lease the destoner is returned to GRIMME UK. Lease any new GRIMME Destoner from our current stock and harvest the rewards of advanced performance with the added security of extended warranty and professional planned maintenance. BUT HURRY – STOCKS ARE LIMITED! Online course launched to help farmers tackle ammonia emissions BASIS has launched a free online course to help UK growers reduce ammonia emissions. It marks the next step in delivering on the industry-wide commitment to Defra to voluntarily reduce ammonia emissions in England by 11.2KT by 2025, which was oered as an alternative to Defra’s original proposals to regulate the use of urea fertiliser. The module, which has been funded and developed in collaboration with AIC, AICC, CLA, NIAB, Red Tractor and the NFU, is designed to give growers the knowledge and tools to reduce ammonia emissions from both organic and manufactured fertilisers. As well as helping growers to protect the natural environment, it will support the industry’s drive to improve nitrogen use eciency, which is becoming ever more important given the significant financial pressures growers are facing. CEO of BASIS Registration, Stephen Jacob, said: Ammonia lost to the air is nitrogen lost for plant growth. At the same time, ammonia emissions can negatively aect the environment and biodiversity. I am therefore pleased to announce the launch of a new course from BASIS Classroom, about how to reduce ammonia emissions from farming for the benefit of farmers, the environment, and society. NFU Deputy President Tom Bradshaw added: “Educational modules like these are a great way to help the industry learn, develop and share best practice.”