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Innovation
A new way of thinking delivering
innovative product opportunities.
With our intuition, honed from many years of experience in seed supply and growing crops, we started to explore potato variety development. It’s become our passion.
Since 2004, we have successfully created unique products and opportunities for our customers, developing potato varieties with sound agronomic and commercial viability.
The Innovation programme has expanded to include the following, grown across the UK:
- Root vegetables
- Brassicas
- Exotic fresh produce
- Protected crops
- Contract services in planting & harvesting trial crops
Other technical
services available
Key objectives
The key objectives of the annual trials programmes include:
- Setting clear aims and specific product requirements
- Gaining an understanding of varieties and their quality and yield performance
- Facilitation of improvements in crop production
- Identifying and developing new varieties:
- to commercial production
- to deliver optimum quality - Analyse and share results
Benefits
- Proactively bringing varietal development, crop production and the customer closer
- Provides an innovative edge in crop production methods, efficiences and quality
- Forging well established links with seed breeders and becoming recognised within the industry
- Wide ranging locations accross the UK taking account of climatic and geographical differences
- Success in and further potential for securing varietal exclusivity
Useful links
- Potato Council
www.lovepotatoes.co.uk - Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board
www.adhb.org.uk - Horticultural Development Council
www.hdc.org.uk