Heal Farms

Name:

Matthew Wallace

Location:

Shropshire

Farm sectors:

Potatoes

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About Heal Farms

6300 acres of arable land, including
1250 acres of potatoes
Cereals
Oil seed rape
450,000 laying birds
Energy through solar panels

Heal Farms is an estate of arable crops and poultry, growing about 500ha of potatoes each year.

With a historic problem with Potato Cyst Nematodes (PCN) and Parasitic Free Living Nematode (FLN), we were keen to develop our understanding of both infestations by hosting SPot Farm West.

Some trials and demonstrations conducted at Heal Farms:

Nematicide incorporation
Fluopyram nematicide: Best combination for use with other nematicide and rhizoctonia treatment
Biofumigation
Residual herbicides
Alternative desaccation methods
Foliar phosphate under PCN pressure
Varietal dormancy for storage

Results presentations

SPot West Results Day 2018 - Desiccation

SPot West Results Day 2018 -PCN