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Farms are an exciting business to work with because
of their commitment to improving systems and
processes and their drive for quality, yield and
optimum returns from their potato enterprise.”
“We look forward to our first SPot Farm open day at
Bruce Farms on 12 July, 2016
(potatoes.ahdb.org.uk/events), at which all levy
payers and other interested parties will be very
welcome.”
Bruce Farms are one of the bigger potato growers
in Scotland, growing over 270Ha (670acres) every
year, alongside cereals, blackcurrants, soft fruit, peas,
beans and a pedigree cattle enterprise.
Kerr Howatson, Potato Manager for Bruce Farms
commented on the SPot initiative:
“We aim to be forward thinking and to produce the
best commercial potato crops that we possibly can on
our own and rented ground across Perthshire and the
Borders.”
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“I look forward to hosting the SPot meetings here
at Bruce Farms. It will be an extremely interesting
opportunity to apply science to our commercial
decision making process, challenge conventional
working practices and bridge the gap between proven
research and farm practice.”
“I am sure that the project will be of benefit to us as
hosts and also to our potato farming colleagues
across Scotland.”
AHDB ‘SPot Farms’ are a knowledge exchange
concept designed to demonstrate in a practical and
commercial environment the benefits of AHDB funded
research and development and launched in 2015. The
three AHDB SPot farms now established are: Bruce
Farms, Perthshire; WB Daw & Son, Staffordshire; and
Eleveden Farms in West Suffolk.
Further information
For further information about
AHDB Potatoes work in
Scotland growers should
contact Claire Hodge on
024 7647 7462 or email
[email protected]
For further information about
AHDB events
potatoes.ahdb.org.uk/events
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