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mstothard

@stothard11

Potato agronomist specialising in seed production. PgDip, Basis, FACTS, Soil and Water, and BETA certified. All views are my own 😃

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Branston Seed (@branstonseed) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Let’s put some faces to names and #MeetTheTeam. Meet Simon Spink our Head of Seed. Simon has worked at Branston Ltd for the past 16 years, moving over to Branston Seed in 2020. #potatoseed #seedpotatoes #potatoes

Let’s put some faces to names and #MeetTheTeam.

Meet Simon Spink our Head of Seed. 

Simon has worked at <a href="/Branston/">Branston Ltd</a> for the past 16 years, moving over to <a href="/BranstonSeed/">Branston Seed</a> in 2020.

#potatoseed #seedpotatoes #potatoes
Branston Seed (@branstonseed) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#EarthDay is upon us, what are you doing to #InvestInOurPlanet? We are continually looking for sustainable alternatives to chemical use. This year we will be trialling, for the 2nd year, the Vegniek Discmaster haulm puller STANDEN ENGINEERING youtube.com/watch?v=n3Y4rB… #greenagriculture

#EarthDay is upon us, what are you doing to #InvestInOurPlanet?

We are continually looking for sustainable alternatives to chemical use. This year we will be trialling, for the 2nd year, the <a href="/vegniek/">Vegniek</a> Discmaster haulm puller
<a href="/standeneng/">STANDEN ENGINEERING</a>
youtube.com/watch?v=n3Y4rB…

#greenagriculture
Branston Seed (@branstonseed) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#MeetTheTeam…Martin Stothard our Technical Lead. Martin works closely with our seed growers as we continue to strive for the best quality #potatoseed. He is passionate about knowledge transfer & trialling new technologies & techniques for #sustainable seed growing. #agronomy

#MeetTheTeam…Martin Stothard our Technical Lead.

Martin works closely with our seed growers as we continue to strive for the best quality #potatoseed.
He is passionate about knowledge transfer &amp; trialling new technologies &amp; techniques for #sustainable seed growing.

#agronomy
Branston Seed (@branstonseed) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What is the collective noun for a group of separators? A busy weekend planting one of our Yorkshire #seed crops of #Lanorma #seedpotatoes #potatoseed GRIMME UK Ltd

What is the collective noun for a group of separators?

A busy weekend planting one of our Yorkshire #seed crops of #Lanorma 

#seedpotatoes #potatoseed <a href="/GrimmeUK/">GRIMME UK Ltd</a>
Branston Seed (@branstonseed) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today is #WorldBeeDay…lets talk flowers! This year we are sowing a pollinator mix from Kings around our seed crops. We hope to see an increase in pollinators along with natural aphid predators to aid virus control throughout the growing season. #biodiversity #pollinators

Today is #WorldBeeDay…lets talk flowers!

This year we are sowing a pollinator mix from <a href="/Kingscrops/">Kings</a> around our seed crops. We hope to see an increase in pollinators along with natural aphid predators to aid virus control throughout the growing season.
#biodiversity #pollinators
Branston Seed (@branstonseed) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Last week saw 4 of us head up to SASA for the Growing Crop Classification Training Course organised by BPTA The SASA plots are a great facility for learning varietal & disease identification. The course is definitely recommended to anyone working with seed potatoes British Potato Trade

Last week saw 4 of us head up to SASA for the Growing Crop Classification Training Course organised by BPTA

The SASA plots are a great facility for learning varietal &amp; disease identification. The course is definitely recommended to anyone working with seed potatoes

<a href="/PotatoTrade/">British Potato Trade</a>
mstothard (@stothard11) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Whilst digging seed crops in Yorkshire today, I took a minute to admire the sheer number of natural aphid predators and pollinators in our headland flower mix #pollinators #branstonseed #kingsfrontier #aphidcontrol #seed

Whilst digging seed crops in Yorkshire today, I took a minute to admire the sheer number of natural aphid predators and pollinators in our headland flower mix #pollinators #branstonseed #kingsfrontier #aphidcontrol #seed
Auschwitz Memorial (@auschwitzmuseum) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A heart-breaking moment saved in an SS picture of deportations of Hungarian Jews at Auschwitz II-Birkenau. It was taken 79 years ago, most likely in late May 1944. A little child found a dandelion in the grass and is handing it or showing it to an older boy. All the people in

A heart-breaking moment saved in an SS picture of deportations of Hungarian Jews at Auschwitz II-Birkenau. It was taken 79 years ago, most likely in late May 1944. 

A little child found a dandelion in the grass and is handing it or showing it to an older boy. All the people in
Branston Seed (@branstonseed) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In Gloucestershire yesterday with Phil Nichols, looking at seed crops destined for #Branston growers. This is a nice crop of Georgina grown for Tesco Finest whites #Georginapotato #Branstonseed #Tescofinest

In Gloucestershire yesterday with Phil Nichols, looking at seed crops destined for #Branston growers. This is a nice crop of Georgina grown for Tesco Finest whites   #Georginapotato #Branstonseed #Tescofinest
Branston Seed (@branstonseed) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We also visited Jason Brain yesterday to look at his crop of Georgina seed destined for #Branston growers. Fantastic quality all round. Jason Brain #Georginapotato #Branstonseed #Tescofinest

We also visited Jason Brain yesterday to look at his crop of Georgina seed destined for #Branston growers. Fantastic quality all round. <a href="/JasonBrain7/">Jason Brain</a> #Georginapotato #Branstonseed #Tescofinest
Branston Seed (@branstonseed) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We were out in Yorkshire today inspecting our Lucera seed crop. Grown on the Wolds for the first time and looking superb both in canopy vigour and tuber health. Digging at 40mm with 20 tubers/plant! 🥔🌿Branston Ltd #Tesco Branston Seed #Lucera

We were out in Yorkshire today inspecting our Lucera seed crop. Grown on the Wolds for the first time and looking superb both in canopy vigour and tuber health. Digging at 40mm with 20 tubers/plant! 🥔🌿<a href="/Branston/">Branston Ltd</a> #Tesco <a href="/BranstonSeed/">Branston Seed</a> #Lucera
potatoes.news (@potatosystem1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Importance of High-Quality Seed for Commercial Potato Crops #CommercialPotatoCrops #HighQualitySeed #SeedCertificationLabels #CropYield #ReturnOnInvestment #SeedPotatoCertification #Australia Commercial potato farming involves various cost... potatoes.news/the-importance…

The Importance of High-Quality Seed for Commercial Potato Crops
#CommercialPotatoCrops #HighQualitySeed #SeedCertificationLabels #CropYield #ReturnOnInvestment #SeedPotatoCertification #Australia Commercial potato farming involves various cost...
potatoes.news/the-importance…
mstothard (@stothard11) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Things are developing nicely in our main crop variety plots at Caythorpe. In 4 weeks time these will all be desiccated and then we’ll start on our extensive yield, quality and sensory assessments 🌱🥔 Branston Seed Branston Ltd

Things are developing nicely in our main crop variety plots at Caythorpe. In 4 weeks time these will all be desiccated and then we’ll start on our extensive yield, quality and sensory assessments 🌱🥔 <a href="/BranstonSeed/">Branston Seed</a> <a href="/Branston/">Branston Ltd</a>
GRIMME UK Ltd (@grimmeuk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Recently, we caught up with Hugh Brunton from the beautiful town of Arbroath in Scotland to hear about his experience with the latest VARITRON 470 this year. Here’s what Hugh had to say..... #GRIMME #GRIMMEUK #GRIMMEGroup