A PotatoLink demo with grower Coby Badcock tested four fertiliser strategies on a Tasmanian crop, comparing high-input vs sap-guided approaches. The results offer insights into nutrient timing, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness—proving that more fertiliser doesn’t always mean better yield.

A new demonstration trial in North Motton, Tasmania focused on optimising fertiliser practices in potatoes by evaluating varying rates, timings (pre-spread, at planting, and top-dress), and approaches (crop sampling and conventional programs) to improve grower profitability and potato marketability.

This webinar, delivered by Dr Robert Tegg from the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, at The University of Tasmania, focused on pink rot of potatoes. Dr Tegg provided an overview of the pathogen causing pink rot, highlighted the characteristics most favourable for the disease and its symptoms in potatoes.