Perfecting Potatoes Together

Potatoes fuel the nation.

We believe that this essential, versatile crop deserves our investment; in terms of time, expertise, knowledge, and protection. Our exciting initiative serves as a platform for everyone in the potato growing industry to come together to share combined experience, know-how and passion for developing and perfecting healthy potato crops.

Our collaborative and holistic approach provides solutions that combine culture and chemistry to help UK growers unlock the potential - and the profits - in their potato crops.

Let's unite in Perfecting Potatoes Together.

Catch our 2026 Perfecting Potatoes Together Webinar On Demand

BASF's Paul Goddard is joined by grower and GB Potatoes Chair, Alex Godfrey, and James Hutton Institute’s Senior Plant Pathologist, Dr David Cooke, in a Perfecting Potatoes Together webinar, ‘Gearing up for the Fight’.

In this session

2026 industry outlook (Alex Godfrey, GB Potatoes)
The Fight Against Blight (David Cooke, James Hutton Institute)
- What have we learnt about late blight from FAB?
- What should be the key watchouts and considerations regarding late blight development in 2026?
- What are the key considerations for building an effective late blight strategy in 2026 and beyond (IPM, variety selection and fungicide programmes)?
- How can we minimise the potential for further development of resistant genotypes
- A call to arms: how can scouts support the fight against blight in 2026
Solving the disease control puzzle (Paul Goddard, BASF)
Q&A - featuring a discussion on the world without Mancozeb

Perfecting Potatoes Together Podcast

Bringing together the potato growing industry to share combined experience, know-how and passion for developing and perfecting healthy potato crops.

Potato Innovation Tour

Hear from three growers who attended the Potato Innovation Tour this Summer. As they share their reflections, highlight key innovations, and discuss what these developments mean for their businesses.

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Agronomic Innovation in Action

Hear from Zach Reilly from Scottish Agronomy, an independent, farmer-owned co-operative dedicated to evidence-based solutions. Zach shares insights into their research on potatoes, soil health, and structure, and offers his perspective on the future of the sector.

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Water Management and Stewardship

Paul Goddard, Business Development Manager at BASF, Lucinda Smith, Agronomist at Dyson Farming and Simon Faulkner, an Independent Agronomist from Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, and Norfolk talk about the value of potatoes, managing pests, Nemaslug® and trials on farm.

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Digging together for the future

In our first podcast of 2022, Seed and Tuber expert David Turner and Justin Wilderspin, Head of Farming and Procurement at Albert Bartlett join Paul Goddard, Business Development Manager at BASF to reflect on some of the challenges facing the potato sector last season and plans for the year ahead.

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Soil, Sustainability and Spuds

We chat with Aberdeenshire seed potato grower, Jim Reid, and BASF’s Agricultural Sustainability Manager, Mike Green to look at how and what can be done on-farm to support the future of potato production, whilst also protecting our land and the environment.

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Potato Innovation Tour 2025

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Perfecting Potatoes Together is a collaborative initiative led by BASF aiming to bring together the UK potato growing community to create a more profitable future.

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