New Potato Cold Store
Construction has just been completed of a new 1,800 tonnes potato cold store. The cooling system incorporates an enlarged condenser coil, enabling the cooling fluid to operate at a higher temperature. This reduces condensation within the store and consequently minimises product weight loss. This pioneering system was developed by Crop Systems. The store is equipped with a 140 kW solar array connected to two 100 kWh battery storage systems. We have also upsized our wooden storage boxes from 1.1 tonnes to 1.25 tonnes.
Read MorePotato Variety Trials 2026
We are hosting another Agrico variety trial this year – focusing on some of their blight resistant varieties. We also have a field scale trial looking at Levante as a Charlotte salad replacement. We are in our second year of trialing Alouette, which is an early maincrop red skin variety with late blight resistance (foliage and tuber). Karelia, supplied by Greenvale AP, is also in its third year of field scale production with us. This variety has good resistance to both species of potato cyst nematode (PCN); Globodera pallida and G. rostochiensis. Over 50% of the varieties that we are now growing have some level of blight resistance. This is critical, especially with the wet summer that we are experiencing this...
Read MoreFarm Tour May 2026
A group of people from a National Motor Home Travel Group enjoying a tour of the farm – hosted by Nick Taylor
Read MoreJob Opportunity – Yard Person
Job Opportunity – Yard Person An opportunity has arisen for a dedicated, skilled Yard Person, with some support required with general groundwork and harvesting of other vegetables. A background in working with similar high-tech modern machinery is essential. If you think a role on a dedicated organic farm is for you please submit CV and covering letter to vicky@taylororganicfarms.co.uk. Closing date for applications: 1st of may 2026.
Read MoreTC & N Taylor Field Scale Potato Variety Trials 2023
This year our in-house potato trials will focus on a number of dual pcn resistant varieties. Performer, Lugano, and Karelia are being produced on a field scale basis. All three are growing really well at the moment, hopefully they will help enhance yields in a sustainable and positive way. We will also be trialling a number of blight resistant varieties, including Peter Pan, Camillo, Elata, and Cameo. Red potato varieties are also back in vogue, due to customer demand. Agostino and Alouette both fall into this category. Both of which are blight resistant.
Read More
Potato harvesting 2022 – filling boxes
https://www.taylororganicfarms.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/filling-boxes-tcntaylor.mp4
Read More
Improved washing and grading facilities 2023
Starting with the 2023 harvest we will be able to wash and optically sort carrots, parsnips, potatoes and swedes. ‘Dirty’ optical sorting of potatoes can also be carried out. This will enable us to deliver a graded, but unwashed crop, direct to pack-house. It will also help extended the shelf life of our potatoes and greatly reduce our carbon footprint.
Read MoreCurrent Vacancies
We are always looking for talented and motivated employees. Please feel free to send us a copy of your full CV, outlining your qualifications and skills. We will then be happy to contact you and clarify whether there are possible jobs for you at TC & N Taylor. CV and covering letter to: vicky@taylororganicfarms.co.uk
Read More
TC & N Taylor Trials 2022
We are proud to announce that we will be hosting a wide range of potato and carrot trials during the 2022 growing season. Agrico UK will be showcasing a selection of their up-and-coming blight resistant potato varieties. This is the second year that they have asked us to be host. Despite covid restrictions, the 2021 site was well attended by a range of growers and businesses. Produce Solutions, on behalf of Greenvale AP, will be holding their usual organic potato variety trial. This has become an annual event and has helped us tremendously with our own varietal choice. We will also be carrying trial work with NEMguard PCN and NEMguard DE – both from Certis UK. NEMguard PCN will be on trial looking at its efficacy on potato cyst...
Read More
TC & N Taylor Organic Variety Trials 2021
This year we are hosting two large scale organic potato variety trials in conjunction with Agrico UK and Produce Solutions. The variety trials consist of Lady Balfour as a standard variety and comparing it against a number of ‘up and coming’ new varieties. In adition Mercian Ltd have also entered a number of crisping varieties to see how they perform in an organic setting. Mercian Ltd Agrico UK Produce Solutions
Read MoreNext Generation Potato Varieties – the fight against blight.
Fighting blight: what does it take to bring a resistant variety to market? Bringing new potato varieties to the marketplace is very much a combined effort with seed breeders working closely with growers to develop desirable agronomic traits, and the wider supply chain for those crucial characteristics such dry matter distribution, sugar formation and storability, for example. In parallel, the work of researchers across the globe informs the breeders about the moving target that is blight and puts potential new varieties through their paces in the field. The James Hutton Institute is one such research body and currently has projects covering everything from pathogen diversity, evolution and phenotyping to host resistance and IPM. The...
Read More
TSFG Potatoes Headland Spring Mix
TSFG Potatoes Headland Spring Mix. Expertly selected by Oakbank Game and Conservation Ltd and is suitable for cultivation in all parts of the UK. Sown after the potatoes have been planted, it will quickly offer protection to the soil and develop a flowering habitat for beneficial insects. The mix contains: Buckwheat; Phacelia; Common Vetch; Crimson Clover; Berseem Clover and Daikon Radish. Sowing rate is 16kg/Ha. Offering the following benefits: Improve soil structure on highly trafficked areas Feed soil biology Reduce the potential for soil erosion Provide essential pollen and nectar for pollinator species and beneficial insects Buffer adjacent water courses
Read More
TC & N Taylor Organic Potato Variety Trial 2020.
This year we are hosting a large scale organic potato variety trial in conjunction with the trials team at Produce Solutions. The variety trial consists of Lady Balfour as a standard variety and comparing it against a number of ‘up and coming’ new varieties. We have also included a Lady Balfour Seed Density and a Seed Size trial, with the aim of ascertaing the optimum seed rate for this variety to achieve the optimum yield and size distribution. www.producesolutions.co.uk
Read More
Carrot Harvesting Video Spring 2020
https://www.taylororganicfarms.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/TC-N-Taylor-Carrot-Harvest-28s.mp4
Read MorePartnerships and the fight against blight.
TC & N. Taylor, Greenvale AP, and Produce Solutions, have been working together for nearly 20 years collaborating to understand and develop the organic potato market. Andy Clarkson, Greenvale’s current Managing Director, and Nick Taylor began the journey together in 2001. Here in 2019 they can be seen inspecting a fully blight resistant salad crop, in excellent health. Despite the huge blight pressure of this season, this field demonstrates that with research and 20 years of experience the impossible can be achieved. 26th of July 2019.
Read More
