Keeping the harvest

A major step forward in sustainable packaging has now been taken by Tasteful Selections because of its decision to launch...

Dutch Pack's new mono materials are made from one type of raw material and are therefore optimally recyclable.

Tesco is set to trial fully recyclable packaging for its 1kg new season potatoes and a reduction in the amount...

This season we are receiving a lot of reports of high levels of softening, dehydration and compression damage from potato...

Colruyt Group goes very far when it comes to improving the quality of potatoes.

This year’s Anuga FoodTec trade fair in Cologne, Germany, which saw some 43,000 visitors, highlighted new food processing technology from...

Freshseal, a pack format for tomato, berry and fresh produce packing is now available in the U.S., Canada and Mexico,...

Edible Packaging: more than just the potato cup

Coop intends to combine the packaging and storage of potatoes in one large warehouse near Gardermoen

From our plant in PEI on Canada’s east coast, we supply customers across the country and export products to the...

Bancroft, Wis.-based RPE will soon roll out a new compostable bag for its potatoes. RPE, a second generation family farm, is...

Schneider Packaging will exhibit its gable top case packer at PACK EXPO 2015, Las Vegas Convention Center,Booth C-3425. This solid-body, stainless steel case...

RM2 USA (booth 6756) will reveal its total pallet solution and integrated software systems at the upcoming PACK EXPO show, set for...

Packaging for fresh-cut produce has entered an era of show and tell — in every sense. Customers typically have been...

bumper potato harvest has been falling on the growers

Traditionally, farmers could plan around what winter, spring, summer, and autumn would bring. They knew which crops to produce, the best...

A ‘ban’ on the use of CIPC for potato growers in the EU has the potato industry on both sides...

Storing potatoes long-term is often challenging and this is especially so if there is a reliance on ambient ventilation

There is generally pressure for potato store managers to closely monitor carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the industry

tubers compromised by any form of stress start pushing sprouts far earlier in the storage season

1,4 SEED is the only dormancy-extending option available to Canadian seedstock producers

Norfolk farm has invested £263,000 in a hi-tech new storage building to keep its potato

One of the most commonly used sprout inhibitors at the moment is ethylene

As a result, sprout inhibitors for good safe storage are in the spotlight again.

Due to the increasing freezing cold, the temperature above potatoes or onions in storage can drop quickly, if the air...