Keeping the harvest

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...

For the 2021 season, the four-row self-propelled potato harvester VENTOR 4150 will be equipped with some new practical features. Equipped...

Whether it concerns sorting, processing, weighing or packaging - more and more fully automated solutions are being used. The purpose...

Chlorine IPC always went well. In a manner of speaking, storage took two fingers in the nose,

The Haanstra partnership in Luttelgeest (NOP) is fully committed to the long-term storage of their ware potatoes.

many potato batches that need additional sprouting inhibition.

Pressure bruise is a major defect and source of economic losses in potatoes for all market classes. Reasons pressure bruise...

Hazel Technologies Inc., Chicago, has a new product, Hazel Root, that’s designed to protect the quality of potatoes in storage by preventing...

The Federal Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) approved the use of the germ inhibitor 1,4SIGHT on December...

A number of potato growers from Flevoland have set up a study group together with Omnivent, on the storage of...

Emmeloord - Over the past two years, Olaf van Campen from Adama has gained knowledge of an electronic potato. This is...

The storage season offers a plethora of potential challenges for potato growers. These challenges can include shrink, sprouting, bruising and...