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Calls are growing to save the Sutton Bridge Crop Storage Research (SBCSR) center from the fallout surrounding AHDB Potatoes, after it emerged all its research activity will cease by May 2022. In ...

At the end of April, the early early potatoes began to be harvested in Andalusia, mainly in the province of Seville, but also on plots in Córdoba, Cádiz and Huelva.  These potatoes ...

bumper potato harvest has been falling on the growers

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

Indian growers are now opting to store the potato in cold storages in view of lower prices

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

pay more attention to the quality of the storage process at the growers

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

Due to the increasing freezing cold, the temperature above potatoes or onions in storage can drop quickly, if the air above is not heated.

With the completion of the warehouse extension at the Eldingen location, as well as the expansion and takeover of the Wietzendorf location, EUROPLANT Pflanzenzucht GmbH has significantly expanded the storage and process ...

Hazel Technologies Inc., Chicago, has a new product, Hazel Root, that’s designed to protect the quality of potatoes in storage by preventing sprouting. Like other Hazel Technologies’ products that prolong the shelf life of ...

A number of potato growers from Flevoland have set up a study group together with Omnivent, on the storage of chips potatoes. Cor van Maanen and Nik Grubben, Head of Research & Development ...

With the fifth generation mobile network (5G), a grower can follow the potato from planting to shedding throughout the season. Scouting in the crop and looking for diseased plants can also be done ...

Due to the ban on CIPC, the storage of potatoes is more expensive than ever. With the current low prices, it has become unaffordable to keep free potatoes germ-free. This is the view of ...

Emmeloord - Over the past two years, Olaf van Campen from Adama has gained knowledge of an electronic potato. This is an invention of Solentum. We ask Van Campen five questions. Olaf, in the ...

The National Potato Council of Kenya (NPCK) has identified transport and potato farmers as NPCK as the main challenges facing potato farmers. Failure to comply with the 50kg law in parts of ...

Austrian cooperative Rheintaler Feldfrüchte about the new storage capacity Twelve months a year, fresh, regional potatoes, onions and other open ground products: That is the ambitious goal of the Austrian cooperative Rheintaler ...

We are awaiting the publication of the new strategy document to map a path for the Irish agricultural industry as it heads towards 2030. While it is still in development, one area ...

We are currently seeing a lot of germination in the various potato storage areas. It is important to check regularly, because the new products require a specific strategy, including the variety and its ...

Optimal storage practices start in the field and can hinge on a variety of factors and conditions, both with the tubers and inside their storage environment.  As we’ve seen this year with ...

Eric Anderson, Senior Agronomist at Scottish Agronomy looks at some key issues to be thinking about ahead of potato storage this autumn. For seed, using positive ventilation is accepted as best practice.  ...

A storage facility capable of storing 11,000 tonnes of potatoes has opened at South Burnie. The facility, which can hold 9,000 tonnes in cold-storage long term as well as a further 2,000 ...

Wage goer Daan Biesheuvel of cold store Numansdorp and Gerben van Dueren den Hollander van Van Iperen are going to the farmer this week to advise potato growers on the adjustment of ...

Important Potato Diseases and Tips to Manage them in Storage As the potato harvest is ongoing in many places and much of the harvested potatoes are being stored, it is a good ...

The 2020/21 potato storage season is proving to be one of the most challenging yet for the potato industry. With storage season fast approaching, harvest provides the best opportunity to familiarise yourself ...