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13 March 2013

13 March 2013

Best practice for seed handling and storage

SBCSR has teamed up with our Seed & Export and Knowledge Transfer colleagues to produce this technical note on best practice for seed handling & storage.

 

4 September 2012

Plan well for storage

Good planning plays an important role in any storage season; this year it could be critical. Think about matching stores to crops of similar risk by making some assessments of quality ahead of harvest and burn off accordingly.

Deciding when to burn-off is crucial to balance yield with quality for storage and market (picture: Adrian Cunnington)

Harvest will be around 3 weeks later than usual so be prepared to deal with periods of wet or cold weather.  In view of the crop condition, consider the likely storage duration and any chemical use. Overall, try to minimise risk by using your most efficient stores for those crops being held longest and ensure those stores have been serviced before use to reduce the risk of a costly failure during the season.

More in our next Storage Bulletin which will be published later this week. If you are not already a subscriber, send an email to sbcsr@potato.ahdb.org.uk with 'Storage Bulletin subscriber request' in the subject line or text this to 07970 072260. 

 

 

03 Sept 2012

Sutton Bridge Storage Day, 29th November 2012

Register online now!

The Storage Day is a unique event for growers, store managers and agronomists to benefit from the latest research and advice. Further details on the day, including seminars, workshops, contact details and online registration can be found on the Sutton Bridge Storage Day page.

 

27 July 2012

Grower Gateway features articles on CIPC

The new issue of Grower Gateway has been released and features articles on CIPC in box stores and the risk of CIPC cross contamination.

 

23 May 2012

World Potato Congress

This week SBCSR welcome pre-WPC tour groups from the Southern Hemisphere and from China to meet the staff and view the facilities.

Meanwhile we are finalising talks, posters and demonstrations of our work that will feature at WPC, see the WPC website for details.

We look forward to meeting you at WPC next week.

 

01 May 2012

Ageing in store

Some topical advice on dealing with issues raised by crops becoming older in storage.

 

24 April 2012

Last crops coming out from field storage

This week sees harvesting coming to a close of over-wintered crops from windrows on the 'moss' in Lancashire. This unusual form of storage has been successfully practised  for many years in this area, taking advantage of the free-draining peat soil. Here's some shots of the last few windrows being cleared on land farmed by FA Ollerton & Sons near St Helens using a trailed 'bunker' harvester.

  Picture: Adrian Cunnington

 

5 March 2012

Solar panel feed-in tariffs to be further reduced on schemes of 250kW and under

The Dept of Energy and Climate Change announced its proposals in a Comprehensive Review of the Feed-in Tariffs for Solar PV. This includes changes to current tariffs which will take effect on new schemes from 1 April 2012.

 

 

 

Diary of 2012 events to be attended by SBCSR:

4 September - North of England Potato Day

12-13 September - Potato Europe, Villers St Christophe, France

18 September - North West Potato Day

20 November - Seed Industry Event, Crieff

29 November - Storage Day, Sutton Bridge CSR

 

New R&D Projects

In 2011/12, SBCSR and collaborators were awarded PCL funding for Projects:

  • Reduced energy storage - to minimise the carbon footprint associated with storage of GB potato crops (R439) with Farm Energy
  • Review of late season processing quality (R442) with National Resources Institute
  • Blackheart (R456) with Cranfield University and Fresh Potato Suppliers' Association
  • Seed store management (R457) with Cambridge University Farm and FERA
  • Warmer storage (R458) with FPSA

In addition, the following projects involving SBCSR and collaborators are in progress:

  • CIPC application in box stores (R414) with Glasgow University
  • Acrylamide - Producing low-acrylamide risk potatoes (LINK) (R425) with Rothamsted Research
  • Ethylene & sprout control for processing varieties (LINK) (R426) with National Resources Institute
  • Alternative sprout suppressants (R438)  

 

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