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• Best practice for seed handling and storage

  It is vital that seed is handled and stored appropriately after delivery and before planting to retain maximum vigour and to ensure the best possible crop.

• Storage

  Click here for our latest news.Storage is key to potato production in Great Britain; between 3.5 and 4 million tonnes are stored every year and crops can spend as long in the store as...

• Seed Industry Event 2012 Presentations

  Download the speaker presentations here. 

• Potatoes in Practice - 2011 Trials Results Summary

  Get more information on outcomes of trials run at the 2011 Potatoes in Practice. See how Potato Council-sponsored and other industry research results can help your crop and your business.  

• Seed Rate Guide - Marfona

• Seed Rate Guide - King Edward

• Act now and reduce the potential glyphosate contamination risk

  If you are renting land for seed potatoes, identify surrounding crops that pose a risk of providing glyphosate contamination and make sure your landlord understands the issue, recommends Potato...

• Press article highlights ongoing risk of Ring Rot

  A recent article published in Farm Business highlights that the quarantine disease Ring Rot continues to be found on the continent, and the need for growers to take sensible seed sourcing...

• R449 Effectiveness of Mineral Oils

  Aim: To investigate integration of the use of oils for the control of non-persistent viruses in seed crops in GB, where growing crop inspection is the standard method of seed certification.Industry...

• SEED SATISFACTION SURVEY 2011

  During November 2011, Potato Council ran the electronic seed satisfaction survey.This was the first root-and-branch review of seed and seed supply for 10 years. The survey was for all potato growers...

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