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Ageing in store
If you are storing potatoes until this time of year, tuber ageing is going to affect your crop and probably in more ways than one. How? The simplest effect is through potatoes losing moisture....
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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...
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CIPC: check your limits
Early dormancy break has been a particular problem this season, exacerbated further by warm autumn temperatures. This made it impossible, in some situations, to make initial applications at the...
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Wealth of topical information offered at popular Storage Forums
There was an excellent attendance at the recent Potato Council storage forums held at Sutton Bridge and Herefordshire Racecourse. Growers were rewarded with plenty of topical information to...
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Measuring energy use is first step to reducing costs
Closer monitoring of electricity use in potato stores can significantly reduce bills, Potato Council research has revealed. It will also help meet increasingly tight carbon footprint requirements...
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Reduce blackleg risk in seed
Growers should take suitable measures this season to minimise the chances of blackleg infections in the field this coming season, warns Sutton Bridge Crop Storage Research plant pathologist Dr...
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Safe Potato Operations
Safe Potato Operations
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Safe Potato Operations Introduction
Safe Potato Operations - Introduction
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Safe Potato Harvesting
Safe Potato Operations - Safe Potato Harvesting
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Safe Potato Grading
Safe Potato Operations - Safe Potato Grading