Storage
1,4SIGHT®: Biocontrol for Reduced Bruising
{Sponsored} The storage season offers a plethora of potential challenges for potato growers. These challenges can include shrink, sprouting, bruising... more »

Inside the Potato Industry: Storage
This survey is sponsored by Hansen-Rice. The questions and results were written and compiled by Spudman. More Spudman surveys can be found here... more »

Idaho-based GroupAg now offering Forte Humidifiers
GroupAg, based in Rexburg, Idaho, is now offering Forte Humidifiers and misters to service the potato industry. The units have been designed to produc... more »

P-Pod system could advance storage monitoring of potatoes
For both fresh and processed potato sectors the industry relies on storage for several months. Losses during storage are high, with estimated storage ... more »

Minimizing early weight loss key in limiting potato pressure bruise
Pressure bruise is a major defect and source of economic losses in potatoes for all market classes. In bulk storage, potato tubers are subjecte... more »

The Value of 1,4SIGHT®
{Sponsored} The growing season offers a plethora of potential problems for potato growers. Growers need to ensure their products make it to the marke... more »

Europeans finding storage treatment alternatives with looming loss of CIPC
While the European Commission only recently made its final decision, most UK farmers have long accepted the fact that the regulatory authority is unli... more »
Sprout inhibitor chlorpropham (CIPC) officially banned by European Union
The European Commission will no longer allow the use of sprout inhibitor and herbicide chlorpropham (CIPC) as of Jan. 1, 2020. The European Potato Pr... more »
McCain Foods supplier NewCold opens $90 million facility in Idaho
NewCold, the Netherlands-based specialist in automated cold storage, announced the opening of its $90 million, 180,000-square-foot facility in Burley,... more »
Storage Network designed to help UK growers deal with loss of CIPC
The UK-based Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has launched its new Storage Network, as part of an £800,000 ($1.016 million) fund... more »