Bruise reduction basics
What potato grower wouldn’t want to add dollars to their bottom line? By reducing the bruising that occurs during harvest by one percent, thousands of dollars could be added to the bank, according to...
View ArticlePredicting rot can save the crop and money
Just because a disease cannot be seen on a potato does not mean it is not there. It is the unseen spores that can cause havoc in long-term storage and require early shipping or the worst-case scenario:...
View ArticlePotato storage rots: a potential problem in wet seasons
Usually wet seasons favour crop development, but incidence of storage rots is a concern, especially if rainfall occurs late in the growing season, advises Eugenia Banks, Ontario potato specialist.
View ArticleHow to optimize ventilation
After a final holding temperature is achieved in storage, it is important to ventilate properly in order to manage the byproducts of respiration, ensure a uniform temperature and an ideal environment...
View ArticleHumidity deconstructed for potato growers
A detailed understanding of the psychrometric chart can be an excellent tool in understanding water, air and vapour relationships.
View ArticleSurviving the storage season
Prairie and east coast potato producers endured a prolonged harvest of excessive rain and cold temperatures. After a difficult harvest, it’s time to look ahead to the storage season.
View ArticleProducer checklist for daily warehouse visits
Lorraine MacKinnon, PEI potato industry coordinator with the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, says it’s not a nice position to be in now to start contemplating potential issues going forward...
View ArticleBouncing back from a tough harvest
It’s not about how you start, it’s how you finish – and this potato season is not over yet. Canadian potato producers endured a tough harvest season, especially Prairie and east coast producers who...
View ArticleA refresher course on storage savvy
This article was republished from a 1999 article in Top Crop Manager.The basic principles of potato storage have not changed much over the years. The computer age has allowed growers to more precisely...
View ArticleChecklist for a successful storage crop harvest
Whoever said that “a potato storage is not a…
View ArticleNew technology achieves improved potato storage
New technology aimed at better potato storage has been…
View ArticlePotato storage rots: a potential problem in wet seasons
Usually wet seasons favour crop development, but incidence of storage rots is a concern, especially if rainfall occurs late in the growing season, advises Eugenia Banks, Ontario potato specialist.
View ArticleBruise reduction basics
What potato grower wouldn’t want to add dollars to their bottom line? By reducing the bruising that occurs during harvest by one percent, thousands of dollars could be added to the bank, according to...
View ArticlePotato storage rots: a potential problem in wet seasons
Usually wet seasons favour crop development, but incidence of storage rots is a concern, especially if rainfall occurs late in the growing season, advises Eugenia Banks, Ontario potato specialist.
View ArticleCanadian potato storage holdings are 1.9 per cent below three-year average
In some provinces in Western Canada, potato storage holdings as of Mar. 1, 2020 for all sectors, are significantly below their three-year averages, according to the United Potato Growers of Canada’s...
View ArticleCanada’s potato seed inventory 0.9 per cent below three-year average
Potato seed inventory across Canada is 0.9 per cent below the three-year average at 5.5 million hundredweight (cwt) as of May 1, 2020, according to the United Potato Growers of Canada’s (UPGC) latest...
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Tips for storage management
Ontario’s potato harvest is underway and most of the potatoes are coming out of the ground healthy, according to Eugenia Banks, potato specialist with the Ontario Potato Board. While Banks notes...
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Be wary of water on storage floors
Free water on storage floors is probably due to a common disease problem, Pythium leak, says Ontario’s potato specialist Eugenia Banks in her latest update. The Pythium fungus is widely distributed in...
View ArticlePotato holdings for May down year-over-year
The United Potato Growers of Canada says total Canadian potato storage holdings for May 1 were down 1.2 per cent over 2022 numbers for the same period, but higher than the three-year average. There...
View ArticleCarrot Ventures launches remote monitoring and intelligence platform for...
Carrot Ventures has unveiled Cellar Insights, the second company emerging from Carrot’s AgTech company formation model. “We’re extremely pleased to be launching Cellar Insights,” says Martin Vetter, a...
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