There are many stages to the production of potatoes. Seed selection, land preparation, planting, pest control, irrigation, harvest, and storage. Now that the tubers are successfully under a roof, it is time to maximize the return on your investment. Every crop, variety, and end use require dedicated management to ensure the crop you put into storage exits your storage with minimal reduction of return on investment.
This webinar provides insights into storage management and will cover the following topics:
- Definition of shrink, causes of shrink, management approach to shrink
- Storage management of processing potatoes focusing temperature regimes of curing, cooling and holding period, carbon dioxide and condensation management practices.
- Is September the new August? How can we manage BETTER through heat waves at storage harvest?
- Planting date, variety, field and pesticide selection need to be adjusted.
- Storage renovation and optimization can help improve quality and shrink.
- Chip potatoes in box storage, will it pay?
