Potato Review

Spectra Manitou Say growth, say Agrico. Specialist breeder and supplier of high grade seed potatoes Call: 01307 840 551 E mail: potatoes@agrico.co.uk www.agrico.co.uk @agrico_uk The Potato Industry Event: BP2019 20th & 21st November Yorkshire Event Centre, Harrogate. Come and visit the Agrico team at Stand 111 www.bp2019.co.uk WWW.STET-POTATO.COM See you at BP2019 in Harrogate Stand no. 178 TITAN A crisping variety with high tuber numbers and resistance/ tolerance to PCN G. pallida and G. rostochiensis RAMOS The chipping variety HIGH PERFORMING VARIETIES NOVEMBER 20 th & 21 st The new Greencrop GCEP125W Diesel Pump Set - Super quiet canopy - Easy access for maintenance - Easy push button start - Electric primer Hose Reel Irrigators - 50 to 850 metres - Rain Gun or Boom For more information please contact Howard Chantry on 07881 787997 Tel: 01328 701992 Email: howard@greencrop.co.uk www.greencrop.co.uk Fuel Bowsers Hose Reelers Tel: 01328 701992 | www.greencrop.co.uk POTATO REVIEW JAN/FEB 2019 37 For further information, please get in touch. team-sprayers.com • 01353 661211 GPS Auto-rate control system now available on all compact in-furrow planter applicators Blackburn Potato Chitting Crate Pellcroft Engineering Ltd Crop drying and st orage equipment sales@pel lcroft.com 01526 342466 The Blackburn Crate, saves time and labour, with minimum damage. The crate allows for easier inspection and control of your potatoes. Each crate holds 500kg Crates can be stacked up to 5 meters high, with unobstructed passage for light penetration and air movement. The bespoke design of the curved welded mesh interior, ensures that no surface of the potato is any more than 75mm from the light, giving the tubers a head start, encouraging faster growth. Pellcroft.indd 1 03/09/2018 16:21:54 1BF rol int s .uk 01621 828689 • www.kjengineering.com LED POTATO CHITTING LIGHTS All of our units come with a one metre lead and a 13 amp plug. Lights can be leap frogged. Each light is individually PAT tested. Available in sizes 5ft to 12ft. Options: Free standing or hanging Extra length lead. 20/12/2018 16:03:55 4-60 Combi Unit and lkers using an SL145 Experts were on hand that can oc cur during harvest and handling, off ering advice on how to avoid it. Unit 4, Fiv e Mile Business Park, Washingborough, Lincoln LN4 1# F Tel: 01522 797222 Fax: 01522 7 97555 www.storedcrop.co.uk CertNo 8880 • Store hygiene • Post harvest treatment of stored crop • Sprout control Potato and c op storage treatments since 1971 protect ing your profits   15:37 2/2018 16:09:19 ur competitors are maki g spoke about dietary changes and the growth in the number of households with one or two people, the increasing reliance on microwave ovens and the decline in red meat consumption which is having a knock- on effect for potatoes and fresh vegetables. ‘Consumers are changing and we have an ageing population,’ he said. ‘People’s habits are changing and there are implications for all of us; if we don’t position ourselves in a way that we think about consumers then we are going to have more challenges than just the productivity one I alluded to at the start. ‘I just do not see where many of the products we’re producing fit in with the snack you grab at breakfast time or the sandwich you pick up at the m torway service station. How do we make sure Broadwater Machinery Ltd 017 28 723 2 1 E: broadwatermach@yahoo.co.uk FB7 FALL BREAKER Reduce damage and drop for box filling harvesting. Avail ble for most typ s of elevator widths. 21/12/2017 16:47:18 5 E-mail: info@agri-web.co.uk SUPPLY, DESIGN & INSTALLATION OF SPECIALIST IRRIGATION SYSTEMS www.wrootwater.com t: 01302 771881 e: info@wrootwater .com DRIP • SPRINKLERS • HARD HOSE • PUMPING SOLUTIONS FILTRATION • UV TREATMENT • K-LINE • BIO-FILTERS • BIO-BEDS ‘Our aim is your gain’ Wrootwater_EighthPage.indd 1 08/03/2019 14:22 28/06/2019 11:24

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