Potato Storage Hub
Potato Storage Hub
Can't find what you need? Contact the advice line on 0800 02 82 111 or email sbcsr@ahdb.org.uk
Find tools and resources and the best practice that is critical for good, cost-effective storage that delivers the quality that markets and consumers demand.
We have a dedicated research and advisory facility at Sutton Bridge Crop Storage Research where a specialist team are on hand to offer technical information and advice on storage.
The team at Sutton Bridge Crop Storage Research is there for all AHDB levy payers to consult for store management advice on the Storage Advice Line. Call free of charge on 0800 02 82 111 or email sbcsr@ahdb.org.uk. There is also a range of assessments and evaluations that can be offered, to assess whether your storage is performing well enough to deliver for your business.
New! Storage Network
We will fund an experienced consultant, armed with the results from the latest AHDB sprout control research, to visit your store. Significant changes in the way potatoes are stored are going to be needed in order to cope with the expected loss of chemical options for use on the 2020 crop, most notably chlorpropham (CIPC), the Storage Network is there to support you.
To book a free consultation, levy payers are advised to call the AHDB Storage Network booking desk on 01406 359419
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Monthly storage news
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Tools and resources
Below are our three most popular tools and resources - find more advice via the six sections above.
Remember good storage starts with good skin-set
Storage Cost Calculator
Download the Storage Cost Calculator here
Store Managers Guide
Our essential store managers' guide returns 17 years after its first publication
Updated advice and data on:
- airflow analysis
- respiration rates
- sprout suppression
- disease identification
- condensation control
- storage tempreatures
- pull-down rates and more
Download the new version now to use as a companion to other AHDB tools, such as the storage cost calculator and the free storage advice line.
Click here to view our Disease and Defects Tool, to help identify whats effecting your potatoes.
Can't find what you need? Contact the advice line on 0800 02 82 111 or email sbcsr@ahdb.org.uk
19 September 2019
Three months on since the announcement that CIPC will lose its authorisation on 8 January 2020, we take a look at the situation for store managers as it stands
19 September 2019
A study has found that CIPC will permeate the top layer of concrete in treated stores
18 September 2019
Red Tractor have revised the Safe Haven Standards, the seed potato assurance scheme.
18 September 2019
Senior Knowledge Exchange Manager Claire Hodge has always enjoyed a challenge and taking on a Nuffield Scholarship is likely to be one of her biggest yet.
18 September 2019
The AHDB Export team were out in force representing the potato industry at Potato Europe 2019 in Belgium.
18 September 2019
AHDB and SASA recently welcomed two representatives from GACC – the General Administration of the Customs for the People’s Republic of China – on a tour of the GB seed industry.
16 September 2019
Blue Planet 2 brought plastic pollution to the forefront of the British environment debate. New research by AHDB has shown plastic usage in packaging is a concern for 86% of consumers.
11 September 2019
Make the most of trends, AHDB research and data to understand the modern shopper
11 September 2019
The AHDB Export team have been out in force representing the British potato industry at Potato Europe 2019 in Belgium this month.
10 September 2019
We look at some key indicators to gauge the UK’s economic performance, what this means for consumers and the outlook for the months ahead, especially given the backdrop of Brexit uncertainty.
9 September 2019
Despite the vast array of creative flavours lining the crisp aisles, its plain old ready salted that Brits favour above all others.
9 September 2019
New research to pinpoint and control patches of field slugs
6 September 2019
3 September 2019
Julie Clark has joined AHDB as a knowledge exchange manager specialising in benchmarking.
28 August 2019
Desiccation treatments demonstrated included Gozai® (pyraflufen-ethyl), Spotlight® (carfentrazone-ethyl), a salt-based treatment and pelargonic acid with or without flail treatment
28 August 2019
Crisps are the UK's favourite savoury snack and worth £950 million a year. Ready salted is the most popular flavour but new products are stealing some share.
20 August 2019
Our course seeks to address a lack of leadership skills in farming and plug a productivity gap between the UK and other nations.
19 August 2019
Tariffs? Tariff rate quotas? Allocations? We increasingly hear these terms as we approach 31 October Brexit deadline.
Storage Snippets
2 November 2018
Diseases continue to be an issue across the country, with reports coming in of soft rot and pink rot.. There have also been reports of tuber blight, despite a low risk blight season.
2 November 2018
Ethylene is a plant hormone that inhibits sprout elongation once sprouting has naturally initiated. Research has shown that performance varies significantly between varieties, as some are more responsive to the hormone than others.
30 October 2018
Reports from around the country indicate that there is a challenging season ahead in most of England & Wales, with only the far north of England and Scotland showing any immunity from the impact of the hot and dry summer.
30 October 2018
CIPC has been the leading sprout suppressant of choice in the UK potato industry for over 50 years, accounting for over 80% of post-harvest sprout suppressant applications. With an uncertain regulatory position for CIPC, AHDB has been looking ahead and is funding new work to investigate the efficacy of a range of alternative sprout suppressants.
30 October 2018
Storage experts from SBCSR and the potato industry contributed to the Storage in Scotland Day recently held in Perth,providing practical tips and advice to growers and agronomists on store management strategies for the coming season
30 October 2018
The extremely hot weather this summer has resulted in an unusual blemish showing up for the first time in several years. Golding blotch is associated with very warm growing conditions and results in an orange brown superficial discolouration, most commonly on the underside of tubers in the ridge
2 November 2018
Further to our last update in July, there was no significant progress on the European Commission’s proposal for non-renewal of chlorpropham (CIPC) at the latest meeting of the Standing Committee (SCoPAFF) held on 24 & 25 October. A further meeting will take place in December, when a vote on non-renrewal may take place
2 November 2018
The European Commission has now officially published the regulations concerning the renewal of the desiccant diquat and has decided not to renew its approval, based on concerns previously raised by EFSA related to the risk of exposure from workers, bystanders, residents and birds.
Testing the relative importance of agronomic factors on the physiological age of the ware crop and therefore tuber maturity at harvest on processing quality.