TAS: Getting seed right: Managing potato seed for optimal crop performance
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TAS: Getting seed right: Managing potato seed for optimal crop performance
26 May @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Join PotatoLink for a day at Cherry Hill Coolstores to learn about all things seed! Cherry Hill Coolstores have the capacity to handle 15,000 tonnes of seed potatoes per annum across their 16 coolstores and three large dry store areas. They provide services including cool storage, grading, potato seed, cutting and bulk unloading.
During our visit, Cherry Hill will take us on a tour, demonstrating the different stages of their supply chain and best practices of seed storage and handling.
Designed for all members of the seed potato supply chain, this event will seek to enhance foundational knowledge on potato seed processes, certification, handling, hygiene, storage and physiological age.
Participants will leave the session having explored:
- Processes through the seed supply chain (seeing it from diverse perspectives)
- Risks and challenges that affect seed performance through the seed supply chain
- Best practices relating to seed certification, storage, physiological age management and seed treatments
- Importance of best practices on seed performance
- Actions that participants can take to address key risks through their seed supply chain