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Top tips for preparing potato stores ahead of harvest

Growers being urged to disinfect stores to reduce the carry-over of damaging diseases to the 2024 harvest

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Potato growers urged to step-up hygiene methods
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Potato growers urged to step-up hygiene methods

On top of basic hygiene measures potato growers are being urged to disinfect stores with peroxyacetic acid, applied as a wet fog, to reduce the carry-over of damaging diseases to the 2024 harvest. Potato...

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