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Handling and Shipping Early Potatoes
Practical guidance for every step of moving early potatoes from field to market
This book explains how handling and shipping choices affect potato quality in transit. It covers common bruising causes, the role of floor padding, and how load design can reduce damage while keeping produce fresh in refrigerated or ventilated cars.
Learn how floor pads, padding materials, and proper load patterns prevent bottom-layer bruising and minimize bag damage.Understand different load types, from pyramid and aisle arrangements to the risks of excessive shifting during transit.See how refrigeration, precooling, and careful washing or drying practices impact decay, greening, and overall appearance.Find guidance on judging shrinkage, weight loss in transit, and practical steps to improve marketability. Ideal for readers of agricultural shipping standards and postharvest handling practices, this edition provides concrete, field-tested methods for protecting early potatoes in carload shipments.
This book explains how handling and shipping choices affect potato quality in transit. It covers common bruising causes, the role of floor padding, and how load design can reduce damage while keeping produce fresh in refrigerated or ventilated cars.
Learn how floor pads, padding materials, and proper load patterns prevent bottom-layer bruising and minimize bag damage.Understand different load types, from pyramid and aisle arrangements to the risks of excessive shifting during transit.See how refrigeration, precooling, and careful washing or drying practices impact decay, greening, and overall appearance.Find guidance on judging shrinkage, weight loss in transit, and practical steps to improve marketability. Ideal for readers of agricultural shipping standards and postharvest handling practices, this edition provides concrete, field-tested methods for protecting early potatoes in carload shipments.
52 pages, Hardcover
Published August 24, 2018
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