HARVEST AND STORAGE
The period of post-harvest storage is potentially benign, potentially devistating. It is primarily a period of quality loss. The degree of loss in quality during this period is driven by the crop health pre-harvest, harvest practices, and the storage environment.
OPPORTUNITIES WITH HARVEST AND STORAGE
The payment model sugar beet is delivered to strongly incentivises well conducted storage – it can be profitable.
From a research professional perspective, the biggest opportunties include:
- a lot of untapped protention within the horticultural sector
CHALLENGES WITH HARVEST AND STORAGE
From a research professional perspective, the biggest challenges include:
- a small field of peers
- the working environemt: besides cold, wet and windy, it is very difficult to measure what is happening within a clamp with a resolution higher than before vs after.
ME AND HARVEST AND STORAGE
This was my main focus when I worked at NBR, but is now just one of the areas I work in.
CURRENT PROJECTS
NBR656: Harvest and Storage Climate Risk in Sugar Beet Production in Sweden and Denmark
COMPLETED PROJECTS
NBR631.1: Method for in-field texture analysis of sugar beet roots using a handheld penetrometer
NBR650.01: Clamp Environment Modelling – CFD v1; Airflow and Temperature.