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GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
Compensating for CIPC
EU to ban use of major sprout inhibitor starting in 2020
By Melanie Epp
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
W
hile the European Commission
only recently made its final
decision,
most UK farmers
have long accepted the fact that the
regulatory authority was unlikely to
renew chlorpropham (CIPC), a sprout
suppressant used primarily in potatoes.
After member nations were unable to
reach a majority consensus, judgment
was passed back to the commission,
which originally advised that approval
should be withdrawn. The commission
then officially opted not to renew CIPC
on June 18.
CIPC's ongoing uncertainty has UK
growers in search of viable alternatives.
" I'm afraid we don't have all
that
many answers, " Adrian Briddon, senior
scientist at Sutton Bridge Crop Storage
Research (SBCSR), said just prior to the
commission's June ruling. " In all likelihood,
that decision is going to go against CIPC
and that will leave us with relatively few
alternative sprout suppressants. "
Use of chlorpropham on crops is
permitted in both the U.S. and Canada.
FINDING SOLUTIONS
While waiting on the final decision,
the UK's SBCSR took action with its
launch of the Storage Network. Potato
storage managers from all Agriculture
and Horticulture Development Board
(AHDB) levy-paying businesses will now
be able to request a site visit from the
network and receive one-to-one advice.
AHDB-trained independent advisors
will deliver the advice.
" At the moment, we've got ethylene
and
spearmint
oil
available, "
said
Briddon. " We've got Maleic Hydrazide
registered, but with question marks
around how it can be used.
" We're still waiting on the other
product, DMN, which is registered in
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A group of UK farmers gathers at Herefordshire Storage Day to hear about the future of
CIPC use.
Adrian Briddon outlines future sprout suppressant options to a group of farmers at
Herefordshire Storage Day. Photos: Stuart Baxter

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