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EDITOR'S LETTER
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Randy Hardy, Oakley Farms, Oakley, Idaho
Don Sklarczyk, Sklarczyk Seed Farms, Johannesburg, Mich.
Harry Strohauer, Strohauer Farms, La Salle, Colo.
Robert Thornton, Washington State University, Pullman, Wash.
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TAKING STOCK
EU BAN OF CIPC A
SITUATION TO WATCH
T
here are many stages of production for potato growers, and
they don't end when the crop is harvested from the field.
Storage is an essential part of the potato supply chain. Just as many
problems can occur in storage as they can in
the field.
One of them is sprouting. A major friend
to producers in combatting sprouting over
the decades has been chlorpropham, also
known as CIPC.
Growers within the European Union
will soon be without the benefits of CIPC.
In a controversial chain of events that
concluded in June, regulatory authorities in
the EU officially declined renewal of CIPC as a permissible treatment
for crops. The phaseout of its use will begin Jan. 1, 2020. (See Page
18 for more on that development and what the industry is doing to
find alternatives.)
CIPC remains approved for use in the U.S. and should be for the
Zeke Jennings
Managing Editor
foreseeable future. The Environmental Protection Agency recently
reviewed and renewed its use. Per the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide
and Rodenticide Act, chemicals are reviewed every 15 years.
During the review process, then-National Potato Council CEO
John Keeling testified that an estimated 55 to 65% of U.S.-produced
potatoes are treated with CIPC.
Collectively, the nations of the EU produce the second-most
amount of potatoes in the world - only China grows more - and
some of the globe's biggest exporters are EU members, including The
Netherlands, Belgium, France and Germany.
If sprout control becomes a significant issue there, it could have a
big impact for the potato industry. Could EU growers start struggling
to meet the needs of their trading partners? Possibly.
Could other nations follow the EU's lead and rule crops they
import not be treated with CIPC? Also possible.
The EU's reversal on CIPC will have ripple effects in the potato
industry. What they are and to what extreme remains to be seen.
For more on storage, check out the results of our reader survey
on Page 15 and an informative story by researchers Nora Olsen and
Sastry Jayntay on avoiding pressure bruise on Page 22.
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