Stowe Potato Sales has over 28 years of Marketing experience and expertise within the potato industry which includes Grading – Marketing of Potatoes, Marketing Principles, Potato Diseases, and Transportation and Handling of Potatoes.
GRADING – MARKETING OF POTATOES:
• Marketing seasons
• Utilization trends
• Potato production and yields
• Price and consumption
• Acreage guides
• Standardization of product
• Economics of grading
• Tolerances, sizing, washing
• Packaging and labeling
MARKETING PRINCIPLES:
• Consumer preferences
• Supply and demand
• Marketing margins
• Processing impact analysis
• Merchandising and the use of market information
• Understanding market orders and agreements
• PACA regulations
• Future transactions, advertising, and promotion
POTATO DISEASES:
• Understanding diseases and symptoms, cause,
and control
• Examples include Hollow heart, knobbiness, greening,
black heart, scald and feathering, internal black spot,
bacterial soft rot, black let, bacterial wilt, ring rot, scab,
late blight, early blight, verticillium wilt and virus diseases
TRANSPORTATION AND HANDLING OF POTATOES:
• Bulk loading and handling techniques
• Shipping methods, truck, and rail transit vehicles
• Pre-cooking, refrigeration and heating
• Loading methodologies
• Transportation costs and rates
• Transportation and brokers availability
• Geographical marketing advantages
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Stephen Stowe
8805 W. Creek Rd.
PO Box 445, Avoca,
NY 14809
Office Phone:
1-800-724-3307 | +1 607-566-2246
Fax: 607-566-2434
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