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7:00 AM February 27, 2021
Bruce van Poortvliet inside the new £263,000 potato store at Poortvliet Farms near Aylsham
- Credit: Poortvliet Farms
A Norfolk farm has invested £263,000 in a hi-tech new storage building to keep its potatoes in perfect market condition for longer after harvest.
The new store at Poortvliet Farms, near Aylsham, can hold 1,300 tonnes of potatoes in an atmospherically-controlled environment.
Ventilation, refrigeration and humidification equipment is automated via electronic sensors which report on air quality, temperature, carbon dioxide levels and humidity inside the insulated building.
Inside the £263,000 new potato store at Poortvliet Farms
- Credit: Poortvliet Farms
This allows the farm s potatoes to be stored in top condition until the end of the marketing season in June and July - enabling premium prices to be obtained as there is a critical shortage of UK potatoes available in those summer months before the next
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