Seed potatoes. Potato tubers intended for use or plantation of the following production cycle. Maincrop potatoes – All other potato tubers not covered by the definitions of early potatoes or seed potatoes. They are harvested after 31 July. Planted Area (hectares) – This relates to the „planted‟ area on which the potatoes are actually grown - excluding hedgerows etc. Harvested Yield (tonnes per hectare) – This is the harvested „field‟ yield and relates to the average tonnage actually harvested, for each planted hectare. The harvested yield should be a weighted average of biological yield for the potatoes harvested across the major varieties, i.e. minus field leavings. Production (tonnes) – The total figure for the harvested crop relates to the planted area and the harvested yield. It includes only useable production of potatoes available i.e. ready to use either on the farm or on the market. Wastage (Post-harvest only) (tonnes) – Wastage relates to any post harvest potatoes for which no income is obtained, such as losses on the holding (waste, loss in sorting, storage), and losses in the marketing sector (storage, transportation, processing and packaging). It includes losses from damaged or rotten tubers, including both rots and desiccation, and any quantities of potatoes which are not marketed for any reason, but withdrawn from the market and made unsuitable for human consumption. It should also include any farmhouse consumption. Crop Year – The crop year for potatoes starts on the 1st June and ends on the 31st May. Some early potatoes may be harvested before the 1st June, and therefore fall outside the crop year period; in this case their production should be assigned to the crop year in which they were marketed i.e. the previous crop year. Calendar Year – The calendar year runs from 1st January to the 31st December. Closing Stocks (tonnes) – The stocks of domestic potatoes physically present as held on farms and on the market at merchants, unused but stored. Stocks held amongst retailers and householders are excluded. This figure will become the opening stocks for the coming year. Human Consumption (tonnes) – Supplies of potatoes intended for human consumption during that crop year, with or without processing; the potatoes may have been harvested from the previous crop year, the current crop year or the next crop year (for some early potatoes). It does not include imported potatoes intended for human consumption. It does not include GB produced potatoes intended for hu...
Seed potatoes. Wisconsin grade for seed potatoes shall consist of the same grade requirements and tolerances for defects as the Badger State Brand specified in s. ATCP 156.05.
Seed potatoes. The size requirement and size tolerances shall be the same as for Badger State Brand specified in s. ATCP 156.05.
Seed potatoes. The Wisconsin seal of quality shall meet the design requirements of sub. (1) and may only be affixed to the offi- cial inspection certificates for seed potatoes.
