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hub of Cygnet PB’s seed potato production is at
Blairfield, near Milnathort, 15 miles south of Perth,
Scotland. Blairfield offers access to over 10,000 tonnes
of state of the art refrigerated storage and a sophisticated
grading facility that can also offer tuber counting
and smaller size fractioning of orders. Our production,
QC, transport, sales and marketing and admin support
functions are based at our offices in this location.
Cygnet
PB is totally committed to first class seed potato production.
We have achieved this through investment in the latest
production, grading and storage technology and management
experience. A vast wealth of highly specialised scientific
and practical knowledge exists within the company and
this is directly targeted to meet the requirements of
a rapidly changing, dynamic and evolving market place
All
Cygnet PB seed potato production starts with mini-tubers
supplied from our sister company Gentech. Starting with
the best mini-tubers available has contributed greatly
to the high health status of all Cygnet PB seed sold
to date.
Suitable
sites are selected in the NE of Scotland and Perthshire
to multiply our mini-tubers; these are sites well away
from traditional potato growing areas where the pressure
from soil borne and air borne pests are negligible.
We apply the same criteria to our F2 second field generations
Kirkforthar
Potato Company Ltd and selected contract growers produce
our varieties under our supervision. We also have agreements
with selected merchants to produce and sell our varieties
under license.
The 'Cygnet' brand is premium quality seed that utilises
limited third field generation and is supplied in much
tighter size bands of tuber counted seed. This has allowed
farmers to calculate the exact cost of each planted
hectare and to plan more efficiently to meet end-user
specifications. This method has been adopted by an increasing
number of farmers, but we also supply seed by volume
and size, as the farmer requires.
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