Why buy seed potatoes from Tucker Farms?
- Tucker Farms is family owned and operated, giving personal attention to detail and quality.
- We use only the highest quality nuclear seed stock from the Uihlein Farm of Cornell University. Please note that Uihlein Seed Farm nuclear seed is offered to growers after only two field generations.
- Our entire potato acreage is entered into the state certification program for limited generation foundation and certified seed and for many years all of Tucker Farms' seed potatoes have met the rigorous requirements for NYS foundation seed.
- All of Tucker Farms' potatoes are pre-sorted and pre-graded into boxes from the bulk trucks before being placed in storage. This not only gives us precise inventory control, but improves air circulation and eliminates any possibility of pressure bruise resulting in the highest quality tablestock and seed potatoes.
- All Tucker Farms' seed potatoes are limited generation, i.e. we have a two year 'flush-out' policy. This means all Tucker Farms certified and foundation seed is only the fourth field generation, or rarely, five years from pathogen-free in vitro plantlets at the Uihlein Farm.
- All of our potato fields are on a three year crop rotation.
- Tucker Farms enjoys the advantages of isolation from other potato operations and farming in general: Except for the Uihlein Seed Farm, only one other potato operation is located within 8 miles (and that is also a certified seed potato operation).
- Tucker Farms adopted integrated pest management (IPM) control techniques soon after they were developed and has been using them continuously for decades.
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