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CUPGRA promotes the interchange of scientific research and field practice for innovative, sound commercial production of potatoes.
CUPGRA is a Community Interest Company (Company number: 15357836), whose aim is to encourage study, research and knowledge exchange on potatoes for the benefit of potato growers in the UK and the wider potato industry, including suppliers, processors, packers, retailers and consumers.
CUPGRA’s roots are as a grower research organisation with over 40 years of history, connecting researchers with end-users to ensure research is both commercially relevant and practically applied. Following re-organisation, it became a Community Interest Company in 2024. Founded on Dr Eric Allen’s ethos - “Understanding how potatoes grow determines how to grow potatoes” - CUPGRA continues to help growers and supply chains meet today’s challenges through robust research, peer-reviewed and widely shared across the industry.
Research subscription members
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Influence the areas of research that will benefit your business
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Funded strategic and applied research projects and trials
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Share ideas and work with other stakeholders in the potato industry
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Annual report of research projects
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Annual research review with researchers leading discussions
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Visit CUPGRA-funded research trials and external research sites
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Members’ rate for the annual CUPGRA Cambridge Potato Conference
CUPGRA Subscription Membership Bandings
Band | Member | Area grown / Area advised (ha) | Tonnage (kt) | Annual subscription (£) |
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A | Growers | 0-20ha | £200 | |
20-50ha | £500 | |||
50-100ha | £1,000 | |||
100-200ha | £1,500 | |||
>200ha | £2,000 | |||
B | Independent Agronomist | <200ha | £500 | |
200-400ha | £1,000 | |||
400-800ha | £2,000 | |||
>800ha | By negotiation | |||
C | Processor Packer & | <200ha | <9kt | £500 |
& supply chains Breeders | 200-400ha | 9-18kt | £1,000 | |
& Seed suppliers | 400-1000ha | 18-45kt | £2,000 | |
1000-5000ha | 45-225kt | £4,000 | ||
>5000ha | >225kt | By negotiation | ||
D | Input and service providers | £300-10000 | £300-10000 | By negotiation |
E | Other | By negotiation |
CUPGRA also support a Student Network designed to bring together and support research students working on potatoes. This is free to join. Benefits include:
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Networking opportunities with other potato-focused research students.
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Access to the CUPGRA Student Forum for sharing experimental protocols and useful scientific papers.
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Free open day attendance and discounted CUPGRA Conference fees.
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Insight into the potato industry and the challenges it faces, giving you industry context for your research.
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The chance to meet growers, agronomist and other industry members, present your work to them and potentially develop future collaborations.
STUDENT NETWORK
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John Chinn
Cobrey Farms, Herefordshire
Unique, impartial, without being dependent upon commercial interests, and an enormously valuable source of data and advice which allows scientists to pursue projects without interference, neither financial nor intellectual. Thinking outside the box is what CUPGRA is very good at. Desiccating haulm to achieve good skin finish and, in particular, to combat black dot, takes far longer with varieties that produce large quantities of it.
James Wrinch
RJ & HW Wrinch, East Suffolk
We hugely value the research CUPGRA does on behalf of its members. A huge database of rigorously undertaken, statistically proven trials, and a fabulous resource in the reference crop. Without this, growing and understanding our crops would be much harder.
Tom Stevenson
GA Stevenson Ltd, Essex
The effort and time put into the research has been massive. A farmer attempting anything like that on a field scale is never going to be able to match it. Independent research is the lifeblood of successful farming, and that is what we get from the association, as well as good sensible data, which is not blighted by commercial interests. We particularly value the help we get in interpreting results. Work rates have improved and destoning and cultivation is quicker and easier with the consequent saving on costs and field operations.