Field To Table
Ever wonder how delicious Sterman Masser potatoes get to your dinner table? The slide show below will start automatically and provide you with an overview of how our spuds make the journey from "Field to Table!"
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Potato planting begins in our fertile fields in the Pennsylvania Dutch region.
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Center-pivot irrigation helps grow healthy, nutritious Masser spuds!
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Green and healthy: Potato plants sprouting and growing in the fields.
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The potatoes at harvest time.
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A potato harvester brings the potatoes to the surface.
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Potatoes arrive at the plant on a bulk-loaded truck.
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A random sampling of potatoes is taken and inspected to ensure quality.
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The truck is unloaded upon arrival to minimize damage to the potatoes.
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The potatoes travel through a water flume to wash off the field soil.
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The potatoes are subject to their first visual grading.
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The potatoes are pressure-washed to remove any remaining field soil.
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The potatoes are optically scanned for defects such as greening or hollow-heart.
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Potato sizing is an electronic process at Sterman Masser.
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Machines sort the potatoes by size.
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The sorted potatoes are stored in temperature and humidity controlled bins where they are cooled and dried before packaging to increase shelf life.
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The potatoes are visually inspected a second time before packaging.
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The potatoes are weighed using a computerized system.
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The pre-weighed potatoes are automatically bagged and sealed. The bagged potatoes are checked for correct weight and then palletized for shipment.
