Help Improve Early Warning for Potato Storage
Cellar Insights is looking for potato growers and storage operators who experienced a significant storage event and have digital storage data to share.
Your experience can help improve the next generation of early warning technology for the potato industry. By combining real-world storage events with historical sensor and ventilation data, we're training machine learning models to detect storage risks sooner, helping growers make better decisions before problems spread.
Earn up to $1,250 per Approved Event
$250 Cash + $1,000 Cellar Insights Monitoring Credit
Who Can Participate?
This program is open to:
- Potato growers
- Storage operators
- Storage managers
Located in:
- Manitoba
- Alberta
- Prince Edward Island
- New Brunswick
You do not need to be a current Cellar Insights customer.
We also welcome referrals from processors, agronomists, storage consultants, and industry partners.
What Qualifies?
We're looking for significant storage events, including:
- Rot
- Breakdown
- Hot spots
- Other material quality deterioration
Eligible events should include an approximate date (or date range) and as much supporting information as possible, such as:
- Temperature changes
- CO₂ or ventilation issues
- Unusual odours
- Grading results
- Processor feedback
- Load notes
- Photos
- Inspection records
- Disposal records
- Operator notes
A clear indication of the event's severity or commercial impact helps with eligibility.
What Data Do We Need?
We're looking for historical digital storage data from:
- Before the event
- During the event
- After the event
For full consideration, data should include:
- Temperature
- Relative humidity
- CO₂
- Plenum and return air measurements
For this initial launch, data must be exportable from Cellar integration-ready ventilation systems.
Your Data Is Protected
Your data may be used for:
- Machine learning model training
- Model validation
- Labelled event analysis
- Product development
- Anonymous, aggregated reporting
Your grower identity, farm name, and identifiable commercial information will never be shared publicly without your permission.
Any case study or public reference featuring your operation will only be created with your explicit approval.
How It Works
1. Contact Us
Tell us about your storage event by answering the questions below.
2. Confirm Eligibility
We'll review your event details and a sample of your data before confirming eligibility.
3. Share Your Data
Submit the digital export from your ventilation system covering the storage event.
4. Receive Your Reward
Once your event is approved, you'll receive:
- $250 cash
- $1,000 Cellar Insights monitoring credit
for each approved event.
Why Participate?
Storage losses are one of the least visible costs in potato production.
By contributing data from real storage events, you'll help Cellar Insights build smarter early warning tools that benefit growers, packers, and processors across Canada.
Every approved event strengthens our ability to identify storage risks earlier and reduce future losses across the industry.
About Cellar Insights
Cellar Insights helps potato growers, storage operators, and processors protect crop quality through intelligent storage monitoring.
Our platform combines in-storage sensing, analytics, and early-warning alerts to help storage teams detect problems sooner, prioritize inspections, and make more informed storage decisions.
Ready to Participate?
If you think you have a qualifying storage event, we'd love to hear from you.
Click the button below and answer these questions:
What province was the storage in?
Did the rot event occur in 2024/25, or 2025/26?
What happened? Rot, breakdown, hot spot, or something else?
Was the loss significant? (> 1% of that bin's crop value)
How was loss estimate evidenced?
What ventilation system was monitoring the storage?
Do you have any notes, photos, inspection records, or rejection/downgrade documents?
Are you authorized to share the data?
Would you be willing to complete a short event form if the event looks eligible?
