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Cold storage

Meaning in agriculture, with examples

nounCommon term

In agriculture, cold storage means: Keeping fresh produce at low, controlled temperatures and humidity to slow ripening and decay; also the building or room used for this.

In Turkish: soğuk hava deposu, soğuk depolama, soğuk muhafaza

How it is used

Used for fruit, vegetables, potatoes and flowers. Apples and pears can stay in controlled atmosphere (CA) cold storage for many months. Exporters talk about cold storage capacity, pre-cooling and the cold chain.

Example sentences

  1. The apples were kept in cold storage until March and then shipped to the Gulf.

  2. Without enough cold storage, farmers have to sell right after the harvest when prices are low.

Common collocations

  • cold storage facility
  • controlled atmosphere storage
  • cold chain
  • pre-cooling
  • storage temperature
  • packhouseA facility where fresh fruit and vegetables are received from farms, then washed, sorted, graded, packed and cooled before going to market or export.
  • post-harvest lossThe amount or value of a crop that is lost between harvest and sale or consumption, because of damage, decay, pests, poor handling or bad storage.
  • ripeFully developed and ready to be harvested or eaten, with the right color, sugar content, softness and flavor.
  • gradingSorting harvested produce into classes by size, weight, color, shape and defects, so that each class meets a market standard.
  • siloA tall tower, bin or pit used to store grain in bulk, or to store chopped green crops as silage.

More terms: Harvest and Storage

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