Cadena de Suministro de Papas de Europa

Tolsma-Grisnich Group acquires full ownership of its UK potato storage systems subsidiary Farm Electronics

Enero 04, 2019

Tolsma-Grisnich takes full ownership of Farm Electronics, its UK Potato Storage Systems subsidiary

The Tolsma-Grisnich Group, specialized in potato storage and potato handling, will take full ownership of its UK subsidiary Farm Electronics, effective from 1 January 2019.

Diciembre 28, 2018

North-western European Potato Growers recap: 2018 harvest 18% lower than last year

After Great Britain published its potato statistics earlier this month, the North-western European Potato Growers (NEPG) created the overview for their entire region: an 18 percent lower total harvest

Potato cooperative Agrico reports progress to its memebers

Diciembre 23, 2018

Potato cooperative Agrico reports progress to its members

Last week, potato collective Agrico held its central general members’ meeting. At this well attended meeting, the annual report 2017/2018 was presented and new board members were appointed.

Diciembre 21, 2018

United Kingdom Potato Sales up to 2.2 million tonnes

Shoppers in the United Kingdom bought 1.4 per cent more fresh potatoes this year compared to last year and 3 per cent more than in 2015, new data shows.

Scotts Precision Manufacturing: 500th Scotts Evolution Separator set for North America

Diciembre 21, 2018

Scotts Precision Manufacturing sold its 500th Evolution Separator

Scotts Precision Manufacturing is celebrating a significant milestone, having sold its 500th Evolution Separator.

Diciembre 18, 2018

Better and stronger potatoes using hybrid breeding

The potato breeding company Solynta in The Netherlands has successfully produced a hybrid breeding program for potatoes which will allow the rapid selection and turnover of favourable traits, traits which could help feed millions of people worldwide.

The potato crop in Europe: New data from the United Kingdom, The Netherlands and Spain

Diciembre 12, 2018

Potatoes in Europe: New data from the United Kingdom, The Netherlands and Spain

That the potato harvest this year in Europe was well below average due to extreme weather conditions is well known by now. I this article we present some recent data from Great Britain, The Netherlands and Spain that further clarify the situation

Diciembre 11, 2018

Interpom | Primeurs 2018 was a Top Potato Industry Event, again

Late last month, the entire potato sector once again gathered en masse at INTERPOM | PRIMEURS at Kortrijk Xpo.

Diciembre 11, 2018

AHDB Potato Specialist Mike Storey to retire

After some 36 years with AHDB and its predecessor organisations, Potato Specialist Mike Storey is going to retire at Christmas. His colleague Adrian Cunnington looks back...

Diciembre 04, 2018

Scotland's first minister present at opening Albert Bartlett chilled potato plant

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon helped to formally open Albert Bartlett’s new £17m chilled potato plant last month.

Diciembre 04, 2018

Tong Engineering expands its Project Management Team

Leading handling equipment manufacturer for potatoes and vegetables, Tong Engineering, has announced a number of key new appointments as part of an ongoing commitment to its growing customer base.

Diciembre 03, 2018

SPAR reparte 175 toneladas de semilla de papa en Gran Canaria

La Coordinadora de Organizaciones de Agricultores y Ganaderos de Canarias (COAG) estima que con este material se cosechan 40 hectáreas en la Isla, y se generan 120 puestos de trabajo directo en el campo.

Diciembre 03, 2018

España cerrará la campaña de papa con menos producción

La campaña de papa de este año ya está prácticamente concluida y cerrará con un 15-20% menos de producción que en 2017, según el presidente del Comité de Patata de la FEPEX,

Diciembre 01, 2018

UE avala controles de España para erradicar plaga de la papa

Tras visitar las zonas infectadas, la auditoría de la Unión Europea considera "eficaces" las medidas para reducir la presencia de la polilla guatemalteca.

Noviembre 30, 2018

Aardappel sector komt weer massaal naar de INTERPOM PRIMEURS in de Kortrijk Xpo

De voorbije dagen was de volledige aardappelsector massaal verzameld op INTERPOM PRIMEURS in Kortrijk Xpo. Niet minder dan 19.508 bezoekers de beurs...

Automated Quality Assessment of Potatoes for French Fries: RMA Techniek rules

Noviembre 22, 2018

Automated Quality Assessment of Potatoes for French Fries: RMA Techniek knows how...

RMA Techniek has combined their capabilities in robotics, smart engineering and experience in the potato processing industry in a unique way: the company has specialized in the automated quality assessment of potatoes and shows its progress at Interpom.

Noviembre 22, 2018

Breeders Trust detective work catches seed potato company mixing in table potatoes

Earlier this month, Breeders Trust - an organisation looking after the interest of a.o. potato breeders - revealed a major fraud, concerning the switching of at least 200 tons of potatoes meant for consumption, to seed potatoes