Noticias

In April '21, AVR, manufacturer of a full range of machinery for the cultivation of potatoes, lent the services of its newest, cloud connected Ceres 440 planter to the Potato Europe fair organisation.

Crop4Sight’s online and mobile digital toolkit is designed to help growers maximise saleable potato yields and was launched as a commercial service in 2020. Crop4Sight now adds a potato irrigation scheduling tool.

This season AHDB (United Kingdom) is receiving a lot of reports of high levels of softening, dehydration and compression damage from potato store managers.

One of the UK’s largest potato crisp manufacturers, Tyrrells, has taken its latest step in a continued sustainability drive by converting its energy supply to liquefied natural gas (LNG) which will reduce its carbon emissions by over 14% per year.

For the new construction and expansion of its potato protein production line at its Wietzendorf site, the Germany based Emsland Group is calling once more on the expertise of GEA, who in 2018 constructed a potato protein line at Emsland's Kyritz plant.

A medida que las plantaciones para la cosecha de papa de 2021 en el noroeste de Europa están terminando, parece muy probable que el área total de papa dentro de la zona NEPG (EU-04) se reduzca entre un 3 y un 5 por ciento.

With a ceremonial groundbreaking on April 12, 2021, Heat and Control, Inc.®, a world-leading equipment manufacturer and food/non-food processing industry supplier has started construction on a new facility in Mexico.

Consumers Have 'Two Summers in One' Mentality as Memorial Day Approaches, Frito-Lay U.S. Snack Index Finds. Results flip: In 2020, more than 80 percent of Americans were staying home for Memorial Day; this year, 80 percent are gearing up to go out.

A New Reason To Drive Thru The Snack Aisle: Pringles and Wendy's are back with a spicy-chicken-inspired crisp that packs a punch in every bite.

A fire at Kitchen Farms destroyed several buildings at the family-owned business in Antrim County between Mancelona and Boyne Falls Monday. More than 20 fire departments from five counties responded to the fire that began at about 10:30 a.m.

Less than a year after the opening of the World-class Scientific Center 'Agrotechnologies for the Future', Russian scientists had a breakthrough: the first-ever vertical farm with dynamic LED lighting.

Con la maquinaria adecuada y las nuevas aplicaciones se puede cultivar este tubérculo ahorrando simiente y fitosanitarios mientras se aumentan los rendimientos. Eso lo sabe bien Nicolás Serna. Tiene 74 años y lleva toda su vida sembrando patatas.

La Junta activa una campaña para difundir las propiedades de este tubérculo andaluz que llega a mercados de todo el mundo. La campaña de promoción del Gobierno andaluz contempla acciones en radio, prensa, redes sociales e Internet.

Last weekend Royal Avebe processed the last potatoes of the 2020/2021 campaign at the production site in Gasselternijveen. The campaign went according to plan and Avebe is satisfied with the quantity and quality of starch potatoes delivered.

A Lincolnshire farmer believes many in the industry are ignoring valuable research into how best to protect crops from extreme weather conditions and are losing millions of pounds as a result.

The much-awaited return of ‘McCain Smiles’ to Australia is here with just half the traditional cooking time. Now that’s something to smile about.

The supply of certificates from HZPC has reduced slightly but is still significant. This was demonstrated today during the potato breeder HZPC Holding B.V.'s half-yearly trading day.

Strong demand for potatoes and potato products and tight domestic supplies continues to drive increases in imports for the current (July – June) marketing year. For July 2020 – March 2021 total imports are up 9 percent, led by an 18% increase in chips and a 15 percent increase in dehydrated potatoes.