Noticias

Food packaging solutions specialist, tna presents its latest innovations at Pack Expo 2011. Focusing on delivering simplicity and flexibility, tna highlights its roflo®VM 3, a vibratory motion transfer and distribution system, unique seasoning system ...

Matthew Smallwood has been appointed as SAC’s Senior Potato Consultant and will be based at SAC’s Perth Office. Matt will work closely with Dr Stuart Wale, who continues to work for SAC on a reduced-days basis. He will co-ordinate activity with the oth...

This month it became known that at least two Dutch potato varieties can thrive in salty soil. Several Dutch scientists and farmers think this discovery could have tremendous consequences for the potato industry worldwide. However, can these special po...

Een lage knolzetting en een alsnog snel groeiende aardappel zette het Belgische PCA aan tot het doen van een steekproef bij het ras Fontane. Hieruit blijkt dat tot nog toe de angst voor holle aardappelen ongegrond is. Dat meldt Kürt Demeulemeester va...

Vorige week publiceerde Aardappelinfo de volgende grafiek van de verwachte aardappelopbrengst in Frankrijk, gebaseerd op cijfers van Agreste. Frankrijk stevent af op een record aardappeloogst: Agreste verwacht dat de uiteindelijke aardappeloogst uit...

De Belgapomprijs voor vroege aardappelen is de meest gehanteerde prijs waargenomen op de vorige werkdag voor machinegerooide aardappelen van vroege rassen voor verwerking tot diepgevroren aardappelproducten , veldgewas 35 mm+, frietgeschikt, af produce...

For farmers to link with markets, they need to learn not only to produce, but to “produce for the market” and a key starting point is for them to learn to view their farm as a business enterprise that needs to be managed for profit.

Los agricultores que quieran vincularse a los mercados necesitan aprender, no sólo a producir, sino a "producir para el mercado", y un punto clave de partida es que ellos vean a su finca como una empresa que necesita ser manejada con fines de...

De aardappeloogst van 2011 wordt duidelijk groter dan de aardappeloogst van 2010, zowel in Nederland als in omringende landen. Dat is goed voor de fritesfabrieken, maar funest voor de prijsvorming. Leon Boer, hoofd afdeling verkoop bij Farm Frites, vo...

Burger King Corp. on Friday said it is retiring "The King"mascot, a man with an oversized plastic head and creepy smile who in recent years has been shown in ads peeping into people's windows and popping up next to them in bed. The move is a...

The Cooperatives and Internal Trade Ministry of Sri Lanka said today that import taxes on several food items have been increased. The Ministry has said the taxes on big onions, potatoes and garlic have been increased. Taxes on a kilo of potatoes have ...

Despite a cold, dry spring with lots of wind, the Colorado potato crop is poised to have a slightly better-than-average year. Jim Ehrlich, Executive Director of the Colorado Potato Administrative Committee, notes that despite the wind, the quality and...

A Lebanese prosecutor now has the final piece of documentation needed to rule on whether Canadian potato farmer Henk Tepper will be released from his Beirut jail cell into a lawyer's custody. Tepper, 44, has been held in Lebanon since March 23, accuse...

With more and more villages getting connected with farm roads, the Samdrupjongkhar auction yard is experiencing an increase flow of potatoes, according to officials. Food Corporation of Bhutan manager Purna Tamang in the border town said the potato su...

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed a detection of potato rot nematode (Ditylenchus destructor) in garlic from a two-acre farm field in the Ottawa region of Ontario. Potato rot nematode (PRN) is a regulated quarantine pest in Cana...

La presente guía ha sido diseñada para proporcionar información actualizada de las principales plagas que afectan al cultivo de la papa a los facilitadores (agricultores líderes, técnicos extensionistas, profesionales o estudiantes de colegios agropecu...

Potato growers in Pembrokeshire are facing up to their lowest returns for years after the fine spring meant a bumper early crop from eastern England hitting the marketplace just as the season peaks for Welsh farmers. One of the major buyers described ...

De Frites Español, bedacht door Marvin Meeuwig van Vitaria Eeterij Family Nieuw Vennep, is winnaar van de Frites Special Wedstrijd die formulehuis FHC-formulebeheer onder haar franchisenemers hield. Het winnende frietje staat binnenkort bij alle bij aa...