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Ibérica de Patatas lleva de nuevo a la gran distribución la patata nueva de la Comunidad de Madrid. Bajo la marca La Auténtica Patata-Especial Castiza, la compañía prevé comercializar en esta campaña unos 550.000 kilogramos.

Hace más de un mes terminó la campaña de comercialización de las últimas patatas nuevas sicilianas, almacenadas en cámaras refrigeradas. A continuación, se empezaron a comercializar en el retail siciliano las patatas de Francia.

The first of Tong Engineering’s latest Fieldloader machine, the FieldLoad PRO, is proving to bring a dramatic reduction in loading times at one of the UK’s larger vegetable producers and processors; MH Poskitt Ltd.

The mood was upbeat and confident at the Malin Potato Cooperative in February of 2015. The Merrill, Oregon, agricultural co-op was preparing to open a brand-new, $7 million state-of-the-art potato packing plant.

Recently, biogas plant builder WELTEC BIOPOWER completed a biomethane plant for ALTHO, a French manufacturer of potato chips in St. Gérand, Brittany.

Aviko, één van Europa’s grootste producenten van verse, diepgevroren, gedroogde en specialty aardappelproducten, gaat een geheel nieuwe frietfabriek bouwen in Poperinge in België.

One of the three most cultivated and eaten food products in the world, the demand for potatoes continues to increase despite heightened uncertainty within the sector. Last year European potato production was hit by the worst drought in more than 40 years.

Growers, suppliers, grubbing demonstrations - everything to do with potatoes. That is what the latest edition of Potato Europe was all about. This year, this trade show was held in Doornik/Tournai, Belgium on 4 and 5 September.

Poco a poco las tortillas que están envasadas van teniendo un nivel mucho mas aceptable. Muchos son los consumidores que compran tortillas de patatas industriales. Hay muchas opiniones contrastadas sobre una gran parte de la oferta existente del mercado.

Estelle Erasmus spoke with Nick Desai, CEO and Founder of World Peas Peatos, who shared the benefits of a diverse background when it came to second (and third and fourth) careers.

The price of new potatoes in the northeast of China dropped last week and dropped even further this week. The supply speed also seems to slow down in comparison with earlier in the season.

The NEPG (North-Western European Potato Growers) estimates the
forecasted potato harvest 2019 between 27 and 27,3 million tons for the
5 leading potato countries. This is 3% more than the 5 years average and
12% more than last year.