Aardappelketen

French fries aren't French—they're Belgian. And in a country without a single common langcode, the humble snack is a potent national symbol. That's why farmers, fryers and foodies are battling over the future of the potato which made Belgium great: th...

The United States Potato Board (USPB) held its largest ever International Seed Potato Symposium in Denver, CO, August 1, 2011. This year’s seed symposium included buyers from Brazil, Burkina Faso, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Nicaragua, Egypt, Uruguay, Hondur...

Legislation has been introduced in the U.S. Senate to allow tax-exempt donations to support agricultural research as a means to help keep American agriculture on the forefront of food production breakthroughs. The Charitable Agriculture Research Act (...

In New Brunswick, the brighter/dryer weather experienced the last ten days has been a welcome change for potato growers as they prepare for harvest. All of the seed lots have now been topkilled. A small number of growers have already commenced the m...

In an area of New Brunswick rooted in agriculture, life in most of northern Carleton County revolved around the growth cycle of the potato – even the school year. Every August, weeks before the rest of Canada, school buses would be back on the roads f...

In Sri Lanka, the Seetha Eliya Agriculture Research Station has taken measures to increase the local potato seed production to increase the local potato crop, said research officer in charge M.M. Nugaliyadda. She said that most farmers refuse to culti...

The citizens of Lauffen am Neckar in Baden-Württemberg do not need to be told what the true essence of life is. In surroundings of stunning natural beauty, the marvellous harvests of grapes have been used to make leading fine wines for centuries. Li...

Agritechnica is the world’s largest forum for presenting new agricultural machinery and equipment. This year the exhibition more than meets this distinction. Over 320 innovations have been submitted to the organizer DLG (Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesel...

De Belgapomprijs is de meest gehanteerde prijs, waargenomen op de vorige werkdag voor Bintje, voor verwerking tot diepgevroren aardappelproducten , veldgewas 35 mm+, frietgeschikt, af producent, los op wagen, voor onmiddellijke levering/ophaling. ...

De waarschuwingsdienst van het Masterplan Phytophthora waarbij aardappeltelers automatisch via telefoon, sms of fax gewaarschuwd worden voor een phytophthora-kansrijke periode in hun regio stopt per 9 september in verband met het einde van het groeisei...

Producent van aardappelzetmeel Avebe moet vier werknemers die in juli op staande voet zijn ontslagen weer aannemen en hun het misgelopen loon uitbetalen. Het ontslag wegens roken op de werkvloer is een brug te ver, oordeelde de rechtbank in Groningen. ...

De NEPG verwacht onder invloed van een hoge hectareopbrengst en een groter areaal een recordopbrengst bij de aardappeloogst. Dat maakt de organisatie in een persbericht bekend. Pas 20 procent is geoogst. Wat opvallend is doordat de aardappelen dit seiz...

The U.S. potato industry is confident it can gain back the significant market share it lost in Mexico over a cross-border trucking dispute once the issue is resolved and remaining tariffs on U.S. products are lifted. Having watched its revenue from fr...

Bayer CropScience ha revelado hoy, durante la rueda de prensa anual que la compañía celebra en su sede alemana de Monheim, una nueva estrategia de crecimiento basada en cuatro pilares. Sandra E. Peterson, presidenta del Consejo de Dirección de Bayer Cr...

After the feared potato disease Dickeya Solani showed up in Scotland in imported seed potatoes in 2009 and 2010, a new survey shows no signs of the disease in 2011. The survey was carried out in support of Scottish legislation which established a &quo...

On September 13, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, with several key initial partners, launched Million Hearts, an initiative that aims to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes over the next five years. As one component of ...

A Cupar farming partnership has been fined £112,500 after a worker was killed when he was crushed between the rollers of a potato harvester. Keith Wannan, 34, from Cupar, died as he was replacing rubber sleeves on the rollers of a potato harvester to ...

Diamond Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq:DMND) today reported record financial results for its fiscal 2011 fourth quarter and full year. For the three months ended July 31, 2011, the first full comparable quarter since the acquisition of Kettle Foods, non-GAAP net...