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BASF Plant Science will again conduct field trials this year with genetically optimized potatoes which are undergoing the EU approval process.

Verhoging van de productiviteit en daarmee of tegelijkertijd kostenreductie realiseren. Dat is een belangrijke trend en drijfveer voor innovatie, zo bleek op de Anuga FoodTec in Keulen. VMT noemt als tweede trend "duurzaamheid"en de derde on...

Solam, the distribution joint venture between the starch manufacturers Emsland and Lyckeby, has set itself a target of raising sales volumes by 3-5% this year.

De omzet van aardappelverwerkingsbedrijven in Duitsland is het afgelopen jaar opnieuw flink gestegen, namelijk met 8,4%. De aardappelen waren in de tweede helft van het jaar voordelig beschikbaar. Deze omzetstijging zal in de cijfers over de aardappel...

In Duitsland zijn de eerste vroege aardappelen geplant. In de Pfalz, traditioneel het vroegste teeltgebied van Noord West Europa waar de aardappelen de eerste periode onder plastic worden geteeld, was men al eind februari gestart met de aanplant . Mo...

Bintje, a classic amongst the potato varieties was chosen to be potato of the year by a panel of judges consisting of eight representatives of various environment, consumer and grower organisations. Gert Lindemann, the minister of Food, Agriculture, Co...

Food products with high phosphate contents are damaging to the health of the general public, and as such should be labelled, say researchers behind a new study. The report – published in Deutsches Ärzteblatt International – selectively reviewed resear...

From 27th to 30th March 2012 the international food technology sector will once again meet at Anuga FoodTec in Cologne. Anuga FoodTec offers the international food business an information and purchasing platform that covers the entire spectrum of techn...

With a complete market overview of international fresh produce business logistics, the 20th edition of FRUIT LOGISTICA highlights the event's status as the industry's leading trade fair.

La empresa química alemana BASF ha anunciado este lunes que renuncia a desarrollar y comercializar en Europa organismos genéticamente modificados, entre ellos la polémica patata transgénica 'Amflora', debido al fuerte rechazo social en la mayoría de Es...

BASF SE, the maker of the Amflora scientific potato, is moving the plant-science unit that genetically modifies crops to the U.S. from Germany after European consumers resisted the technology.

BASF announced today that it is concentrating its plant biotechnology activities on the main markets in North and South America. Development and commercialization of all products targeted solely at cultivation in the European market (potatoes!) will be...

De laatste maanden zijn er in Duitsland bijzonder veel aardappelen afgezet met als stempel tweede soort of voor de verwerking tot biogas of zetmeel. Dit komt door de grote Duitse aardappeloogst.

Volgens actuele schattingen zijn er dit jaar in Duitsland zo’n 11,9 miljoen ton aardappels gerooid van een totaal aardappelareaal van 259.400 hectare.

Food Ingredients Europe 2011 in Paris is the global meeting point of the food and beverages industry. This year too K + S Kali GmbH will be attending as manufacturers. K+S KALI GmbH is presenting its highlights of the year, such as KaliSel – its brand...

“Agritechnica 2011 has impressively demonstrated the global importance of agriculture and agricultural machinery and equipment. With over 2,700 exhibitors and some 415,000 visitors, of whom 100,000 came from outside Germany, a new dimension has been ac...

The agricultural machinery and tractor manufacturers have come to this year's Agritechnica in an exceptionally strong economic upswing phase. "It really is extraordinary how dynamically the agricultural machinery industry has grown this year&quo...

Agritechnica 2011 sees record participation with over 2,700 exhibitors from 48 countries – More international than ever before – Farmers display new self-confidence – Very high numbers of visitors expected Agritechnica 2011, the world's leading forum...