Trends in landbouw en voedsel

Europatat, the European Potato Trade Association, is excited to announce that the 2021 edition of its annual Congress will be held on Thursday, 10th of June in a virtual format.

The total organic area in the European Union (EU) was 13.8 million hectares in 2019, corresponding to 8.5% of the total utilized agricultural area. This represents an increase of 46% between 2012 and 2019.

RUCIP European Committee -  the organisation that looks after the rules and practices of the Inter-European Trade in Potatoes - has a new internal organisation and new leadership.

Revolutionary Upgrades to Sensors and Insight Tools of the Sorter Lead to Better Bottom Lines for Processors.

De NEPG schat dat de totale oogst dit seizoen 27,9 miljoen ton zal zijn, als alle aardappelen inderdaad geoogst zullen worden. Dat is 4,5% of 1 miljoen ton meer dan vorig seizoen in de 5 grootste aardappellanden.

Following its successful launch last year by TOMRA Sorting Recycling, TOMRA Insight is now also being made available to TOMRA Mining customers, TOMRA Food and Compac, part of the TOMRA Food family. For all these industries, the platform is enhanced by new features and functionalities.

Last week, the North-western European Potato Growers (NEPG) association announced their harvest estimate for the 2020/2021 season.

An overview of the Belgian agricultural landscape. The cropmap shows the main crop type on each individual field cultivated in the 2020 growing season and is openly available via an interactive online viewer.

La Comisión Europea ha aprobado un plan búlgaro de aproximadamente 29 millones de euros para ayudar a los agricultores que crían rumiantes grandes y pequeños y a los productores de patatas afectados por el brote de coronavirus.

AVR, leverancier van aardappelrooiers en aanbieder van systemen voor precisielandbouw Dacom brengen veld- en machinedata bij elkaar. Voordeel voor de aardappelteler is dat hij niet alleen een beter, én real time inzicht krijgt over wat er met de machine gebeurt, maar de informatie ook kan koppelen aan perceelsdata.

Responden al nombre de 'frites' – cuidado con llamarlas French fries- y cualquiera que las prueba cae rendido a la sencillez de sus encantos.

De vraag naar aardappelproducten in de foodservice is met 50 tot 60% gedaald net zoals de
potentiële afzet op de exportmarkten is gedaald, waardoor de aardappelverwerkende industrie
haar capaciteit en behoefte aan grondstoffen heeft verminderd. In de NEPG-landen op het vaste
land zal al meer dan 2 miljoen ton waarschijnlijk niet worden verwerkt.

TOMRA Food is reaching out to vegetable processors everywhere to help them tackle the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Free, downloadable publication by TOMRA Food for Potato Fresh Packers addresses challenges intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic.

European potato farmers and processors have pushed back against Australian claims they are about to dump subsidized frozen chips from a coronavirus-caused glut into the Antipodean market.

Continúa el drama nacional que supone la falta de consumo de patatas fritas en Bélgica.

Beursthema: 'Let's connect the potato chain in the post-coronavirus world'. 2020 wordt in de geschiedenisboeken ingeschreven als 'het corona-jaar'.

Starch Europe today welcomed the much-anticipated publication of the European Commission’s EU Farm to Fork Strategy. Starch Europe and its members strongly support the Commission’s climate neutrality ambition and the important role a more sustainable food system plays to achieve that objective.