Potato News from Europe

Patatas Meléndez, la empresa vallisoletana líder en producción de patata fresca en España, ha inaugurado hoy su presencia en el mercado central de Frutas y Hortalizas en Mercamadrid, con un puesto situados en la nave E del mercado mayorista de la capital.

Las lluvias registradas el miércoles 4 de diciembre en el municipio mallorquín de Sa Pobla han inundado parte de las plantaciones de patatas tardanas que estaban a punto para ser recolectadas, lo que implicará un retraso en la cosecha de esta variedad.

The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 172.7 points in October 2019, up 1.7 percent (3 points) from September and 6.0 percent higher than in the corresponding period last year.

Manchester-based frozen food brand for children Kiddyum has sold a 40% stake to Albert Bartlett, a grower and packer of potatoes reports BusinessLive.

One of the snack industry’s leading food process equipment manufacturers has increased its presence in northern Europe by supplying a new production system for a Scandinavian snack giant.

A Union Jack branded six-bed Trinity Topper is to take centre stage on Scotts Precision Manufacturing's stand at LAMMA 2020 as the company celebrates the best of British. custom livery to the

EU should commit to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 at the UN Conference, says Parliament.

Potato processors in the United Kingdom and their growers express again extreme concern about the potato supply, due to wet weather and potato varieties grown for processing in particular affected.

La Consellería de Medio Rural anunció ayer la próxima publicación en el Diario Oficial de Galicia de la declaración por la que las parroquias de Lendo y Caión, en A Laracha, y Noicela, en Carballo.

Los nuevos hábitos de consumo están brindando al sector de la patata inéditas oportunidades para poner en valor este producto, que a pesar de ser considerado un básico en la cesta de la compra, puede todavía reinventarse.

Farmers in Jersey fear losing up to 1,000 tonnes of potatoes which are stuck in the ground after the relentless wet weather turned the Island’s fields into unworkable ‘bogs’.

PepsiCo is launching its first 100% organic potato chips: Lay’s BIO. The new product has the European certification that guarantees the organic cultivation of its ingredients, as well as the absence of additives.

At LAMMA 2020, potato handling equipment manufacturer Tong Engineering will launch an online portal for customers to easily access equipment documentation: the TongHUB

McCain Foods (GB) Ltd announced today it is proposing, subject to consultation, to reduce the employee numbers at its subsidiary PAS Grantham in the United Kingdom. It says the proposal puts 230 McCain employees at risk of redundancy.

Nicolai Prytz, sustainability and strategy director at TOMRA, has looked at how businesses, consumers and policymakers can help make the future of food sustainable.

Early this year potato processor Lamb Weston / Meijer announced it would move its corporate headquarters to a new office location in Breda, The Netherlands. Now it is only weeks before this new Corporate Center will be ready.

In financial year 2018/2019, which ended on 31 July 2019, Avebe achieved a performance price of 96.63 euros. In the previous financial year it was 85.81 euros.

CLAAS announced a global partnership with The Climate Corporation, Bayer’s digital farming arm, and its industry-leading FieldView™ digital farming platform.