Potato News from Portugal

May 31, 2022

Porbatata wants to increase potato production in Portugal by 20% in the next two years

The Association da Batata de Portugal wants to increase the production of this tuber by 20% in the next two years, through a promotion campaign, which has an investment of more than EUR 20,000 (about USD 21,415).

Sérgio Margaço, Director de Intersur Portugal.

May 24, 2022

Grupo Intersur crea Intersur Portugal LDA

Grupo Intersur: 'Nuestro proyecto en Portugal nos permitirá desarrollar políticas de producción comunes y de continuidad entre España, Francia y Portugal'

The harvest of new potato in Portugal started two weeks earlier

April 14, 2020

Harvest of new potato in Portugal starts two weeks early

New potato harvest started in last week, in Portugal. Due to the higher temperatures recorded in February and March, compared to last years, the earliest varieties reached the commercial size in advance.

November 06, 2017

Cómo una compañía portuguesa mejoró la calidad de sus papas usando la última tecnología LED

Oliveira Pinho & Filhos, una empresa familiar de Portugal, adquirió el pasado mes de junio el clasificador óptico de alimentos Sentinel II de TOMRA. Es un equipo que integra la última tecnología de LED pulsada para clasificar alimentos a una velocidad mayor que los modelos anteriores.

October 30, 2017

Portuguese potato trader Oliveira Pinho & Filhos improves quality and productivity with the TOMRA Sentinel II

Last June, Oliveira Pinho & Filhos, a family business located in the municipality of Mira (Portugal) dedicated to the trade of bagged potatoes and onions, purchased a Sentinel II optical food sorter from TOMRA. Read about their experiences...

May 14, 2014

Portugal Potato Acreage down 5%

Portugal's potato acreage has been reduced by around 5% compared to last year, reports the German Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft (AMI) on its website.

June 08, 2012

Fábrica de Pepsico en Portugal transforma aguas residuales en biogás para el consumo interno

PepsiCo Iberia apuesta por la recuperación energética de sus aguas residuales mediante un proyecto pionero que las convierte en biogás, permitiendo reducir hasta un 5% el consumo energético de la planta. El proyecto, recientemente implantado en la plan...

February 23, 2012

Portugal: Potato and cabbage cultivations destroyed by frosts and drought

Hundreds of hectares of potato and cabbage production are partially destroyed by the lack of water and the frosts in western Portugal, where farmers are still calculating the damage, as reported last Friday by the West Professional Horticulture Associa...