News on Potato Storage from Europe

Tijdens de komende editie van Fruit Logistica zal een Innovation Award uitreiken worden voor de beste innovatie van het afgelopen jaar.

FIWAP adviseert om naast de eventuele problemen van bewaring ingevolge rot en hoge vochtigheidsgraad, ook de kieming en de frietkleur van de aardappelen extra goed in de gaten te houden.

Door het slechte najaar werd de oogst van heel wat teelten vertraagd, waardoor meer percelen dan normaal, nog niet geoogst zijn.

INTERPOM | PRIMEURS, the international trade fair for the potato, fruit and vegetable sector, will be held in Kortrijk Xpo, Belgium, on 28, 29 and 30 November 2010.

The pattern for the 2010/2011 potato season in Northern Europe is now emerging. Harvest has been progressing steadily, following a slow start at the beginning of the month due to rain.

In the United Kingdom, potato values fell in the week to 15 October as better weather boosted availability and lower value supplies dominated sales.

Rain has hampered harvesting progress for potato growers in many regions in the United Kingdom

Door het aanhoudend mooie weer zal naar schatting aan het eind van de week (41) 75% van de consumptieaardappelen in Nederland zijn gerooid.

INTERPOM | PRIMEURS, the international trade fair for the potato, fruit and vegetable sector, will be held in Kortrijk Xpo, Belgium, on 28, 29 and 30 November 2010. The event is famous as the most complete information and contact platform for the whol...

Potato growers and store managers should take a ‘toolbox’ approach to tackling potato storage, according to Sutton Bridge Crop Storage Research head, Adrian Cunnington.

At the Potato Europe exhibition on 8 and 9 September (Stand C06 Z) Mantis exhibits a new version of the MAFEX devices for the treatment of potatoes with germination inhibitors, fungicides and seed dressings.

Europe's leading centre of crop storage research was officially opened at Sutton Bridge by Potato Council's chairman and Scots farmer Allan Stevenson.He was joined by Lord Taylor of Holbeach, who is a spokesman for the Department of Energy and Climate ...

Woensdag 1 september vond de Aardappeldemodag plaats op het terrein van PPO Westmaas.

PotatoEurope offers visitors an open air exhibition "all about the potato” with trial plots, machinery demonstrations and discussion forums on 8/9 September 2010 at the Rittergut Bockerode Estate in Springe-Mittelrode near Hanover.This top event ...

UK Potato growers are invited to attend the official opening of a new 600,000 research facility at the Potato Council's Sutton Bridge Crop Storage Research (SBCSR).

In 2006 is in Nederland in ruime mate doorwas in aardappelen opgetreden. Indertijd is door onderzoekers van het PPO Lelystad n.a.v. een thema-ochtend een document opgesteld dat de kennis over doorwas op een rijtje zet.Nu bij aardappeloogst 2010 doorwas...

Issues surrounding potato storage such as efficiency will be one of the many topics on the agenda at the Storage Event to be held at Sutton Bridge Crop Storage Research in Lincolnshire on 2 September.Professor Gareth Edwards-Jones from Bangor Universit...