News on The Potato Supply Chain from Europe

October 05, 2011

Aviko Potato Crop update October 2011

Planted during April's favourable conditions, the crop got off to a good start, however, drought in May and early June caused significant delays. Rain throughout the second half of June helped the crop, leading to decreasing potato prices as well as to...

October 05, 2011

El CSIC descubre el gen que induce a la formación del tubérculo de la papa

Una investigación del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), descrita en el último número de la revista Nature (1), ha descubierto el gen responsable de inducir la tuberización en patatas, el StSP6A. Su hallazgo ha sido posible gracias...

October 04, 2011

Potato waste could provide 'new generation' of food ingredients

A new extraction method promises to deliver large-scale extraction of potato fibres rich in the are especially rich in the pectin rhamnogalacturonan I, could help to produce new ingredients and functional hydrocolloids, say researchers. Writing in Foo...

October 04, 2011

Record attendance expected at UK potato industry showcase BP2011

Record numbers are expected at the potato industry’s event of the year, BP2011, which will be held at Harrogate in November. Entry will be free of charge and amateur growers can attend, although the event is not designed for them. Students thinking o...

October 02, 2011

German per capita Potato Consumption up in 2010

The Germans are buying more potatoes again. After a several-years of continuing decline of the amount of potatoes consumed, German per capita consumption increased to around 63kg in 2010, up from 60kg in 2009, according to Martin Umhau, chairman of t...

September 29, 2011

Greenvale sees turnover rise, profit drop

A Scottish potato producer that supplies Birds Eye, McCain and Tesco has unearthed a 10 per cent rise in turnover in its maiden results as a listed company. Revenues at Duns-based Produce Investments grew to £171.4 million in the year to 25 June, boos...

September 28, 2011

Emsland Group fears for potato supply

Potato Starch manufacturer Emsland Group has provided an update of their outlook on the season. The press release was posted on the Emsland website on September 26, however the article is dated September 19. Since several areas in Europe have seen drye...

September 28, 2011

Glenn Bryan, Anton Haverkort and John Beddington to speak at World Potato Congress

Top potato researchers from Britain and The Netherlands have joined the speaker panel at the World Potato Congress (WPC 2012) due to take place in Edinburgh, Scotland, May 27-30. Exploiting the potato genome and how new-found knowledge will ultimatel...

September 26, 2011

Record hoeveelheid aardappelen verwerkt voor augustus

De Nederlandse aardappelverwerkers draaien al vroeg in het seizoen op volle toeren. Volgens de laatste cijfers van het Potato Info Centre toegankelijk via de website van de Nederlandse Aardappel Organisatie (NAO) werd in augustus maar liefst 338.500 to...

September 26, 2011

Irrigation of potato crop a key topic at East of England Potato Day

Irrigate with the right amount of water, at the right time, in the right place, growers were urged by Dr Jerry Knox at the well-attended Potato Council East of England day (September 1, Tuddenham, Bury St Edmunds). Improved water efficiency may not ne...

September 26, 2011

Tong Peal launches new side eject box tipper

To ensure efficient, robust and reliable box tipping, Tong Peal, the UK’s leading designer and manufacturer of handling and sorting equipment for the vegetable handling industry, has introduced a new side eject box tipper.

September 25, 2011

Start export pootaardappels blijft nog even spannend

Aardappelhandelshuizen HZPC uit Joure en Agrico uit Emmeloord hebben tot nu toe geen duidelijkheid over de mogelijkheden om ook dit najaar pootaardappelen aan landen in Noord-Afrika te kunnen leveren. In verschillende landen in deze regio heeft in het ...

September 25, 2011

Amerika leert aardappel achter Belgische frieten kennen

In een land dat een gemeenschappelijke taal ontbeert, kunnen Belgische frieten uitgroeien tot een nationaal symbool. Zo begint de gerenomeerde krant The Wall Street Journal een verhaal over Bintje, de aardappelvariëteit achter het succes van de Belgi...

September 25, 2011

Belgapom prijs zakt naar € 40,00 / ton

De Belgapomprijs is de meest gehanteerde prijs, waargenomen op de vorige werkdag voor Bintje, voor verwerking tot diepgevroren aardappelproducten , veldgewas 35 mm+, frietgeschikt, af producent, los op wagen, voor onmiddellijke levering/ophaling. Vo...

September 24, 2011

Agritechnica 2011: Agriculture is future

The international exhibition for agricultural machinery and equipment Agritechnica 2011, being held from 15 to 19 November 2011 (Preview days on 13 and 14 November) at the Exhibition Grounds in Hanover, has displayed a hitherto unrivalled appeal for ma...

September 24, 2011

Agritechnica 2011: La agricultura es el futuro

Más de 2.000 expositores de 45 países ya inscritos – La principal exposición mundial de técnica agrícola – Nuevo concepto de distribución según la especialidad - Programa técnico internacional (DLG). Actualmente y según datos de los organizadores de l...

September 23, 2011

Potato companies sign potato breeding deal with Mylnefield Research Service

Two Potato companies - Taylor Food Group and QV Foods - have signed a five year deal with the James Hutton Institute's Mylnefield Research Service (MRS) subsidiary to continue a potato breeding programme that originally started in 2005. Taylor Food Gr...

September 23, 2011

Norway needs to import potatoes for potato chips production

Norway's potato growers have suffered from the heavy rains earlier this summer. "Rain and wind have washed and blown away the earth that covers the potatoes,"Jens Kristian Ulsrud at the Kims Norge potato chip producer at Skreia in the Toten d...