News on The Potato Supply Chain from United Kingdom

July 22, 2008

Potato industry must work together to eliminate CIPC residues

The whole potato industry must work together to eliminate CIPCresidue anomalies or the sprout suppressant will be lost, visitors to the recent Potato Council storage day at G H Chennells Farms in Lincolnshire were told. New limits on both total CIPC ap...

July 22, 2008

Allan Stevenson new chair potato council

The appointment of a new chairman to the Potato Council is an important step forward for the industry in these times of change. Allan Stevenson, who takes office from 21 July 2008, also becomes a main Board Director of Agriculture and Horticulture Deve...

July 17, 2008

Potato Growers urged to quantify costs

As crop production costs spiral, serious savings can be made across a range of potato inputs if you manage and monitor them carefully.

June 27, 2008

Activists destroy Leeds University GMO potato trial

A trial to develop a genetically modified potato that could save the UK potato industry £50million a year and benefit farmers worldwide has been destroyed by activists after just three weeks. The small-scale field trial, less than 0.1 hectare in siz...

June 26, 2008

Free ethylene advice service for the potato industry

In response to growing demand for residue-free potato storage techniques, biofresh - the country’s most advanced supplier of ethylene control systems, in association with Air Products - the world’s largest producer of ethylene, have joined forces to ...

June 17, 2008

Two hand grenades found at PAS Grantham Potato factory

Workers at a potato factory found two hand grenades while they were clearing out machinery. Police were called to PAS Grantham Ltd at Easton, near Grantham, after workers discovered one explosive device. Staff removed the grenade and placed it in a...

May 11, 2008

UK minister gives go-ahead for new GM potato trial

Ministers have given permission for thousands of GM potatoes to be grown in Britain, a decision that is bound to provoke a new confrontation with environmentalists. Hilary Benn, the Secretary of State for the Environment , has agreed to let scientis...

May 03, 2008

Supermarket in firing line as potato bosses pull plug on £32m contract

The announcement by Taypack Potatoes in Perthshire yesterday that it had cut its £32 million-a-year contract with Asda, Britain's third-largest supermarket group, was met with surprise by insiders. The company, which started up in 1986, supplies Asda w...

April 29, 2008

Tesco introduce el etiquetado de la “huella de carbono” en las patatas

La cadena de supermercados británica Tesco, ha introducido de forma piloto un etiquetado de la “huella de carbono” en las patatas con el fin de que los consumidores puedan elegir si lo desean aquellas en cuya producción haya menos emisiones de gases de...

Improved R.J. Herbert Engineering box tipper

April 11, 2008

Herbert Engineering improves UK's best selling vertical eject box tipper

Herbert Engineering’s latest product improvement can rotate their best selling Vertical Eject Box Tipper within 20 degrees of vertical inversion and thus making it ‘Super High Angle’. The already highly proven and well trusted box tipper offers reliab...

April 04, 2008

Goodbye British Potato Council, hello Potato Council Limited

Everything you value about the British Potato Council (BPC) and the activities it has supported on behalf of levy-payers will continue. That’s the pledge from Potato Council Limited, the new sector company that took over the reins from the BPC on Apr...

April 04, 2008

Tayto makes appeal to potato producers to help it meet a major shortage in chips potato

ULSTER snack giant Tayto has issued an appeal to farmers across the Province to help it meet a major shortfall in potatoes required to produce its famous crisps. The firm has orders involving 20,000 tonnes of potatoes this year but only 9,000 secured...

March 27, 2008

Vale's Fresh offers parcooked potatoes for schools

Vale's Fresh has launched parcooked potatoes developed for the school market and to meet the demands of the Public Sector Food Procurement Initiative (PSFPI). The potatoes are 100% British, 100% natural, with no additives or preservatives, and have a ...

March 16, 2008

Sainsbury’s in £3m scandal over potato bribes

Sainsbury’s, the supermarket group, was this weekend embroiled in a £3m bribes investigation after one of its most senior buyers was arrested on suspicion of accepting backhanders from a potato supplier. John Maylam, who has worked for the supermark...

March 10, 2008

United Kingdom: The BPC urges potato growers to re-assess their production costs

Cost inflation is having a significant impact on potato production and the British Potato Council (BPC) is urging growers to ensure they have a comprehensive knowledge of their production costs. Farm Business Consultants Andersons have shown that a c...

March 09, 2008

Top firms discover the need to reduce carbon emissions extends through every link in the supply chain.

Once upon a time, businesses' supply chains were a quiet backwater of commercial life. This is no longer the case. Over the past few decades, supply chains have been transformed by enterprise resource planning and specialist supply-chain software. Now...

February 19, 2008

Do you want to become a potato supplier of McCain Foods GB?

McCain's commercial agriculture manager will attend an NFU potato event in Lancashire and give the region's spud growers a chance to supply the oven chip giant. Richard Marcroft will give an overview of the processing sector and potential opportuniti...

February 14, 2008

Potato firm admits safety breach

Potato processing firm Greenvale has been fined £12,000 over a breach of health and safety regulations.A worker at the firms Chirnside plant was injured when he lost his footing and fell three metres as he climbed a conveyor belt to remove a guard from...