Potato News from Europe

May 08, 2024

FAO Food Price Index up marginally in April, mostly driven by higher world meat prices

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) stood at 119.1 points in April 2024, up 0.3 points (0.3 percent) from its revised March level, as an increase in the price index for meat and smaller upturns of vegetable oil and cereal indices slightly more than offset decreases in those for sugar and dairy products.

May 08, 2024

Tecnología: DJI lanza línea de drones para el agro

DJI , líder mundial en drones civiles y tecnología de cámaras creativas, anunció el lanzamiento internacional de los drones Agras T50 y Agras T25.

May 07, 2024

Potato breeding company Royal HZPC Group expects similar financial result for the current year

Potato breeding company Royal HZPC Group expects to achieve a similar result for the financial year 2023 / 2024 (July - June) as in the previous financial year. With an expected increase in financial turnover of 4%.

The latest model of Tong Engineering's UniFill big bag and box filler

May 06, 2024

Worldwide demand for updated UniFill Big Bag and Box Filler by Tong

The latest model of Tong’s popular UniFill big bag and box filler has seen record demand in the first quarter of 2024. The advanced UniFill offers the gentlest filling of both big bags and boxes, resulting in a high capacity and versatile crop filling machine.

May 06, 2024

Europa: producción de semilla en el norte se ve comprometida

Las restricciones al uso de fertilizantes dificultan la producción de semilla, haciendo a la incertidumbre europea con respecto al suministro.

Jeremy Barraclough, operations director of Biofresh Safestore

May 06, 2024

Biofresh Safestore to exhibit at SPot Store potato storage event

The UK's leading potato sprout control technology provider has confirmed it is exhibiting at SPot Store on 14th May.

(LR) Dim-Jan de Visser, Commercial director at Tolsma-Grisnich and Bjorn Bierman Director Customer Service at Invaro Agri & Horti Technology Group

May 01, 2024

Tolsma-Grisnich and the Invaro Group (Schouten) join forces in optical sorting technology.

Tolsma-Grisnich and the Invaro Group will be joining forces in the field of optical sorting of potatoes and onions. The partnership means that Tolsma-grisnich and the Invaro Group are embarking on an intensive collaboration.

May 01, 2024

ZEISS Spectroscopy: Elevating Snack Quality at SNACKEX 2024

ZEISS Spectroscopy will once again be taking part at SNACKEX.

April 29, 2024

España: Congreso de la Patata Nueva, optimismo y preocupación

Los profesionales de la patata reunidos en el sur de España parecen estar de acuerdo a dos puntos: la buena producción española, y el problema egipcio.

April 24, 2024

Europa: discusión sobre el libre tránsito de patatas de siembra

Dentro de la Unión Europea se discute la liberalización del producto. Posiciones encontradas alertan sobre los riesgos fitosanitarios.

McCain Foods es el Proveedor Global del Año de McDonald's en la Convención Mundial 2024 en Barcelona

April 23, 2024

McCain y McDonalds: una sociedad de largo plazo

McCain Foods ha sido recientemente reconocida como el proveedor global numero uno de MCDonald's para el 2024.

Europatat warmly welcomes PAYR, the Finnish Potato Sector Association, as National Association, elevating to 21 the number of countries covered by its membership.

April 22, 2024

PAYR, the Finnish Potato Sector Association, joins Europatat!

Founded in 2015, PAYR brought together the previous smaller potato associations to form a co-operative group able to speak for the whole potato value chain in Finland. PAYR also promotes the potato sales and supports potato research.

April 21, 2024

Europatat unveils final program and speakers for 2024 Congress

Europatat has announce the final program and distinguished speakers for its upcoming annual event, the Europatat Congress.

April 18, 2024

Spain: notable merger to take the potato sector by storm

Hijolusa, Agricola Villena and Natuber will now be know as "Somos Hijolusa", a new company with the reach and means to shake the spanish horticultural landscape.

April 18, 2024

España: producción temprana en el norte, demorada

En Galicia, España, las dificultades para con el cultivo temprano se mantienen firmes y los productores se preocupan por el futuro.

Bayer pilots unique generative AI tool for agriculture

April 17, 2024

Potato farming in Europe – Late Blight crisis in the making

It is not easy to be a potato farmer in Europe these days, and it may get even worse: To maintain the harvest, farmers need a sufficient number of highly efficient fungicides to cover a spray scheme for control of Late Blight (Phytophthora infestans).

April 17, 2024

Europatat and other Stakeholders raise concerns over proposed plant reproductive material amendments

Europatat is raising concerns about the draft report on Plant Reproductive Material (PRM) which is set for a vote in the European Parliament’s Plenary during the week of 22 April.