Potato News

After what was an almost perfect beginning to the growing season, the recent spell of prolonged high temperatures and dry conditions have been an obstacle for potato growers.

Volgens de laatste schattingen van Agreste (het bureau statistiek van het Franse Landbouw Ministerie) komt de hoofdoogst (excl. zetmeelaardappelen) in Frankrijk uit op 4,7 miljoen ton aardappelen.

Cavendish Farms has purchased the breeding rights for "Prospect", a potato variety it says is suitable for French fries and good for the environment.It's the first time the Prince Edward Island company has bought the rights to an entire vari...

On September 8th and 9th, the Solana group exhibits at its own stand (No. ZC 05 in the tent area) at trade fair PotatoEurope in Bockerode, Hanover – nearly a home match for the North German potato breeder.

Odenberg, a leader in optical sorting and peeling solutions for the potato sector, has launched its latest optical sorter range, the ‘Sentinel, a customer led 'designed for purpose’ machine to sit in a range led by the acclaimed Titan.

Sumándose al homenaje que este año la Feria Gastronómica Internacional de Lima, Mistura 2010, rendirá a la Papa Nativa, a la que ha designado como figura principal de su tercera edición, Lay’s -marca de la transnacional PepsiCo- presentará como primici...

La Comisión Europea (CE) ha confirmado hoy el cultivo de una variedad de patata genéticamente modificada no permitida por la UE en campos de Suecia y ha pedido explicaciones a la compañía responsable, la alemana BASF. El portavoz comunitario de Sanida...

On the 12th of August, 2010, Rosenqvists with office and workshop in Gärds Köpinge, Sweden acquired all assets of Potato Processing Machinery AB ( PPM AB ) including patents, design drawings, historical project information, registered brand name and ot...

An amateur gardener has grown what he claims to be the largest potato in the world.

De Nederlandse akkerbouwsector heeft zich de afgelopen jaren in een rustig tempo ontwikkeld.

Chris Verschueren (52) uit Moerzeke-Kastel (Belgie)doet op vrijdag 3 september vanaf 11 uur een poging om het wereldrecord frieten bakken te verbeteren.

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 ...