Potato News

Toxic datura and nightshade weeds are more often harvested with crops such as green beans and baby leaf spinach, with the risk of getting into the final product. Today, advanced sorting technology is capable to deal with these challenges

In Emmeloord, with more than 60 employees, Eqraft designs, builds and maintains solutions for agricultural companies worldwide.

On September 11-13, 2023 in Las Vegas, United States of America will take place North Americas premium packaging and processing trade show PACK EXPO 2023.

Crop.zone, a pioneering agtech company, just announced the successful launch of its revolutionary hybrid herbicide technology in Canada.

The Minister of Agriculture, Jhenifer Mojica, led this Friday the National Potato Council, a space in which the Productive Management Plan was made official with the purpose of benefiting nearly 100,000 peasants and producers

For the first time, nearly 29 MT of potatoes from Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India were exported to Guyana in South America through Farmers Producers Organisation (FPO).

Lan Handling Technologies announced the opening of a new location in Jacksonville, Florida, to better serve the growing customer base in the Americas.

Duravant announces the appointment of Jack Lee as Group President, Food Sorting and Handling Solutions. Lee is responsible for leading strategies that bring sorting, conveying and other process automation systems

Since the beginning of the week, potato prices in Ukraine have decreased significantly. The main reason for negative trends in the potato market was the beginning of harvesting in the key production regions and, as a result, an increase in the potato supply.

DOWNS has extended its range of optical potato sorters with the arrival of the I-CropVision®: a modular version of the CropVision®, it incorporates the same technology and numerous benefits.

Duravant’s newly-formed Food Sorting and Handling Solutions group, which includes operating companies Key Technology, Multiscan Technologies, PPM Technologies and WECO, will exhibit for the first time together at Pack Expo Las Vegas, September 11 – 13th, in booth C-4230.

Potato prices in Bangladesh are soaring even though farmers this year grew a record 1.04 crore tonnes, cutting the buying power of consumers, especially fixed and low-income people already battered by sustained high inflation.