Europe

Farmer Bertrand Roussel had no choice. With the crisis, his unsold potatoes would have ended up in the trash

Potato breeders in Europe are working hard to innovate and create new potato varieties.

planting courses on the Ivetta's (Europlant) plot for the table potato market

At the Branston site in Lincolnshire, work has started on a new £6 mln facility, which will be used to extract high grade plant protein from potatoes Branston is working...

At the request of BO Akkerbouw, Minister Schouten of LNV has declared the Research and Innovation Program and the associated regulations for arable farmers back binding. This means that all growers...

Farm inputs are becoming more and more expensive for farmers. This also means that the costs of agricultural production are exploding

Teagasc and the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Maritime Affairs, Charlie McConalogue, have both stated that Brexit is negatively affecting the quantities of seed potatoes that Irish growers can import...

Coop intends to combine the packaging and storage of potatoes in one large warehouse near Gardermoen

After ten years, arable farmer Jan-Albert Brands from Andel (GR) has exchanged his 4-row Grimme row cultivator. Due to good experiences, a Grimme (GF400) came back in return. With a dealer building...

The Belgian potato industry suffered significant losses in 2020.

The Board of Appeal for the Trade and Industry (CBB) has called the NAK back and has canceled a suspension against a seed potato grower. This ruling reinforces the call for...

With the exception of the southwest, the start of the potato growing season is late. But the soil structure is fine, unlike last year. On the South Holland islands, three quarters...

Selenella – Consorzio Patata Italiana di Qualità also confirms the positive trend in 2020 with an increase in sales at value of +16.7% and at volume of +13.9%, in line with...

There is still little insight into agreement between the EU and the UK on mutual trade in seed potatoes. If no agreement is reached on the phytosanitary preconditions for import...

Grimme’s machinery, the CS 150 Combi-Star was manufactured in Germany but received by the team at Market Weighton for pre-delivery inspection and customising to MH Poskitt’s exact requirements

The export of Dutch ware potatoes is still experiencing the consequences of the corona pandemic. In total, the Netherlands exported 520,992 tons of ware potatoes between April 2020 and March 2021. This...

the potatoes season of 2021 will be better overall when compared to the 2020 season

Last week, the General Directorate of the Food Chain held a meeting with the representatives of the Castilla y León Interprofessional Potato Organization to publicize and present to the sector the latest...

we are facing serious challenges in the use of our land and the distribution of space

However, that ex-farm fell the most sharply.

The bisestile potato is an Italian niche crop grown in Apulia and much appreciated in the French and Belgian markets

As a global company, McCain Foods operates in 160 countries around the world, with 51 facilities in local markets to best serve our customers. After more than 20 years of...

While real-time video monitoring is used in the Netherlands for the export of seed potatoes, Russia has designated disease-free zones in Germany without video monitoring during shipping. This is evident...

Tackling the virus in seed potato cultivation requires a system approach

this very welcome trend to gain even greater momentum, once new season crops for 2021 are available.

There is currently more interest in the potato futures market in potatoes from the 2021 harvest

The phase-out of EU subsidies after Brexit has been highlighted as the key factor forcing down the business confidence

Dutch processors take no volumes besides contracts European physical potato markets Belgium Fiwap/PCA market message: Potatoes for processing: markets are still calm: few active buyers and not so concrete offer...

lockdown to both the processing and fresh market

The meat pig stable with 1,680 berths is now making way for a potato storage shed with a capacity of 2,800 tons.

This week, a start was made in Lelystad on the development of the potato demo fields for PotatoEurope 2021

NFU Scotland has responded consultation on Scottish seed potato exports to the EU

Half of the farmers work part-time. Are they economically successful - or are they in the red?

It is possible that soon farmers from the areas affected by ASF in the Lublin region will be eager to mass ... cultivate potatoes.

farmers Kees and Anco van der Bos and Jan Idsardi have almost twenty years of experience with circular agriculture

export of Dutch seed potatoes also still shows a declining trend

Growers have shunned a Scottish government proposal for a 'Scotland-specific' seed potato agreement with the EU

retail trade is rumbling on, but everyone keeps calm

entire cohort of growers has not been recognised by the Covid support schemes put in place for the potato sector

Seed potato growers along the Wadden coast feel their survival is threatened by the plans in the Wadden Agenda. The salinization of the northern shell makes seed potato cultivation impossible in...

Agriculture student on mission to improve farm safety

Growers are having to make serious decisions on what and how much to plant for the coming season

corona crisis has shown that there is always a bottom in the market thanks to the feed market

"Potato for professionals - only quality guarantees profit in difficult conditions" - this is the slogan under which the online training organized by Procam Polska took place. During the event, the...

The EU has accepted a temporary maximum residue limit of 0.4 ppm for CIPC

Scottish potato growers are facing some tough decisions on what to plant over the coming weeks

ministry acknowledges that the MOT exemption will be 'difficult to implement and enforce'

Slower Scottish seed sales thought to be behind higher stored total than five-year average

This same recommendation is being made by APPACYL

Belgian industry focuses more on the retail sector