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There’s a growing global potato shortage — a real problem for a planet addicted to french fries and chips. A McDonald's in Tokyo on Dec. 29. In Japan, McDonald’s locations stopped offering ...

The sprout inhibitor CIPC has been banned in Europe since last year. It was a practical and inexpensive solution to limit sprouting of potatoes. Professionals have proposed numerous alternative solutions, and Arvalis, ...

At the European level, the effects of various lockdown measures over the last few weeks are becoming more apparent, with heightened nervousness related to Omicron encouraging buyers to keep stock levels to ...

Up to December 8, 2021, European potato export demand remains good, but orders are being canceled due to logistics, with increased transport, container, and energy costs continuing to disrupt this year’s output ...

EUROPEAN Potato Trade Association, Europatat, is calling on EU and UK policy makers to break the deadlock and reach an agreement on the resumption in the bilateral trade of seed potatoes.  The ...

Combine harvesters - more automation and IT applications Prof. agr. Thomas Rademacher, Life Sciences and Engineering, Technical University in Bingen, Germany (DLG). The manufacturers of technologies for threshing crop harvesting have primarily ...

Scotland has provided Ireland with the most significant proportion of the imported seed potatoes required

Frozen potato global trade volumes remain above pre-COVID levels for the third month in a row in August 2021. At 717,000 tons, August 2021 trade volumes were up 9.0% compared to the ...

After the strong rebound in the level of harvested potato production for the EU in 2019 and a further rise in 2020, the average price of potatoes in 2020 registered a provisional ...

...new trading system for the trade in HZPC certificates will be introduced

A recent Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) report shows that in Europe, the seed trade is in full swing, with large volumes moving at higher rates than a year ago. Trading started two ...

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 134.4 points in November 2021, up 1.6 points (1.2 percent) from October and 28.8 points (27.3 percent) from November 2020. The latest increase marked the fourth consecutive ...

DTN writer Russ Quinn reported last week that, “Average retail prices for most fertilizers continued to rise at a good clip the first partial week of December 2021, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. Once again, ...

From easier cutting and acrylamide mitigation to lower oil uptake and crunchier crisps, pulsed electric field treatment delivers a diverse range of benefits, findsMichelle Knott ELECTROPORATION uses a pulsed electric field (PEF) ...

Starch cooperative Royal Avebe announces a performance price of EUR 93.30 for the 2020/2021 financial year. Avebe's strategic course pays off in a difficult yearThe growing acreage of starch potatoes, especially outside ...

Fears have been expressed in the agriculture and fertiliser supply sectors that a global upheaval in prices could lead to food inflation and food shortages.

The EU Code of Conduct for Responsible Food Business and Marketing Practices is a voluntary initiative with which the European potato trade sector commits to contribute and support the transition towards a ...

Whether it’s to perfect shape and size, improve storability or protect against disease, potato breeders have their hands full meeting processor and consumer demand. Five experts offer insight into their needs, and ...

Today we have the participation of Camilo Soro Simon, director of development and commercial strategy of AGROSTOCK, who introduces us to the products we manufacture and distribute, which are intended to promote the proper ...

According to French researchers, tripling organic farms by 2030 costs less than subsidising pesticides

The 20th edition of INTERPOM, the trade fair for the entire potato chain, was finally held a year later on 28, 29 and 30 November 2021 in Kortrijk Xpo. The circumstances were unusual, ...

A Sinn Féin MEP has questioned the European Commission, members of which attended a sitting of the European Parliament Agricultural Committee last evening (November 30), on what can be done about spiralling ...

Having the vantage point of 40 plus years to look out over the potato industry, one could expect many changes. Some were not even predictable.

Recently, Potato System announced that în the near future, table potatoes of Polish origin could be imported for sale in other countries of the European Union (EU), including Latvia, only if there ...

Features of RED SKY RED SKY is a variety of the producer Dutch AGROPLANT B. V, distributed in Spain by VAN RIJN SEEDS S. L. The variety is moderately early, red-skin and yellow flesh clear. Its round ...