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In 1978, Wim Westhoeve, at the age of 32, started to buy Dutch potatoes from local farmers.These earlies were stored outside under special foil for immediate resale to wholesalers. These wholesalers in ...

The new report titled Global Potato Planter Market 2020 by Manufacturers, Regions, Type and Application, Forecast to 2025 published by MarketsandResearch.biz aims to provide an overview of the global market covering the market landscape and its ...

Summary BBSRC, on behalf also of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the Scottish Government, announces a call for research to address ...

• The Faculty of Life Sciences of the University of Vienna coordinates a consortium of 17European leading academic research institutions, potato breeders, a non-profit EUassociation, a government agency and a screening technology ...

Scientists at the University of Strathclyde are working with partners to tackle one of the most damaging bacterial plant diseases in the UK, responsible for annual losses of £50m for the potato ...

Symptoms of potato mop top virus A diagnostic lab had to confirm these potato mop-top virus (PMTV) symptoms. Note concentric arcs that can occur with these viruses. This textbook symptom of spraing ...

POTATOES’ PANDEMIC RECOVERY: our industry’s role in New Zealand’s economic and social recovery, building on our strengths and playing a critical role.  The 2020 global pandemic crisis saw a rapid change to ...

Growing potatoes without plowing is good. There even seems to be a small plus financially, say Wageningen researchers. Does it make sense not to plow the field before putting potatoes on it? Does the ...

To help tackle the challenge of sustainable food production, we are developing a digital agronomy system that aims to increase the precision with which agro-chemicals are applied. The tool we are developing ...

Nutrient uptake curves Nutrients uptake is at its greatest during tuber bulking up (intensive volume increase process). The amount of nutrients removed by a potato crop is closely related to yield. Usually, ...

1.1 The plant - how to grow potato The potato (Solanum tuberosum) is an herbaceous annual that grows up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall and produces tubers, which are botanically thickened stems ...

Farmers without protective gear apply fungicides to control late blight in Huasahuasi in Junín, Peru. Late blight is the most destructive potato disease in the world. It affects all potato producers (small-scale, ...

Processing and Packaging equipment manufacturer tna announces the promotion of Jonathan Rankin to Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Having recently returned to tna as Chief Sales Officer (CSO), Jonathan will lead tna’s day-to-day ...

Continuous improvement is an important topic at Dutch Equipment manufacturer Kiremko. As market leader in the potato processing industry Kiremko, has taken the first step towards the future, in which innovation, smart ...

No matter how healthy the plants look in a potato field, the power is in the ground and the proof is in the digging. That’s why potato growers list root protection as ...

The Tolsma-Grisnich Group, specialized in potato storage and potato handling, will take full ownership of its UK subsidiary Farm Electronics In June 2016, the Tolsma-Grisnich Group acquired a controlling interest in Farm Electronics ...

Last week, potato collective Agrico held its central general members’ meeting. At this well attended meeting, the annual report 2017/2018 was presented and new board members were appointed. The 2017/2018 financial year ...

Campbell Soup Company (NYSE: CPB) today announced that its Board of Directors has elected Mark A. Clouse, 50, as President and CEO of Campbell effective Jan. 22, 2019. Clouse, who previously served ...

Swiss Potato Processor Kadi AG gets new ownership as German private equity investor Paragon Partners has agreed to sell its majority share shares in the company to Invision, an investment company in ...

Dutch potato processor Aviko, a subsidiary of Royal Cosun will have a new (interim) CEO effective January 1, 2019Cosun has announced it will appoint Ton Christiaanse as interim CEO of Aviko to ...

The James Hutton Institute's commercial subsidiary, James Hutton Limited, has entered into a five-year agreement with Technico Agri Sciences, a subsidiary of Indian company ITC Limited, for the provision of 16 potato ...

Private equity investor Nordian Capital has acquired a majority interest in food processing equipment manufacturer Dutch TecSource (DTS), a leading international provider of specialized machines and solutions for the food processing industry. ...

TOMRA, a global leader in sensor-based sorting technology, is committed to its long-term development in China and has further strengthened its set-up in this fast-growing market.Since establishing the first subsidiary in China ...

Usually, the Loess Plateau fields are plowed, or tilled, after the harvest and left bare until spring planting. Usually, the Loess Plateau fields are plowed, or tilled, after the harvest and left ...

McCain Foods (Canada) announced Bailey Farms as 2017 Crop Year Champion Potato Grower for the McCain Manitoba plants during the annual Growers’ Appreciation Banquet. Approximately 180 guests gathered to celebrate the Top ...