Noticias sobre la Cadena de Suministro de Papas de Bélgica

El 10 de junio la comunidad europea de la patata se reunió virtualmente para el Congreso Europatat 2021. Bajo el lema 'Mantente
conectado - nuevas estrategias para el sector de la patata '

It's easy to see a bruise on a person. Not so, on a potato. The bruises are under the product's skin and so not easily detected during processing. Science, however, has found a solution that gives the Belgian Colruyt Group a peek under potatoes' skins.

We can now confirm that INTERPOM will go ahead! From 28 to 30 November 2021, the global potato sector will be able to gather in Kortrijk Xpo, as it used to do in the past.

In April '21, AVR, manufacturer of a full range of machinery for the cultivation of potatoes, lent the services of its newest, cloud connected Ceres 440 planter to the Potato Europe fair organisation.

Dewulf and Agrointelli have announced that they will be working together to explore the benefits of using autonomous machines in potato cultivation. A first project will see the combination of the autonomous Robotti platform with a 4-row Miedema CP 42 cup planter.

According to Vandamme, mechanical cooling is an excellent basis for long-term storage of potatoes without loss of quality. In addition, cooling, in combination with 1,4SIGHT, is a suitable alternative to chlorpropham as a sprout inhibitor.

Una buena noticia para el sector de la patata: la Comisión Europea acaba de fijar oficialmente el valor de 0,4 ppm como límite máximo de residuos temporal (LMRt) en (productos de) la patata.

Europatat, the European Potato Trade Association, is excited to announce that the 2021 edition of its annual Congress will be held on Thursday, 10th of June in a virtual format.

No one could miss it in the media last year: the COVID-19 pandemic hit the Belgian potato sector hard.

Dewulf, full-liner in machines for the cultivation of potatoes and root crops, has introduced several new options for their MH 24x series of receiving hoppers.

RUCIP European Committee -  the organisation that looks after the rules and practices of the Inter-European Trade in Potatoes - has a new internal organisation and new leadership.

Luik Natie opened a new cold store at the beginning of 2019. Just under two years later, the opening of a new frozen storage area is planned.

Belgapom has selected Christophe Vermeulen as the successor to Romain Cools as the CEO of Belgapom. He will also act as the director of FVPhouse.

Dewulf, a manufacturer of potato harvesters from Belgium, launches an entirely new 4-row self-propelled sieving harvester: the Enduro. This harvester on tyres is equipped with new technologies in the areas of ground pressure, product cleaning and flow, and buffer capacity.

With a new board, Belgapom starts its new search for a successor to Romain Cools as CEO of the Belgian potato trade and processing industry

El NEPG (Productores de Patatas de Europa Noroccidental, por sus siglas en inglés) estima que la cosecha total será de 27,9 millones de toneladas esta temporada si se cosechan todas las patatas que aún están bajo tierra.

The European Potato Trade Association Europatat has appointed Romans Vorss as the new Technical Affairs Director of the Association, with effect as of 26 October 2020.

La semana pasada, la Asociación de Patata de Europa noroccidental (NEPG), que agrupa a los productores de Francia, Alemania, Países Bajos, Reino Unido y Bélgica, anunció la estimación de la cosecha de patatas para la temporada 2020/21.