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Potato yield increases in the United Kingdom have stuttered to a halt in a similar manner to cereals in recent years and experts believe improving the state of British potato-growing soils will be vital to drive yields higher again.

This year the Aardappelhoeve will be at Fruit Logistica for the first time. Bart Nemegheer, owner of the company, indicates that they could not stay behind.

TOMRA Sorting Solutions will demonstrate its Field Potato Sorter (FPS) and Genius optical belt sorter at this year’s Fruit Logistica

Germany's first straw-fired heating plant will soon be commissioned in Emlichheim. Burning approximately 60,000 metric tons of straw per year, it will supply heat to Emsland-Stärke GmbH, public facilities and private households.

Crop Systems Ltd’s new TaperStor^TM offers operators total control over the stored crop and the environment in which it is kept, combined with the ability to maximise the volume of storage available on any given footprint and so reduce storage costs per tonne.

Following the successful first-time collaboration by the British potato and horticulture sector at Fruit Logistica 2013, Potato Council, Horticultural Development Company (HDC) and the Commercial Horticultural Association (CHA) return with their industries to this massive event in February 2014.

The potato industry flocked to Harrogate for BP2013, with organisers reporting a 20 per cent increase on the usual 6,000 attendance.

Chip Week has become one of the biggest awareness weeks in the calendar, but, as important as it is, it is still only one aspect of the work that Potato Council does to support the sector.

Dewulf, specialist in harvesting technology of potatoes and carrots, proudly presents number 300 of the R3060, 2-row self-propelled potato harvester.

Tong Peal Engineering is set to showcase its latest range of in-field handling equipment at LAMMA 2014.

Profits have fallen by more than £10m at McCain Foods GB after Britain's market-leading frozen chip maker was hit by a severe shortage of quality potatoes in the UK as a direct result of the extreme weather conditions in the 2012 growing season.

Europe's second-highest court on Friday overturned a decision by the European Commission to allow the cultivation and sale of a genetically modified potato developed by German chemicals group BASF.

La Plataforma de negocios de poscosecha es un portal con información, documentación y promoción de ventas en la industria hortícola. Acaba de publicar un reporte con información de equipos y materiales para producción y poscosecha de papa.

The Members' Council of AVEBE has appointed Henk van Dalen (61) and Peter Poortinga (52) as members of AVEBE's Supervisory Board.

The AVEBE potato starch concern has reached a new Collective Labour Agreement (CLA) with the trade unions.

Grimme has introduced its flagship Varitron 470 four-row self-propelled potato harvester to the UK. One machine has been undergoing testing in East Anglia, while another has already been sold for red beet harvesting.

There's nothing quite like the mouth-watering taste and smell of an oven-baked jacket potato, so McCain has specially designed a 'Jacket Taxi' which did just that.

WILD Flavors, Inc. (WILD) has acquired Alfrebro, LLC, a leading manufacturer of natural extracts and aroma chemicals, advanced proprietary technologies, and expanded processing capabilities.