Noticias sobre las Variedades de Patata de Europa

The last 4 months was not easy going for the potato production in the NEPG region. But despite the difficult weather conditions, first yield estimates suggest a return to multi-year averages, with an estimated harvest of around 23 million tonnes of potatoes.

Princesa Amandine participará en Fruit Attraction (del 3 al 5 de octubre en IFEMA Madrid) con presencia en los stands de tres de sus socios, Udapa (10G06, pabellón 10), Ibérica de Patatas (5E06, pabellón 5) y Campotec (8C08, stand Portugal Fresh 2023).

Europlant Pflanzenzucht GmbH establece una filial en España para expandir su presencia en el mercado mediterráneo. A partir de ahora, Europlant Espana Semillas S.L. será la responsable de la distribución de variedades de patatas modernas y de alto rendimiento en España.

Solynta's potato variety was the only one to survive the high late blight pressure in the field among three other commercial varieties planted alongside.

Agrico, Nedato and Leo de Kock announced the name of the new, independent cooperative of common consumption potatoes: PotatoNext. This joint cooperative marks an important milestone in the potato industry and will be the result of a close collaboration between the three renowned companies.

The UK potato sector has been going through a better spell this year, but it did take a long time for the potato shortage to feed back to growers as there was still crop from the previous year on the market and the prices didn’t increase until around mid-May.

The North-western European Potato Growers (NEPG) estimate the area of ware potatoes has increased by 2 to 3%. This is slightly higher than the record in 2020, when it was 522.000 ha for the EU-4 (NL, BE, DE, FR).

Europlant Pflanzenzucht GmbH presents itself with a new, modern brand image. A new logo, new colours and new fonts create a contemporary corporate identity.

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Robert Voskamp of the Dutch company Rola Fresh said that he has never seen the potato market this hot.

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, announced the commencement of the issuing of grant approvals under the 2023 Scheme of Investment Aid for the Seed Potato Sector and Chipping Potato Sector.

Aunque en Barcelona (Mercabarna) se encuentra el hub de envasadores más importantes de nuestro país, lo cierto es que la comunidad no cuenta con una tradición de producción local de envergadura.

El declive productivo de Europa deja hueco para que las importaciones extracomunitarias se abran paso, especialmente en el segmento de patata temprana.

A new predictive method has shown a way to better select parents for new potato varieties, offering a blueprint for better potatoes and a way to speed up the production of higher yield varieties.

HZPC UK, a member of the Royal HZPC Group, a leader in potato varieties and seed production for the entire potato industry in the UK, announced the acquisition of TLC Potatoes, one of Scotland's leading minituber producers.

Defra and UKRI, as part of the Farming Innovation Programme, recently announced funding for 'Potato-LITE' – a multimillion pound project over four years

Potato breeder HZPC expects turnover to grow 11% from last year (then EUR 352 million (USD 386 million)) with a gross margin of EUR 66,5 million (USD 73 million) (last financial year EUR 63.9 million (USD 70 million).

Poca certidumbre en relación con la patata. Lo único que parece claro es que los años en que ha habido un arranque ordenado y unos precios atractivos ha sido cuando las siembras habían sido escalonadas.