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At the 2014 Fruit Logistica event, being held in Berlin from 5-7 February, DuPont Food Chain Manager for the EMEA region, Mr Luigi Coffano, highlighted the challenges faced by a world population that is growing by 150,000 people every day.

Some 58,000 trade visitors from more than 120 countries are expected to visit over 2,600 exhibitors from 84 countries at the Fruit Logistica in Berlin.

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.

Agritechnica 2013 has impressively demonstrated the growing global significance of agriculture and agricultural machinery and equipment. With 2,898 exhibitors and some 450,000 visitors, including 112,000 from outside Germany, the fair has grown yet again.

Agritechnica is the world's largest trade fair for agricultural machinery and equipment. This is confirmed once again by the figures for this year's event.

From 10 till 16 November, Dewulf presents its potato and carrot harvesters at Agritechnica. The company highlights the fact that there are only novelties to discover in the exhibition booth of Dewulf.

The European Commission has approved the addition of the German potato "Bamberger Hörnla / Bamberger Hörnle / Bamberger Hörnchen "to the list of Protected Geographical Indications (PGIs).

The 62nd international autumn potato fair took place on September 24, which drew around 170 guests from at home and abroad, as well as 27 exhibitors.

The chips are down as Germany launches a probe into suspected potato price fixing (table potatoes) over the past decade which may have cost consumers and farmers hundreds of millions of euros, according to local media.

An international team of scientists reveals that a unique strain of potato blight they call HERB-1 triggered the Irish potato famine of the mid-nineteenth century

La gran hambruna irlandesa fue causada por una variante de un hongo desconocida hasta ahora, según un nuevo estudio.

The following is a part of Friday's Bayer presentations pertaining to Bayer CropScience. Read the full press release. “We were particularly successful in our agriculture business – our second life-science area – in 2012,” Dekkers said. CropScience inc...

FRUIT LOGISTICA, the leading event for the international fresh produce trade sector, fully lived up to the high expectations.

From 6 to 8 February 2013, a total of 2,543 exhibitors from 78 countries will be presenting not only the entire product and service range that so amply supplies consumers with fresh fruit and vegetables (and potatoes!) , but also numerous interesting i...

ODENBERG and BEST, part of TOMRA Sorting Solutions, will showcase different systems from their market-leading sensor-based optical sorters. The newly formed company exhibits for the first time together in Germany.

Fresh produce industry companies with innovative products or services are invited to apply for the FRUIT LOGISTICA Innovation Award (FLIA) An official award ceremony on 8 February 2013 will be held to announce the winners.

Bayer CropScience announced today the completion of its purchase of AgraQuest, Inc., a global supplier of innovative biological pest management solutions.All required transaction waiting periods have expired without objection from the relevant competit...