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november 08, 2011
Agrico highlights Polish connection at variety and seedling exhibition
Agrico presents their varieties and seedlings this year in special setting highlighting their Polish connection. The variety and seedling exhibition will be held on 10 and 11 Novemer at Agrico Research. For Agrico's breeding and research business, this...From the archive
november 08, 2011
UK Potato Industry event BP2011 expects record crowd
British Potato Industry event BP2011 expects a record number of visitors on November 23 and 24. The free-to-enter potato industry event to be held in Harrogate, Yorkshire, is expected to attract more than 6,000 delegates. Scottish potato seed grower A...From the archive
november 08, 2011
Donegal Creameries buys Scottish-based seed potato grower AJ Allan.
Agri-food company Donegal Creameries has bought Scottish-based seed potato grower AJ Allan. The deal was done through Donegal's subsidiary Irish Potato Marketing, which is based in Dublin. No financial details were given. AJ Allan is based in Brechin...From the archive
november 08, 2011
Romania: Carrefour takes local potato producer as direct supplier
About 20 percent – or roughly 2,000 tons – of the potatoes that will be sold this year in the local Carrefour chain will come from Romanian producer Agrico-M, as the French retailer has signed a supply contract with the local company the Carrefour Qual...From the archive
november 07, 2011
Irish Potato growers facing retail and cost challenges
The Irish Farmers’ Association has today (Mon) launched a comprehensive survey of potato growing in Ireland, Trends &Challenges in Irish Potato Production, which identifies the power of the retail multiples as an increasing threat to the viability ...From the archive
november 06, 2011
NAV: Bij invoeren flat rate brokken voorkomen
De Nederlandse Akkerbouw Vakbond biedt hun visie over de aanpassingen asl gevolg van het gemeenschappelijke laandbouwbeleid: De Europese Commissie wil dat alle landen voor 2019 volledig overgaan van het historische model naar het regionale model. Oft...From the archive
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november 06, 2011
Geen Nederlandse pootaardappelen naar India en China
Groeimarkten India en China lijken vooralsnog geen afzetgebied te worden voor Nederlands pootgoed. Zo liggen de landen te ver weg, maar ontbreken er ook regels om de inning van kwekersrechten te garanderen. Met name dat laatste telt voor de Nederlandse...From the archive
november 06, 2011
Belgapom notering zakt naar € 20,00 per ton
De Belgapomprijs is de meest gehanteerde prijs, waargenomen op de vorige werkdag voor Bintje, voor verwerking tot diepgevroren aardappelproducten , veldgewas 35 mm+, frietgeschikt, af producent, los op wagen, voor onmiddellijke levering/ophaling. Vo...From the archive
november 04, 2011
Hoe aardappels te bewaren bij extreem hoge temperaturen
Vandaag is de warmste 4 november ooit gemeten. De hele week zal de boeken ingaan als een van de warmste novemberweken ooit. Bij een hoge luchtvochtigheid en hoge temperaturen is het drogen van aardappelen een lastige kwestie. Het dauwpunt is voor de ti...From the archive
november 03, 2011
Frozen French Fries anyone?
Last week, Kees van Arendonk, chair of the Dutch Potato Association (NAO) spoke about the Dutch and Belgian french Fry industry on the occasion of the opening of the trading year of the Dutch potato markets (Goes).From the archive
november 03, 2011
Eerste settlementprijs fritesaardappelen
De Eurex termijnmarkt te Frankfurt heeft de eerste European Potato Index vastgesteld. De cash settlementprijs waarop contracten fritesgeschikte aardappelen kunnen worden afgerekend kwam uit op €?3,40 per 100 kilo. In de aardappelmarkt is dit een graad...From the archive
november 03, 2011
Zetmeelaardappelteelt ziet forse aanpassingen in inkomsten
DLV Plant analyseerde de gevolgen van de gemeenschappelijke Landbouwbeleid (GLB) op de inkomsten van de zetmeelaardappelteelt: Er wordt steeds meer duidelijk met betrekking tot de invulling van de bedrijfstoeslag na 2013. In een vertaling van de conto...From the archive
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november 03, 2011
Wet weather threatens Donegal Potato Crop
In Ireland's Donegal county, the seed potato supply for next year is under threat: Because of the wet weather, Donegal's Potato farmers face a wipeout which could endanger next year’s national crop because of the high level of native seed grown there....From the archive
november 02, 2011
The Finnish Seed Potato Centre Ltd boosts production with aeroponics
The Finnish Seed Potato Centre Ltd has developed a new method for seed potato production. The method takes advantage of the aeroponic growing system. The method, created during a two and a half year project, is highly efficient, as it may increase the ...From the archive
november 02, 2011
Speaker Programme World Potato Congress 2012: an update
According to Rob Clayton, director of WPC 2012 organiser the Potato Council, the BRIC countries - Brazil, Russia, India and China - hold enormous potential for the development of the potato industry both in their own countries and on the international ...From the archive
oktober 31, 2011
BASF expects market introduction of GM table potato Fortuna in 2014/15
BASF Plant Science applied today for EU approval for Fortuna, a genetically optimized table potato.Fortuna has a wild potato’s natural protection to late blight, a disease causing severe problems in agriculture.From the archive
oktober 31, 2011
Tate & Lyle signs exclusive agreement for novel salt reduction technology
Tate &Lyle announces that it has signed an exclusive, worldwide license agreement with Eminate Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of The University of Nottingham, UK, for its novel salt reduction technology. The product, currently known as ‘SODA-LO®’,...From the archive
oktober 30, 2011
CBS: Aardappeloogst 2011 10.8% groter dan in 2010
Deze week heeft het Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS) de oogstraming voor 2011 bekend gemaakt. Met een stijging van 10.8% komt de aardappeloogst in Nederland (consumptieaardappelen) uit op 3.93 MT. De gemiddelde opbrengst per hectare werd geraa...From the archive