Aardappelketen

De NEPG (North-western European Potato Growers) meldt dat halverwege het seizoen 2010/2011 meer dan 50% van alle geoogste aardappelen zijn gebruikt. De totale productie van oogst 2010 in alle NEPG landen was 4.8% lager dan het jaar er voor.

Pakistan’s potato exports are lagging behind compared to regional competitors, as a result of poor logistics in the country, exporters say.

As climate change and disease threaten potato farming in the tuber’s ancestral home in the Peruvian Andes, potato preservationists today launched a major effort to safeguard more than 1,500 varieties by sending them to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault (SGSV) in the Arctic Circle.

Just because Valentine's Day is over, it doesn't mean the loving has to stop! February is also Potato Lover's Month and boy are spud lovers in Spanish Fork, Utah in for a special treat.

Dale Hoff expected good things when the International Crop Expo was launched 10 years ago at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

The 13 major potato States held 176 million cwt of potatoes in storage February 1, 2011, down 14 percent from a year ago.

Om een indicatie te hebben van de sanitaire kwaliteit van het pootgoed kan een partij worden gewassen en gecontroleerd op AM door het inbouwen van een cystenfilter (zeeftrommel) in de wasstraat.

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships help businesses to improve their competitiveness and productivity by accessing the knowledge, technology and skills that reside within the UK’s Universities.

Since its launch last year, consumers have bought more than 1,000 tonnes of Carisma, Australia’s first officially certified low GI potato.

The National Potato Council (NPC) and the United States Potato Board (USPB) are pleased to announce the Government of Thailand has approved the states of Colorado, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming to ship seed potatoes to Thailand.

A formation meeting has been called to establish a new peak organisation for the South Australian potato industry.

Four Eastern Washington potato farmers and processors pleaded innocent Feb. 7 to federal conspiracy charges alleging that they illegally received nearly $9.6 million in crop insurance payments.

Agribusiness giant Syngenta, which has been winning market share from its rivals in recent years, is betting it can accelerate its gains by merging its seeds and crop protection businesses.

Er heerst opluchting in de pootgoedhandel. De export op Noord-Afrika en Egypte is zo goed als gedaan en heeft hierdoor geen belemmeringen ondervonden in verband met de onrust in deze gebieden.

Per 1 maart aanstaande is Geert Staring (53) te Emmeloord benoemd tot algemeen directeur van Breeders Trust NV in Brussel.

Van de Belgische aardappeloogst in 2010 zijn tot 1 februari jl. maar liefst al 2,1 miljoen ton aardappelen afgeleverd (500.000 ton vroege en 1,6 miljoen ton bewaaraardappelen).