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By analysing potato production data, information systems specialist Professor Wolfgang Maaß and his team want to help farmers and food companies identify potential benefits and optimize their processes. (Courtesy: Oliver Dietze)
maart 28, 2018
Unleashing AI and Big Data on Potatoes - from Mud to French Fries
By analysing potato production data, information systems specialist Professor Wolfgang Maaß and his team want to help farmers and food companies identify potential benefits and optimize their processes.
Ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Dewulf Logistics Centre (SLC). From left to Right: Hendrik Decramer, Sales-Marketing Director Dewulf; Kris Declercq, Mayor of Roeslare and Geert Bourgeois, Minister-President of Flanders
maart 21, 2018
Agricultural Machinery Manufacturer Dewulf inaugurates Logistics Center
Dewulf, full-line supplier of potato and root crop equipment, has officially inaugurated its new logistics
centre (SLC) at its headquarters in Roeselare, Belgium
In a project named ElektroSiKa, the Lower Saxony Chamber of Agriculture and the system manufacturer Zasso GmbH, Aachen, have been investigating the first deployment of a novel purely physical haulm desiccation process in potatoes since late summer 2017.
maart 18, 2018
Zasso High Voltage Electrical Haulm Killing to be demonstrated at Potato Europe 2018
As a result of the uncertainty regarding the reapproval of the active ingredient Diquat the potato industry made an effort to identify alternative solutions for haulm desiccation. Haulm killing with high-voltage electrical current showed the greatest chances of success.
So your Potato Cyst Nematode (PCN) tests have come back negative. Good news…or is it?
That largely depends on how the land was sampled and how the samples were analysed...
maart 18, 2018
How reliable are Potato Cyst Nematode (PCN) tests?
Although PCN testing of soil for seed potato cultivation is typically strictly regulated, different procedures are in use for the testing of soil for ware potatoes - and which one is used has huge consequences for the reliability.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries of Jamaica, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, makes his address at the launch of the H&L Agro’s Duwest soluble crop nutrition line, at the Junction Guesthouse Auditorium in
maart 18, 2018
Jamaica anticipates 100% self-sufficiency for table potatoes this year
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries of Jamaica, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson says he is anticipating that Jamaica will achieve its goal of 100 per cent self-sufficiency in the production of table Irish potato this year.
Aerial view of Grimme's new Sales and Service Center for Ireland, located in Balbrigan, close to the M1 highway
maart 15, 2018
Agricultural Machinery Company Grimme Ireland moves to a New Facility
Grimme Ireland recently moved to a newly constructed Sales and Service Center for its Agricultural Machinery on a one hectare plot in Balbriggan, 25 km North of Dublin.
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An Idaho potato Field before harvest
maart 06, 2018
USDA estimates the 2017 Idaho Potato Crop Value at $1.2 billion, up 22.7 percent
The USDA reported the preliminary estimated value for the Idaho® Potato crop of 2017 at USD 1.2 billion, a 22.7% leap from the previous year.
Potato planting on Fiji: Farmer Vikram Chand on his farm in Tuva, Nadroga (Courtesy: Litia Tikomailepanoni / Fijisun; 2017)
maart 05, 2018
Agriculture ministry Fiji keeps pushing potato farming
Villagers of the Districts of Yawe and Tavuki (in the province Kadavu, Fiji) heard that the government was promoting potato farming in a select few provinces of Fiji and that Kadavu was one of them.
Farmers reap potatoes at Bhabanandapur village in Ranishankoil upazila, Bangladesh (Courtesy: Md Quamrul Islam Rubaiyat)
maart 05, 2018
Potato Farmers in Bangladesh worried by drop in potato price
Potato growers of the Thakurgaon district, Bangladesh are worried that they might not be able to recover the production cost due to sudden drop in the prices of the vegetable in the ongoing harvesting season.
Estonian Potato Growers who were unable to harvest part of their crops due to excessive rainfall last fall will receive financial support from their government.
maart 05, 2018
Estonian Potato Growers receive emergency support from government
Estonian Potato Growers who were unable to harvest part of their crops due to excessive rainfall last fall will receive financial support from their government.
Potatoes stored in recently constructed Box Storage building (Courtesy: Steele Farm)
maart 01, 2018
Amount of stored potatoes in Europe high compared to previous years
The North-Western European Potato Growers report on volume and condition of the potatoes still in storage
Chuck Gunnerson, President of the Northern Plains Potato Growers Association (NPPGA) has announced his upcoming retirement.
februari 26, 2018
Chuck Gunnerson announces retirement as President of the NPPGA
Northern Plains Potato Growers Association (NPPGA) president Chuck Gunnerson, announced his upcoming retirement at the February 20th, NPPGA Annual Meeting in East Grand Forks, MN.
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The 2016/2017 financial year will be noted as one of the most successful years in Agrico's history.
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Never before has Agrico marketed such high volumes of seed potatoes, and could pay out such high dividends to members for both seed and table potatoes. Consequently, the 2016/2017 financial year will be noted as one of the most successful years in Agrico's history.
McCain Foods Global Vice President for Agronomy Ghislain Pelletier shared his vision for the future of the potato industry with Island growers during the recent annual meeting of the PEI Potato Board.
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McCain Foods executive makes predictions for future of potato industry
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