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At the PotatoEurope 2010 event, currently in its second day at Rittergut Bockerode in Germany, Grimme Landmaschinenfabrik, manufacturer of agricultural machinery such as potato planters and harvesters, show the visitors a lot of new equipment.

At the Potato Europe exhibition on 8 and 9 September (Stand C06 Z) Mantis exhibits a new version of the MAFEX devices for the treatment of potatoes with germination inhibitors, fungicides and seed dressings.

PotatoEurope is an exhibition which proceeds in an annual way and internationally as it is organized in turn in Germany, in Belgium, in France and in the Netherlands.

Het agrarische marktbureau AMI (voormalige ZMP) heeft op de aardappelmanifestatie Potato Europe 2010 een prognose gegeven voor de totale aardappeloogst van de EU-15 en voor de totale Duitse oogst. De meest spectaculaire prognose is die van de Duitse aa...

McDonald's Corporation today announced global comparable sales growth of 4.9% in August.

Potato starch manufacturer KMC announces that its board of directors has named Nicolai Hansen to serve as the company's Chief Executive Officer.

Harvested area for fall-season potatoes is forecast by the USDA to be down four percent from 2009.

Aardappelen en industriegroenten vallen in de nieuwe Global Gap-richtlijn onder de module machinaal oogstbare gewassen.

Immediately following the opening of Vietnam to US fresh potatoes, local trade and consumers were given the opportunity to learn about and taste US table-stock potatoes.On July 20th US potatoes were featured at a reception held at the New World Hotel ...

A factory built with government aid two years ago in Mahnomen, a city of 1,200 on the White Earth Indian Reservation, set its sights on producing the world's first baked stackable potato chip -- a low-fat challenger to oil-fried Pringles and Stax.

After what was an almost perfect beginning to the growing season, the recent spell of prolonged high temperatures and dry conditions have been an obstacle for potato growers.

Volgens de laatste schattingen van Agreste (het bureau statistiek van het Franse Landbouw Ministerie) komt de hoofdoogst (excl. zetmeelaardappelen) in Frankrijk uit op 4,7 miljoen ton aardappelen.

Cavendish Farms has purchased the breeding rights for "Prospect", a potato variety it says is suitable for French fries and good for the environment.It's the first time the Prince Edward Island company has bought the rights to an entire vari...

On September 8th and 9th, the Solana group exhibits at its own stand (No. ZC 05 in the tent area) at trade fair PotatoEurope in Bockerode, Hanover – nearly a home match for the North German potato breeder.

Odenberg, a leader in optical sorting and peeling solutions for the potato sector, has launched its latest optical sorter range, the ‘Sentinel, a customer led 'designed for purpose’ machine to sit in a range led by the acclaimed Titan.

Sumándose al homenaje que este año la Feria Gastronómica Internacional de Lima, Mistura 2010, rendirá a la Papa Nativa, a la que ha designado como figura principal de su tercera edición, Lay’s -marca de la transnacional PepsiCo- presentará como primici...

La Comisión Europea (CE) ha confirmado hoy el cultivo de una variedad de patata genéticamente modificada no permitida por la UE en campos de Suecia y ha pedido explicaciones a la compañía responsable, la alemana BASF. El portavoz comunitario de Sanida...