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Mitolo Family Farms enters into strategic partnership with Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan

april 11, 2023

Canadian pension fund acquires majority stake in Mitolo Family Farms, Australia's largest potato supplier

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, a Canadian pension fund, acquires the majority stake in Mitolo Family Farms, the largest potato grower and packer in Australia.

Growers group works on future-proof seed potato cultivation

april 10, 2023

HZPC works with growers to future-proof seed potato cultivation

Growers learn best from other growers. This has been proven by the future-proof seed potato cultivation project, an initiative to examine upcoming changes in potato cultivation with a group of growers.

april 04, 2023

Rivulis announces completion of the acquisition of Jain Irrigation’s International Irrigation Business

Rivulis Pte. Ltd. announced that it has received full regulatory approval for the acquisition of multiple overseas subsidiaries which comprise the International Irrigation Business of Jain Irrigation.

april 04, 2023

Potato Planting started for Black Gold

According to Director of Operations in the Midwest for Black Gold Farms Keith Tinsey potato planting on their farm in Northcentral Indiana has started.

Siembra en el Sudeste de la Provincia de Buenos Aires

april 03, 2023

Relevaron siembra de papa en el Sudeste de Buenos Aires

La Federación Nacional de Productores de Papas informó que se sembraron en el Sudeste de la Provincia de Buenos Aires 32.724 has. durante la campaña 2023.

april 03, 2023

Sustainable and yet highly productive agriculture

The Netherlands is committed to developing a sustainable and highly productive food system, with less use of fertilisers, water and pesticides, and more biodiversity and crop diversity.

Can Indian growers ride the TOP (Tomato, Onion and Potato) wave?

april 02, 2023

Indo-Dutch Companies Offer Solutions to Help Indian Farmers Struggling with Low Potato and Onion Prices

(Indo-)Dutch companies providing solutions from planting material to processing equipment believe there are ways to establish more sustainable value chains, with the help of their technologies.

maart 31, 2023

Perú: Cultivos de papa en la sierra sur oriental y el Altiplano afectados por escasas lluvias

Un informe realizado por Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología del Perú (Senamhi) indica que durante este mes de marzo, en la sierra sur oriental y el altiplano, hay una disminución del crecimiento vegetativo de las plantaciones de papa y quinoa.

Almacén de patatas de la cooperativa Santa Isabel

maart 29, 2023

España: Buenos precios para la patata, malos tiempos para las exportaciones

La cooperativa burgalesa Santa Isabel se guarda el 60 por-ciento de la producción con destino a Argelia por «miedo a no cobrar» debido al bloqueo comercial a España.

maart 29, 2023

FMC trials show great promise for future of weed control

With weed control a key challenge for farmers, and reduced sensitivity to some herbicides a continuing problem. New product trials by FMC have demonstrated that effective controls are on the horizon.

maart 28, 2023

Polish potato breeder LIND joins Europatat

Europatat warmly welcomes the Polish company LIND, which was established in 1996 as an investment of a Scottish family-run agricultural business with generations experience in the production of high-grade seed potatoes – J&WF Lind

Brief on the Smallholder Potato Development Program

maart 28, 2023

Kenya Potato Consortium to lay groundwork for local value chain

It may be recalled how shocked Kenyans were when reports began filtering in the media last year January 2022 that the multinational food giant KFC has run out of ‘fries’ for customers following the non-delivery of potatoes from their overseas suppliers.

Over 30pc of potato seed requirements can be met from tissue culture labs at NARC

maart 27, 2023

Pakistan and Korea Collaborate on Aeroponic Technology for Seed Potato Production to Reduce Import Costs

Pakistan and Republic of Korea are working jointly on seed potato production through Aeroponics technology and 2nd generation crop is ready to harvest at PARC-National Agricultural Research Centre Islamabad.

maart 26, 2023

La última borrasca provoca la pérdida de más de la mitad de la patata temprana en Mallorca

Se calcula que, como consecuencia del paso de la borrasca Juliette, las pérdidas en patata temprana en Mallorca ascienden a más de la mitad de la cosecha.

France: the extra early Primaline potato has arrived!

maart 25, 2023

Extra early Primaline potatoes available in France.

One month ago, Prince de Bretagne started harvesting the extra early Primaline potatoes grown under shelter. The harvest will continue until the end of April, before the open field crops take over.

Growing international demand for Bangladeshi potatoes

maart 24, 2023

Growing international demand for potatoes from Bangladesh

Potato exports from Bangladeshi farmers supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) continue to grow, as producers came together recently to celebrate another year of success.

maart 21, 2023

NEPG: How will the potato market in North-western Europe develop?

In Northwestern Europe (EU-04; NL, DE, BE, FR) the potato sector is facing a range of issues in the upcoming months. The million dollar question: How will the potato market respond? An analysis by the NEPG.

A Bumper Crop Brings Down Potato Prices, Causes Storage Nightmare, and Leave Farmers in Distress