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Ensuring Quality from Seed to Table: The Role of Seed Certification in NZ’s Potato Industry
oktober 20, 2023

Ensuring Quality from Seed to Table: The Role of Seed Certification in New Zealand’s Potato Industry

The New Zealand Seed Potato Certification Scheme was established in 1948 and has been running continuously since then.
A potato field of Agronico in bloom in Tasmania, Australia (Variety Atlantic)
augustus 27, 2023

Simplot to acquire Agronico, Tasmania’s largest seed potato producer

Agronico, Tasmania’s largest seed potato producer, has entered into an agreement for Simplot to acquire the business and property assets of Agronico.
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.
Julian Ackley risks losing his farm's profit for the year if rain doesn't clear up.
mei 06, 2022

West-Australian Potato farmers 'doing it for nothing' warn of mass exodus amid stagnant prices

West-Australian Potato farmers are warning that growers will walk away from the industry as cost pressures make the staple crop unviable in Australia.
They thought they had the world's largest potato. But it was no potato at all
maart 17, 2022

World's largest potato? No, not a potato at all!

When is a potato not a potato? When it's a tuber of a gourd, according to Guinness World Records. A New Zealand couple who believed they had dug up the world's largest potato in the garden of their small farm near Hamilton
Potato growers to receive extra AUS 9/tonne from Simplot Australia on the back of 'volatile' year
augustus 26, 2021

Potato growers to receive extra AUS 9/tonne from Simplot Australia next year

The multi-generational farmer's passion for the simple spud seems to have paid off, helping secure growers like himself an additional $9 a tonne deal with major food manufacturer Simplot over the coming financial year.
Tasmanian-based Agronico shifted focus to 'all things mini tubers and seed potatoes'.
mei 27, 2021

Tasmanian-based Agronico shifted focus to 'all things mini tubers and seed potatoes'

Over three decades, the Tasmania based company Agronico has shifted its focus from an agriculture consultancy business to all things mini tubers and seed potatoes.
Potato deal strengthens Mitolo as it digs in for new season in South Australia
november 10, 2020

Strengthened by the acquisition of the TFI Potato business, the Mitolo Group Pty Ltd starts a new potato season in South Australia

The recent finalization of a takeover of Thomas Foods International’s potato business and a spike in demand through the coronavirus pandemic has cemented Mitolo Group as Australia’s largest fresh spud producer.
Plant seed potatoes now and you’ll be digging up your own buried treasure in just a few months.
september 17, 2020

Potatoes from plot to plate: how to grow the perfect spuds in your New Zealand backyard

While in the Northern hemisphere we are harvesting potatoes and getting ready for winter, this is not the case in the Southern hemisphere. This article offers tips on how to grow potatoes in your New Zealand backyard.
Maara kai – reinvigorating Māori Food Sovereignty through potatoes in New Zealand
augustus 26, 2019

Maara kai - reinvigorating Maori Food Sovereignty through potatoes in New Zealand

As we wound our way down to Port Levy, New Zealand, although only an hour from Christchurch city, it felt a world away. The turquoise waters of the harbour as still as glass, under the mid-afternoon Winter sun.
Collaborative discussion between seed potato schemes
juli 22, 2019

Collaborative discussion between seed potato schemes

On 10 May, a meeting was held between AuSPICA, members of the Tasmanian Certified Seed Potato Scheme (known as TasSeed) and invited industry representatives.
Potatoes New Zealand ensures top quality potatoes for export to Fiji
augustus 28, 2018

Potatoes New Zealand ensures top quality potatoes for export to Fiji

Potatoes New Zealand, the industry's governing body has made a commitment to ensure the quality of potatoes imported from New Zealand by Fiji will be of top quality.

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