When & Where

Sep 12, 2018 - Sep 13, 2018

Gut Bockerode
31832 Springe
Germany

In person only

Event Description

Potato Europe is an annual event for the European potato industry, organised in rotation in either Germany, Belgium, France or the Netherlands.

Potato Europe 2018 will be held in Germany.

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Every year, Potato Europe includes an extensive demonstration of harvesting equipment. This video shows the preparation of the potato fields for Potato Europe in Germany (2015)

News on this Event

Peter Grothues, Managing Director of the DLG Exhibitions Department

July 02, 2018

More international exhibitors signing up for Potato Europe 2018

PotatoEurope 2018, one of the top events for the international potato industry, returns to Germany on September 12 and 13.

From the archive

Potato planting at the PotatoEurope 2018 event venue in Lower Saxony, where Europe’s potato professionals will meet on September 12-13, 2018 is now completed.

May 16, 2018

Preparation for Potato Europe 2018 well underway

Preparations for this year's PotatoEurope exhibition are progressing well, with planting now complete at the event venue, Rittergut Bockerode farm, near Hanover in Germany

From the archive

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.

March 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.

From the archive

Despite the cancellation of the first day of Potato Europe (Wednesday) and the less then perfect weather on Thursday, the 270 exhibitors were able to welcome around 10,000 visitors, just on the Thursday (Courtesy: Rabobank)

November 27, 2017

How should the next Potato Europe be organised?

For the second time in a row, Potato Europe in Emmeloord, the Netherlands, has fallen through. And the consequences were extreme this year as the first day of the fair was cancelled. We look back with some of the exhibitors and people involved. And we look ahead, because what is going to happen in coming years?

From the archive