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New state-of-the-art fully automated high-rise cold-storage facility at City Terminal Rotterdam
July 15, 2020
Kloosterboer starts construction of Cool Port II, a fully automated high-rise cold-storage facility in Rotterdam
Kloosterboer will begin the construction of a new state-of-the-art fully automated multi-customer high-rise cold-storage facility with a storage capacity of 60,000 pallets in Rotterdam. The building will be finished in January of 2022.
New potatoes are often found at roadside stands like this one at G.W. & R. Visser Farms in Orwell, P.E.I. (Courtesy: Caroyln Ryan | CBC)
July 14, 2020
7 things to know about P.E.I.'s 'new' potatoes
New potatoes are a veggie lover's early-summer dream — the tender little spuds, some around the size of golf balls, others the size of a crabapple, melt in your mouth when steamed, buttered and lightly seasoned. Heaven. And they're now popping up at roadside stands across P.E.I.
Una clienta adquiere una bolsa de patatas vendida de forma directa por Ramón Doménech «Bandera». m. d.
July 13, 2020
Patatas en la puerta del garaje
Un agricultor de Campanar despacha los productos de su huerta en plena ciudad ante la imposibilidad de colocarlos en el mercado por los bajos precios ofertados por los intermediarios.
El fabricante de patatas Lázaro busca un inversor para seguir creciendo.
July 13, 2020
El fabricante de patatas Lázaro busca un inversor para seguir creciendo
El mundo de la agricultura lleva meses en el radar de los inversores financieros, que han encontrado en esta industria un negocio relativamente anticíclico y que se comporta bien frente a determinadas crisis, como la del coronavirus.
Estos son los distribuidores que fabrican las marcas blancas de los supermercados.
July 13, 2020
¿Quién fabrica las patatas fritas de marca blanca de Mercadona, Carrefour, Dia, Lidl y Alcampo?
Los grandes supermercados apuestan principalmente por distribuidoras nacionales para la producción de sus aperitivos más populares.
Restrain sprout suppressor approved in Germany
July 09, 2020
Restrain sprout suppressor approved in Germany
The German Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has approved the ethylene-based sprout suppressor Restrain as a safe crop protection product with immediate effect. The approval applies to the treatment of potatoes (for both domestic consumption and starch production), onions, garlic, shallots, propagating material, and tomatoes.
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Parcela sembrada de patatas en Cantalpino.
July 06, 2020
Así va el crecimiento de la patata en los campos salmantinos
Las inusuales bajas temperaturas de junio merman el crecimiento óptimo del tubérculo
Todo el mundo conoce nuestra historia de amor con la cultura asiática. Solo era cuestión de tiempo que llegara el momento...
July 06, 2020
Las patatas fritas gallegas Bonilla a la Vista también se comen con palillos
Algunos usuarios de Corea del Sur se han hecho eco en las redes sociales de esta particular forma de comer el conocido producto coruñés.
Eduardo Arroyo, presidente asociación de productores de patata de Castilla y León
July 06, 2020
'Estamos ante una campaña muy complicada: tenemos patatas sin consumidores' Eduardo Arroyo, Asociación de Productores de Patata de Castilla y León
Ahora que ya se ve en el horizonte el inicio de la campaña de patata de Castilla y León, incluso en algunas zonas ya se han comenzado a 'quemar' las parcelas, parece el momento oportuno para analizar la situación del sector con Eduardo Arroyo, presidente de la asociación de productores en esta comunidad autónoma.
The FAO Food Price Index rebounds in June
July 05, 2020
The FAO Food Price Index rebounds in June
The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 93.2 points in June 2020, some 2.2 points (2.4 percent) higher than in May, representing the first month-on-month increase since the beginning of the year.
McCain Foods plans its first plant in Russia for the production of french fries in the Tula region
July 01, 2020
McCain Foods plans its first plant in Russia for the production of french fries in the Tula region
According to the Russian newspaper 'Kommersant', a new large producer of french fries is making plans to enter Russia. The Canadian company McCain Foods created a structure for the construction of a plant in the Uzlovaya special economic zone (SEZ) in the Tula region and is already working on a project.
Farmers without protective gear apply fungicides to control late blight in Huasahuasi in Junín, Peru.
June 29, 2020
Low-tech tool helps fight potato late blight
The International Potato Center (CIP), in partnership with research and development institutions in Ecuador and Peru, has developed a low-tech tool to help farmers optimize fungicide's use.
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