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March 25, 2021
French potato farmer SCEA HERMANT invests in a TOMRA 3A Sorting Machine
For two years, SCEA HERMANT carefully considered acquiring a new optical sorter to sort and grade potato and onion crops prior to storage. The launch of the new TOMRA 3A convinced Loïc and Alain Hermant to make the investment.
January 12, 2021
DOWNS introduces CropVision®: an Optical Sorter for Unwashed Potatoes
DOWNS introduces CropVision®: an Optical Sorter for Unwashed Potatoes, evaluates and categorizes potatoes using HD cameras combined with AI and splits them into three streams, at a capacity of up to 100 tons per hour.
November 17, 2020
Guillaume Liesch, Champ'pom : 'The situation is good in the consumption potato market'
The health crisis has taken a toll on the industrial potato market, although the consumer market has not been hit that hard.
November 03, 2020
SIMA Postponed To November 2022
In view of the current global economic climate and the many uncertainties surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the organisers of SIMA have taken the decision to hold the next edition of SIMA in November 2022 (from Sunday 6 to Thursday 10 November 2022).
September 28, 2020
Francia: 'Un inicio de campaña centrado en las exportaciones para el mercado de la patata de conservación'
La demanda de patatas en el mercado francés es actualmente moderada. De hecho, los operadores están cubiertos con contratos de entregas de cosechas y el consumo sigue siendo relativamente escaso en este inicio de mes de septiembre a nivel nacional.
August 31, 2020
Francia: 'Esperamos unos meses complicados en el mercado de la patata.'
'El mercado de la patata está bastante pesado en este momento, con más oferta que demanda, debido a la precocidad de las recogidas en Beauce y a que el consumo en los hogares sigue siendo limitado.' Sponsored Content
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August 25, 2020
France: Pandemic brought uncertainty to potato markets; focus need to be on quality, says UNPT
Covid-19 has shaken up all predictions and profoundly changed the fundamentals of the 2019 campaign in France and the rest of Europe. On the French fresh market, it has meant a revival in terms of household consumption.
August 03, 2020
La Patata Regina Permitirá a los Supermercados Diferenciarse
Mientras que las patatas de la antigua cosecha ya no están disponibles, el productor y envasador Terroir d’Origine espera con impaciencia la nueva cosecha. 'Hay mucha demanda, pero la oferta es limitada en este momento'.
June 08, 2020
Potato Europe 2020 cancelled
Uncertainties surrounding the exceptional health crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic force us to cancel Potato Europe 2020 in order to protect the event's visitors and exhibitors. The next edition of Potato Europe cycle will take place in September 2021 in the Netherlands.
April 20, 2020
PotatoEurope vuelve a Francia donde este año espera reunir a 15.000 visitantes
La décimoquinta edición de la feria PotatoEurope se va a celebrar este año el 2 y 3 de septiembre en la localidad francesa de Villers-Saint-Christophe. El evento se organiza cada año de forma rotatoria en Francia, Bélgica, Holanda y Alemania.
January 13, 2020
Gran demanda de patatas francesas por parte de España
Antoine Geysels, director de Top’Pom detalla que es más difícil que de costumbre vender lotes de calidad media desde el principio de la campaña.
December 19, 2019
Francia: 'Nuestras tres variedades de patatas Lady Anna, Celtiane y Gwenniw ya cuentan con la etiqueta Demain la Terre'
A principios de este mes de diciembre, ya es posible consumir patatas con la certificación Demain la Terre. Pomliberty se unió a la asociación Demain la Terre como miembro en 2017. Sponsored Content
September 03, 2019
The French company Select'Up joins Europatat
Europatat warmly welcomes the French company Select’Up specialised in growing, importing and exporting potatoes, who joined the Association at the beginning of the year.
May 29, 2019
Potatoes: an algorithm that recognizes diseases
After several years of research, the team of Eurocelp has developed an algorithm capable of continuously detecting potato diseases.
May 22, 2019
France: 'We do a lot of research to find the best early potatoes'
The company La Rebelle specializes in the early potato of the island of Ré, which is harvested from April to August.
February 12, 2019
Dewulf unveils very first mounted 3-row belt potato planter at SIMA 2019
Dewulf, a manufacturer of agricultural machines for the cultivation of potatoes and root crops, will present the mounted variant of the Structural 30 3-row potato planter for the first time at SIMA ’19.
August 04, 2018
De cómo la papa 'apaciguó' a Europa y la salvó del hambre
La creían venenosa, desconfiaban de su aspecto y de algunos incómodos efectos digestivos. Pero un hombre, Antoine Parmentier, se consagró a propagandizar sus virtudes. Finalmente popular, este producto americano, exótico, se convirtió en la base de la dieta.
March 14, 2018
France: 'The consumption of potatoes rises again'
Bayard Distribution is a family business located in the Hauts-de-France. The company produces about 12,000 tons of potatoes annually.