Potato News from Europe

In the United Kingdom, KETTLE® Chips has introduced a new limited edition to its range of hand cooked, sharing chips which replaces the winter seasonal of Soy, Ginger, Chilli & Honey.

The Potato Company (TPC) is expanding. Owner and founder of the company Gaby Stet and the Municipality Noordoostpolder have signed an agreement for the sale of a 4633 m² sized lot in the new business park 'De Munt' in Emmeloord.

Farm Electronics Limited, a UK based potato storage specialist has become part of the Tolsma-Grisnich group. The company will continue to trade and manufacture crop storage systems as Farm Electronics Limited

As part of a negotiated framework agreement at corporate level, in the early part of 2014 Potato Processing Specialist Kiremko was awarded the honor of supplying five complete snack pellet frying systems for a number of Intersnack plants across Europe.

HZPC Holland B.V., a leading potato breeding company sets the final price for harvest 2015 for its Dutch seed potato pool at € 30,28 per 100 kilo.

HZPC Holland bv, wereldleider in aardappelveredeling, stelt de definitieve uitbetalingsprijs voor zijn Nederlandse pootaardappel-pool over Oogst 2015 vast op € 30,28 per 100 kilo.

The University of Southern Denmark is developing an ecodrone that will combat pests in completely new ways.

Since the start of 2016, potato prices in the United Kingdom have risen more steeply than at any other period since 2000.

In the German Pfalz region, farmers officially kicked off the harvest of the first German new potatoes. A former soccer player on the national team, Hans-Peter Briegel, was named Pfalz potato ambassador for the season 2016/17.

An international group of researchers has detailed the genome sequence and inner workings of the yellow Potato Cyst Nematode (PCN), providing new insights into how it can be stopped.

Belgium loves to be in the news for their great french fries - but this is probably not what they had in mind.

On World Environment Day (June 5), potato breeding company HZPC highlighted the benefits of breeding on yield, carbon footprint and water use.

Potato blight changed Europe and America, and led to widespread deaths and mass emigration. And we’re not rid of it yet. But where did it come from?

TOMRA Sorting Food launches a Russian langcode website as well as an easily accessible new video platform

PJ Lee and Sons please with potato store built by Thurlow Nunn Standen LTD and the fitted Omnivent suction and blowing ventilation system and OmniCuro automated control systems.

A fire has caused significant damage at the Meade Potato Company in Lobinstown, Navan, Co. Meath in Ireland

Lamb Weston / Meijer is receiving the Task Force sustainable palm oil award for its complete switch to 100% physically segregated sustainable palm oil in accordance with the Task Force commitment and the agreements made within the Dutch sector association (VAVI).

Bosch Packaging Technology increased its sales from 1.18 billion euros in 2014 to 1.3 billion in 2015, representing nominal sales growth of 10.2 percent.