Potato News from Europe

A group of campaigners in the Irish Republic has been refused a legal challenge over the first trial of a genetically modified potato crop. In July, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gave the go ahead for a gm blight-resistant potato crop to be tested in County Carlow.

De toename van de CO2 concentratie in de atmosfeer kan gunstig werken op de aardappelopbrengst.

Damage awareness is one of the key topics to be discussed at the North of England Potato Day to be held at Headley Hill Farm, Tadcaster, Yorkshire on September 4.

Moves will be made in the High Court today to launch a legal challenge to a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to allow trials on a genetically modified (GM) potato to be carried out.

Los españoles toman más alimentos saludables que el resto de los europeos, según un estudio realizado por Herbalife en colaboración con la experta del The Northern Ireland Centre for Food and Health (NICHE), la psicóloga Bárbara Stewart-Knox. Aunque el...

AVEBE and Ingredion jointly developed a new starch: ELIANE™ GEL 100 – which is uniquely thermo-reversible and offers the perfect solution for juicy fillings in frozen dumplings. For a long time, frozen dumpling manufacturers have been looking for an i...

Nearly £3-million has been invested into making northern Lincolnshire a central hub for the needs of some of the UK’s biggest potato sellers. Elsham Wold has just become the new headquarters for Arundel Kerr Produce Ltd (AKP Group), supplier to superm...

The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute and CAFRE, Greenmount Campus have issued a further potato blight warning.

McDonald's customers in Paris can now pay for a Royale with Cheese using their smartphones or tablets - a concept that could spread to the company's 33,500 locations worldwide if the fast-food leader likes the results.

Se ha presentado la primera máquina expendedora para niños en el Reino Unido, una vending que ofrece exclusivamente snacks saludables, batidos y bocadillos, en total doce productos diferentes que los más pequeños podrán elegir. Como se aprecia en la fo...

El mercado de los snacks alcanzará los 4.800 millones de euros hacia el 2016 en el Reino Unido, según el informe de mercado de Mintel. No obstante, y a pesar de los buenos augurios, el público sigue manteniendo ciertas ideas preconcebida alrededor de...

After an incredibly challenging season for potato growers, the ADAS Syngenta 2012 Potato Conference and Exhibition is perfectly timed to provide the essential new technical innovation and marketing inspiration for all growers, agronomists and potato industry specialists.

With bacterial disease blackleg posing a threat to Scottish seed potato crops for a second consecutive season, there was advice at Potatoes in Practice on managing the risk of spread during haulm destruction.

Supermarket food packaging doesn't just tempt you into putting it in your basket - new Which? research reveals that the packaging actually increases how tasty you perceive a product to be. To test the power of packaging, we asked two groups of people ...

Figures from the Potato Council Grower Panel Lifting Survey estimate that 11,600ha (10%) was cleared to Friday August 10, compared with 12,500 ha (10%) the same week in 2011 and 13,000 ha (10%) in 2010.

Wet weather is once again favouring blackleg development in Scottish seed potato crops, although disease levels are believed currently to be below the record levels seen in 2011.

Si quiere trabajadores menos agobiados y, por tanto, más centrados para rendir mejor, ponga snacks saludables en las máquinas expendedoras de su empresa. Esa es la principal conclusión de un estudio llevado a cabo por la firma Herbalife, en estrecha co...

Experienced food industry professional Alan Burgess has joined Spice Application Systems (SAS) as a director, taking on responsibility for sales and marketing, project development and day-to-day operations. The move will see Peter King, founder and ma...