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November 30, 2020
Se levanta el veto a la plantación de patata en la práctica totalidad de Asturias
El Principado anulará en 2021 la prohibición de cultivar patata en todo el territorio, excepto en San Tirso de Abres y Vegadeo.
November 30, 2020
Los 10 errores que cometes al elegir patatas
Preguntamos a expertos para saber qué errores comentemos cuando las escogemos. ¿Por qué nos quedan demasiado duras o demasiados blandas? ¿Qué variedad es mejor para freír? ¿Y para hacer tortilla de patatas?
November 30, 2020
Juan Manuel Coello, Patatas Meléndez: 'La patata de calidad para lavado ha soportado bien la incertidumbre generada por el Covid-19'
La empresa vallisoletana apuesta por las variedades 'Agria' y 'Lady amarilla' para seguir ofreciendo patata nacional y de Castilla y León a los consumidores.
November 28, 2020
British potato production up as growers win battle with the weather
The total harvest of British potatoes this year will be 5.3m tonnes according to provisional estimates – up two point eight per cent (2.8%) on last year’s figure but just below the five-year average of 5.4m tonnes.
November 23, 2020
Ukraine imports potatoes from Poland and the Netherlands
Ukraine started to import potatoes from Poland, where prices fell sharply due to a significant reduction in consumption by the European foodservice segment.
November 23, 2020
UK potato packer Branston plans expansion
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November 23, 2020
EU tariffs on US sweet potatoes increase 25%
The European Union brought in $4 billion of tariffs earlier this month. The tariffs will affect a whole range of imported products, with grapefruit and sweet potatoes among them.
November 23, 2020
España: Un nuevo negocio del casco antiguo compostelano reinventa la patata asada de feria a la gallega
Se llama Galipapas y, como su nombre bien indica, es una reinvención a la gallega de todo un clásico en el sur de España y del baked potatoe de la cocina inglesa.
November 23, 2020
Nueve concellos de Galicia podrán volver a plantar patatas tras dos años sin couza guatemalteca
Son: Cariño, Ortigueira, Neda, Lourenzá, A Pastoriza, Riotorto, A Pontenova, Ribadeo y O Valadouro, ahora zona tampón
November 22, 2020
UK Potato Storage: regular checks vital this season for reducing risks
The continued wet weather in late October/early November in the United Kingdom has extended the harvesting season beyond eight weeks for some, which is clearly not good news where stores have been part-filled and cooling systems unable to function correctly.
November 21, 2020
Dewulf launches a new 4-row self-propelled potato harvester: Enduro
Dewulf, a manufacturer of potato harvesters from Belgium, launches an entirely new 4-row self-propelled sieving harvester: the Enduro. This harvester on tyres is equipped with new technologies in the areas of ground pressure, product cleaning and flow, and buffer capacity.
November 19, 2020
TOMRA Food and Ortofrutticola Parma: Selected quality, from the earth to the table
Installing TOMRA's Sentinel II sorting machine has enabled the Italian company to select large quantities of potatoes – its flagship products – with great precision and minimal waste.
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November 17, 2020
Wildflowers could control aphid-borne viruses in potatoes
Sowing wildflowers into potato crops could reduce aphid-carried viruses and offer an alternative to declining access to insecticides for growers.
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 17, 2020
Annual Cambridge Potato Conference will be an online event this year
After much discussion and planning by the CUPGRA Executive Committee, it has been decided, owing to COVID-19 restrictions, to go ahead with a virtual conference to continue the unbroken run of 30 successful CUPGRA Cambridge Potato Conferences.
November 17, 2020
Scandi Standard partners with Veg of Lund in research project to develop potato based meat-substitute
Scandi Standard, the leading producer of chicken products in the Nordic region, partners with Veg of Lund AB in a research project to develop a meat-substitute similar to chicken based on potato and rapeseed oil.
November 17, 2020
Next World Potato Congress Webinar: 'Developing the Pipeline from Genomics to New Products' with Dr. Mark Taylor
Next World Potato Congress webinar will be held on December 15, 2020, when Mark Taylor of the James Hutton Institute will speak on 'Developing the Pipeline from Genomics to New Products'
November 16, 2020
Entrevista a Julio Martín, director general de Prodeleco
La cooperativa Prodeleco con sede en Riego de la Vega (León) es una de las principales empresas dedicadas a la patata de conservación en Castilla y Léon y en España. Entrevista con Julio Martín, director general de Prodeleco.