Potato News from United Kingdom

Finding a misshapen crisp isn't impossible, but it is usually pretty rare, which is why some people have taken to sites like eBay to sell their unique finds for staggering amounts.

It’s now six years since Farm Electronics became a subsidiary of the Dutch Tolsma Grisnich Group. Both Tolsma Grisnich and Farm Electronics brands have their 'specific' UK or European potato.

Edison Investment Research, a London-based investment research and advisory company releases a report on RNA interference-based biopesticides: Feeding the World: Biological Products for Sustainable Crop Protection

Tong Engineering is looking forward to returning to the NEC Birmingham on 4th & 5th May 2022, to exhibit once again at the UK’s largest farm machinery show LAMMA, on stand 7.668 in Hall 7.

Yorkshire-based engineering business Haith has been awarded its second Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category.

Staff at agricultural engineering company Agrimech have reasons to be cheerful after the business on the borders of Norfolk and Cambridgeshire received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise for its outstanding progress in the international sales market.

The skyrocketing energy prices in 2022 are a huge challenge for potato growers. After all, ensuring good storage conditions in storage areas with the aid of fans and cooling installations costs a lot of electricity.

A meeting of Scottish seed potato growers in Forfar this week has agreed to set up a co-op to represent the sector. The new body, which is as yet unnamed, aims to deliver four outcomes for the seed potato sector

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, potato markets have been somewhat resistant with uncertainty expected for the coming recent weeks, North-Western European Potato Growers (NEPG) says in a news release.

Grimme UK is taking to the road next month to showcase its latest version of the GL 420 Exacta potato planter, which now offers four-row planting in 90cm row widths with true one-pass combination planting.

One of Grimme UK's product specialists has taken on the chairmanship of the Agricultural Engineers Association's (AEA) Technical Committee.

Looking ahead to spring spraying, growers are being reminded not to be complacent when it comes to tank mixing and sprayer hygiene, ahead of making applications.

Potato industry leaders in Great Britain who are driving forward proposals for a new representative organization funded by voluntary subscriptions say they have a 'clear mandate' to make plans for the next stage.

The Skinny Fries product is developed from their famous home-grown potatoes thinly cut, coated in a light crispy batter, and fried for a perfect texture.

The released Frozen Food Report shows that retail frozen food sales in the United Kingdom have grown by 13.5%, compared to pre-pandemic levels, suggesting that consumers have truly fallen back in love with their freezers.

Scotts Precision Manufacturing Ltd has extended its distribution network with the appointment of a new sales and service agent to cover the West Midlands (United Kingdom).

Tong is pleased to announce its first new product development for 2022 with the launch of the new edition JetFill big bag filler. The JetFill is Tong’s highest capacity big bag filler which offers automated and gentle big bag filling.

An innovative method of controlling a range of damaging crop diseases using native, beneficial soil bacteria has emerged from a research-industry collaboration.