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Europatat participates in a new Horizon Europe project to protect potato plants against emerging new pests
June 28, 2023

Europatat participates in PATAFEST, a new Horizon Europe project to protect potato plants against emerging new pests

Europatat is proud to become an active partner of a new EU Horizon Europe project called PATAFEST that aims at protecting potato plants by means of pest spreading and resistance characterisation, preharvest treatments, and post-harvest solutions.
Belgium
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Solynta Hybrid Potato Breeding
June 27, 2023

Solynta: Sowing a More Collaborative Seed Industry

You may think of a seed as tiny and insignificant. Don’t be fooled: its impact on global agriculture is immense. The seed industry is constantly balancing innovation with bringing value to growers.
Netherlands
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European Snacks Association names Sandy Lagallo as new president
June 27, 2023

European Snacks Association names Sandy Lagallo as new president

The General Assembly of the European Snacks Association (ESA) has elected Sandy Iagallo, Senior Director Regulatory & Wellbeing Europe at Kellogg Europe, as its new President for the term 2023-2025.
Belgium
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The healthiest crisps on the planet
June 26, 2023

Norwegian research for the best potato for potato chips

Researchers in Norway investigated the best way to avoid the formation of acrylamide when producing potato chips. They focused in particular on identifying the most suitable potatoes to use.
Norway
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Renaissance BioScience’s novel RNAi biopesticide technology receives Canadian regulatory approval for 2023 field studies
June 14, 2023

Renaissance BioScience’s novel RNAi biopesticide technology receives Canadian regulatory approval for 2023 field studies

Authorization from the PMRA, following a thorough review of the company’s extensive data dossier, indicates a mutual understanding of the composition, potential and low risk of the RNAi technology.
Canada
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Flying frying in microgravity
June 13, 2023

That's a relief! European Space Agency (ESA) finds you can fry potatoes in space

European Space Agency (ESA) has been supporting research in frying cooking methods in microgravity to fill in knowledge gaps on Earth and in space. Frying potatoes in space seems to be possible!
United Kingdom
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What was behind Australia’s potato shortage? Wet weather and hard-to-control diseases
June 13, 2023

What was behind Australia’s potato shortage? Wet weather and hard-to-control diseases

If you’ve been into a fish and chip shop in Australia in the last 12 months, you may well have seen a notice tacked to the wall about the impact of the potato shortage. Supermarkets, too, slapped temporary limits on frozen chip purchases.
Australia
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Lamb Weston opens new Innovation Center in Bergen op Zoom (the Netherlands)
June 12, 2023

Potato Processor Lamb Weston opens a new Innovation Center in Bergen op Zoom, the Netherlands

Lamb Weston EMEA opened its new Innovation Center in Bergen op Zoom, the Netherlands, on June 8, 2023 in the presence of employees, suppliers and the mayor of the city.
Netherlands
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BRI Agri Institute Launched To Rev Up Potato Industry
June 07, 2023

Eleven Belt and Road countries create a potato industry network, propose a joint Potato Germplasm Resource Bank

In a bid to turbocharge the potato industry, 11 Belt and Road (BRI) countries including China and Pakistan have joined international universities, companies and organisations to launch an international network on the potato industry at a forum held recently at China's Southwest University.
China
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US Potato Prices Expected to Ease but Maintain Elevated Levels: Rabobank Report
June 06, 2023

US Potato Prices Expected to Ease but Stay Elevated according to Rabobank Report

The Rabobank report on the US Potato Industry anticipates good prices for the remainder of the 2022/23 marketing year, particularly as the year comes to an end before the new crop harvest begins.
Netherlands
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Cultivo de papa in vitro.
May 31, 2023

Bolivia: ¿Cómo combaten el contrabando y luchan por conservar variedades de papa investigadores de la UMSS?

Investigadores de la Universidad Mayor de San Simón y de la Universidad Javeriana de Colombia prevén conservar múltiples variedades de este producto bajo estándares de alta calidad genética y sanitaria, debido a bacterias y otro tipo de afectaciones que, con los años, causaron que muchas 'especies' de papas queden prácticamente al borde de la extinción.
Bolivia
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Scientists weed out harmful genes to breed better potatoes
May 22, 2023

Scientists weed out harmful genes to breed better potatoes

A new predictive method has shown a way to better select parents for new potato varieties, offering a blueprint for better potatoes and a way to speed up the production of higher yield varieties.
United Kingdom
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The patchwork quilt of farm fields near Breadalbane on Prince Edward Island
May 22, 2023

PEI Potato Board: Acreage of cover crops before potatoes has doubled

New numbers from the P.E.I. Potato Board show that on Prince Edward Island the acreage of cover crops grown before potatoes has doubled.
Canada
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The Idaho Potato Commission’s Frites Campaign Crowned Grand Champion, Sweeps Awards at Best of NAMA 2023
May 22, 2023

The Idaho Potato Commission’s Frites Campaign Crowned Grand Champion, Sweeps Awards at Best of NAMA 2023

The Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) was declared the Grand Champion at the National Agri-Marketing Association’s (NAMA) award show held on April 26 in St. Louis, MO for its public relations campaign Frites by Idaho.
United States
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Potato-LITE: Delivering novel, sustainable cultivation approaches to minimise tillage intensity throughout the UK
May 15, 2023

Potato-LITE: Delivering novel, sustainable cultivation approaches to minimise tillage intensity throughout the UK

Defra and UKRI, as part of the Farming Innovation Programme, recently announced funding for 'Potato-LITE' – a multimillion pound project over four years
United Kingdom
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Event summary for 2023 CPMA Convention and Trade Show
May 09, 2023

Canadian Produce Marketing Association Convention and Trade Show (CPMA 2023) sets records

The 2023 Canadian Produce Marketing Association Convention and Trade Show (CPMA 2023) held last week in Toronto is CPMA’s biggest show in its history with over 4200 people attending the event.
Canada
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B-hive Innovations is developing a technology that goes beyond imaging the potato plant:  potato tubers are inspected using ground penetrating radar.
May 07, 2023

Watch your potatoes grow... Not the plants, the tubers!

Ground-Sensing technology TuberScan - developed by Agri-tech business B-hive Innovations and partners - is entering its final phase of testing both overseas and now in the UK following the start of this year’s weather-delayed potato growing season.
United Kingdom
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Big savings in reducing insecticide use.
May 04, 2023

Potatoes New Zealand meeting on the benefits of IPM: Big savings by reducing insecticide use.

By adopting integrated pest management (IPM) practices growers are not on their own, Australian entomologist, Dr Paul Horne, told Pukekohe potato growers at a Potatoes New Zealand research update breakfast meeting in late March.
New Zealand
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