News on The Potato Supply Chain from Europe

Un trabajo sobre los primeros pasos en el cultivo y la implantación de la patata en el País Vasco, realizado por David Palanca, ha recibido hoy el XIX Premio Félix Mocoroa de investigación gastronómica.

Tesco has teamed up with Michelin starred chef Mark Sargeant and top food blogger Miss Marmite Lover, aka Kerstin Rodgers, to support its range of Cypriot new potatoes which will be available in store from December sold as loose and then under the Tesc...

The 16th edition of INTERPOM | PRIMEURS in Kortrijk Xpo shot past the record-breaking number of visitors at the last event: with an amazing 17 678 visitors this year, INTERPOM | PRIMEURS clocked up a spectacular 25.7% more visitors.

In response to European concerns over high levels of the carcinogen acrylamide in processed foods, researchers are looking to reduce dietary levels of the chemical by developing a new variety of potato.

NEPG: Early indications suggest that the North European harvest will be 17% less than last season with some thousands of hectare still to be harvested.

On the occasion of the opening of Interpom Primeurs, its biennial international trade fair in Kortrijk Xpo, Belgapom, the professional association of the Belgian potato trade and processing sector, launched its corporate social responsibility project.

Haciendo campaña para las elecciones agrarias en el mercadillo semanal de los sábados en La Bañeza, los dirigentes de la Asociación Agraria de Jóvenes Agricultores (ASAJA) han pedido medidas para que cultivos tan arraigados en las vegas bañezanas...

On Wednesday 14 November Europatat, the European Potato Trade Association, celebrated its 60th Anniversary with a policy event in Brussels Museum of Natural Sciences.

ODENBERG and BEST, part of TOMRA Sorting Solutions, will showcase different systems from their market-leading Halo and Genius range of sensor-based optical sorters at Interpom | Primeurs

HZPC reports that the value of the certificate of HZPC has increased again with 10% on the stock trading day of 16 November 2012.

Visys NV, the advanced sorting technology provider, today announced it expands its successful vegetables sorting applications towards dedicated potato processing applications.

On Thursday 8 November Agrico opened its annual Presentation of Varieties and Seedlings at its breeding company Agrico Research in Bant.

Greenvale AP, the UK’s leading potato supplier, launches a series of consumer magazine ads in a £1million plus marketing campaign to support its GreenVale Farm Fresh potato brand.

Conveyor belt supplier Wellwaij Belting uses the Interpom Primeurs to highlight its needle belt to transport potatoes with minimal damage.

Agrometius highlights solutions for precision agriculture at the Interpom | Primeurs 2012

HZPC will highlight pomme couleur, a range of potato varieties wwith a colourful appearance and various functional ingredients.

Schouten Sorting Equipment BV highlights a range of potato handling solutions at the Interpom | Primeurs.

Ludo Pauwels highlighs the Pom-over at Interpom | Primeurs. The Pom-over is a unique solution that not only transports the potatoes, but also cleans them.