News on The Potato Supply Chain from Europe

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Fenmarc’s campaign for its exclusively grown variety Rudolph has been recognised by the Grower of the Year awards.

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Investigadores del Instituto Canario de Investigaciones Agrarias (ICIA)-organismo autónomo adscrito a la Consejería de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pesca y Aguas del Gobierno de Canarias-, en colaboración con la Universidad de La Laguna (ULL) y el Cabildo d...

Investigadores del Instituto Canario de Investigaciones Agrarias (ICIA)-organismo autónomo adscrito a la Consejería de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pesca y Aguas del Gobierno de Canarias-, en colaboración con la Universidad de La Laguna (ULL) y el Cabildo d...

Comber early potatoes have been granted protected geographical indication(PGI) status under European law.

Andrew Williams of root crop specialists Home Farm, Nacton, near Ipswich, reckons the business will be reducing its potato planted acreage this season by about 10 per cent.

For the first time, leading potato supplier Greenvale AP is making a limited amount of its seed potato variety, the Vales Sovereign, available on the open market to Scottish potato farmers. 

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Scottish arable farmers who have up until now had a range of pesticides to deal with crop disease and pest problems now have greatly reduced resources as a result of European Union legislation.

Although other parts of the potato industry are in the doldrums, with lower returns than last year and much higher rejection percentages on account of the wet summer and lifting season, Scottish seed potato growers are busy exporting.

De schattingen voor de Britse aardappelproductie in het seizoen 2011/12 zijn naar beneden bijgesteld

France must be able to keep its position as EU’ largest potatoes exporter. This year the country will have to market over one million tons of potatoes.

Los agricultores canarios advierten de que los cultivos de secano –los que dependen expresamente de la lluvia para su riego– peligran si persiste la sequía en las próximas tres semanas.

The British potato industry is being encouraged to get behind two educational projects from Potato Council, to ensure that potatoes continue to feature in the daily lives of the nation. Grow Your Own Potatoes is now in its eighth year.

BASF SE, the maker of the Amflora scientific potato, is moving the plant-science unit that genetically modifies crops to the U.S. from Germany after European consumers resisted the technology.

Ahead of an emergency meeting in the Irish Farm Centre to address the crisis in the potato sector, IFA President John Bryan said growers are facing wipeout as retailers and packers pocket up to 80% of the final consumer price and farmers go broke.

BASF announced today that it is concentrating its plant biotechnology activities on the main markets in North and South America. Development and commercialization of all products targeted solely at cultivation in the European market (potatoes!) will be...