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Satellite technology developed during the cold war is set to deliver state-of-the-art crop monitoring systems to help growers improve agronomy and drive up profits. Although the technology dates back several decades, its capabilities for remote sensing...

The 2011 potato growing season in Switzerland was a special one. "It was summer in the spring, it was fall in the summer and it was summer in the fall"is how the season was described by Ruedi Fischer, president of the Vereinigung der Schweize...

Teagasc are applying to the EPA for a licence to undertake a series of field studies using GM potatoes resistant to potato late blight disease to determine the potential impact this technology could have on our ecosystems. As part of the 22 partner ‘A...

Researchers have unveiled a potato scanner that uses artificial intelligence to improve the quality-control process. The team from Lincoln University used off-the-shelf hardware and new software to build a low-cost system that identifies defects, dise...

Assess store suitability before using CIPC, urges Adrian Cunnington, head of Sutton Bridge Crop Storage Research (SBCSR), who will be offering tips on how to follow best practice at the Potato Council Storage Forum East on March 1 and the Storage F...

Manter International bv, based in Emmen-Holland, is since 1995 manufacturer of weighing and packaging equipment for the fruit and vegetable industry. Manter introduces coming year a new serie of weighing machines. The first, which was been introduced ...

De Verenigde Telers Akerboud (VTA) inventariseert jaarlijks in november, februari en april de aardappelvoorraad onder een vaste representatieve groep van haar leden. Onlangs is de tweede voorraadinventarisatie uitgevoerd voor de opgeslagen aardappelen ...

Het aardappelareaal heeft weinig invloed op de totale productie. De opbrengst per hectare heeft een veel grotere effect. Dat fluctueert meer door de jaren heen dan het areaal, zegt voorzitter Louis Beemsterboer van de Verenigde Telers Akkerbouw (VTA)....

Akkerbouwers zijn meer gebaat bij verticale ketensamenwerking dan bij vrije handel. Dat zei directeur Dick Zelhorst van aardappelverwerker Aviko tijdens een bijeenkomst van de Nederlandse Akkerbouw Vakbond (NAV). Het is voor de industrie belangrijk da...

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published a scientific opinion on the Post-Market Environmental Monitoring (PMEM) report for the 2010 cultivation season of the genetically modified Amflora potato.

In Ireland, the government have committed grant assistance in excess of half a million euro to Gaoth Dobhair based Largo Food Exports Ltd. The funds will be used to update equipment and for research and development into new products to be produced in ...

Bureau Aardappelmarkt Informatie (BAI) van het PA heeft een telefonische opbrengst- en voorraadmeting enquête gehouden onder consumptieaardappeltelers. De ondervraagden zijn aselect getrokken uit het bestand van de landbouwtelling: alle relevante aarda...

De Belgapomprijs is de meest gehanteerde prijs, waargenomen op de vorige werkdag voor Bintje, voor verwerking tot diepgevroren aardappelproducten , veldgewas 35 mm+, frietgeschikt, af producent, los op wagen, voor onmiddellijke levering/ophaling. Voor...

The Austrian company Insort GmbH will receive a silver medal at this year’s Anuga FoodTec (International FoodTec Award 2012) for its development of the Sherlock Separator and associated technology.

Potato growers are needed to help put potatoes in the public eye and promote how great they are as a healthy, tasty and sustainable food. This final appeal comes as Potato Council continues its hunt for a new team of Potato Ambassadors. With the closin...

In Ireland, a Potato Promotions Group is to be established to plan and implement a major marketing initiative over the next three to five years, which will address consumer perceptions about potatoes and drive demand. New research shows that almost tw...

From 27th to 30th March 2012 the international food technology sector will once again meet at Anuga FoodTec in Cologne. Anuga FoodTec offers the international food business an information and purchasing platform that covers the entire spectrum of techn...

Food scientists have found a way of measuring how we register the saltiness of crisps which could lead to new ways of producing healthier crisps — without losing any of the taste. The research by scientists at The University of Nottingham could lead to...