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Bintje, a classic amongst the potato varieties was chosen to be potato of the year by a panel of judges consisting of eight representatives of various environment, consumer and grower organisations. Gert Lindemann, the minister of Food, Agriculture, Co...

United Biscuits (UB) has become the first major food manufacturer in the UK to achieve zero waste to landfill across all of its 16 UK sites including its UK factories, distribution centre and administrative offices. The company, which produces much lo...

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...

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...

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...

De ledenraad van aardappelcoöperatie Agrico heeft een definitieve regeling aangenomen voor de 120 telers die tot vorig jaar fritesaardappelen leverden. Agrico droeg per 1 december de handel in fritesaardappelen over aan Aviko Potato. Dit zette bij ee...

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 ...

UK Potato firm Branston has bought a fleet of green forklift trucks to tackle emissions. Branston's nine hybrid vehicles will produce 60 per cent less carbon dioxide and use 20 per cent less fuel than alternatives. The RX 70 trucks are run on diesel ...

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...

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 ...

AGRIPRINS, een nieuw informatiesysteem voor de transactie prijzen van aardappelen in Nederland is van start. Vanaf februari 2012 test een groep van 250 consumptieaardappeltelers gedurende een heel jaar het online aardappelprijsinformatiesysteem.

The Norfolk potato industry now has its first British Retail Consortium (BRC) Global Standard for Food Safety accredited potato packing facility. This is a unique achievement within the County and is a major step forward in putting more Norfolk grown ...

KING crisps have developed a new cheese n' onion flavour using Wexford cheddar. The gold coloured packet of vintage cheddar and spring onion with a Wexford logo on the front, will soon be on sale in shops all over Ireland. Called King Gold Standard W...

Potato store operators must ensure they specify both airflow and air pressure when planning new stores, says Ray Andrews, from crop storage specialists Crop Systems Limited.

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 ...