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The last potatoes were planted at the end of April at PotatoEurope’s demo site and until the end of May the participation demands continued to come in. With less than three weeks to go, time for an update!

Sensor-based sorter manufacturer TOMRA offers their insights on the impact of sorting technology on food safety in the Potato Processing Industry

AVR developed new receiving hopper for medium-sized agricultural holdings

ILVO, HOGENT en TRIAS hebben een Peruaanse delegatie op bezoek in de Food Pilot (ILVO Brusselsestwg. Melle) om de productie van zogenaamde tunta’s (gevriesdroogde aardappelen) in een coöperatief fabriekje in de Andes op punt te krijgen.

De aardappel is niet uit het nieuws te branden. Deze week bleek dat Belgische telers in Noord-Frankrijk neerstrijken omdat het Belgische areaal bijna uitgeput is.

Based upon a provisional estimation of the NEPG (North-Western European Potato Growers) the area in the 5 largest potato countries increased to 609.000 ha of consumption potatoes, a 2.4% increase.

Since the humble precursor to modern potato first domesticated in Peru 10,000 years ago, the tuber has branched off into thousands of different varieties.

The NEPG (North-Western European Potato Growers) have estimated that the upcoming area for
consumption potatoes in 2019 will increase between 1 and 2 % towards almost 604.000 ha in the 5
main production countries.

Dewulf, full-liner in agricultural machines for potatoes and carrots, receives a capital injection by family shareholders Hendrik Decramer and Thomas Decan, in collaboration with investor Jan Clarebout.

Belgische aardappelverwerking kende een recordgroei in 2018 en overschrijdt de kaap van de 5 miljoen ton verwerkte aardappelen. Voor 2019 staat de sector echter voor grote uitdagingen als gevolg van het slechte groeiseizoen 2018 – 2019.

Three Belgian organisations, Boerenbond, Belgapom and VITO are teaming up to strengthen the future of the Belgian potato chain by jointly investing in the online data platform WatchITgrow.

Last Friday, the European Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, mostly referred to as ScoPAFF voted an a proposal to ban Chlorpropham (or CIPC), widely used in the potato industry as sprout inhibitor during potato storage.

Late last month, the entire potato sector once again gathered en masse at INTERPOM | PRIMEURS at Kortrijk Xpo.

De voorbije dagen was de volledige aardappelsector massaal verzameld op INTERPOM PRIMEURS in Kortrijk Xpo. Niet minder dan 19.508 bezoekers de beurs...

RMA Techniek has combined their capabilities in robotics, smart engineering and experience in the potato processing industry in a unique way: the company has specialized in the automated quality assessment of potatoes and shows its progress at Interpom.

Interpom 2018 will be an edition of 'firsts' for Potato Cultivation Equipment Supplier Dewulf

ENGIE Refrigeration has developed a storage system based entirely on mechanical refrigeration, which allows maintaining the same storage conditions throughout the year.

Potato Storage Specialist Tolsma-Grisnich will reveal the RevolutionAIR at the Interpom | Primeur 2018 on November 25, at noon. The company also highlights its compact refrigeration unit – the QCC45