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De aardappelverwerkende industrie heeft in december 268.500 ton aardappelen verwerkt. Dat blijkt uit voorlopige gegevens van het Potato Info Centre van de Nederlandse Aardappel Organisatie. Dat is 19.300 ton minder dan in december vorig jaar. Ten opzi...

Belgen zijn echte aardappelliefhebbers, maar blijken bijzonder weinig te weten over hun favoriete gerecht. Dat blijkt uit cijfers van het Onderzoeks- en Informatiecentrum van de Verbruikersorganisatie (OIVO). Slechts 1 op de 3 (35%) kent de prijs van ...

Landbouworganisaties ABS en Boerenbond werken samen met PCA aan een prijsinformatiesysteem voor aardappelen. "Akkerbouwers zullen kunnen meedelen hoeveel aardappelen zij leveren, op welk tijdstip en aan welke prijs", verklaart Guy Depraetere,...

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

Deelnemers van de eerste internationale fritesbakwedstrijden tijdens het culinair festival ProefMei in juni, hoeven als het aan vier mbo-studenten ligt niet hun eigen frietjes te snijden.

El Banco de Huertas de Salamanca es diferente a cualquier banco.

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...

This year’s World Potato Congress, to be held in Edinburgh in May and organised by Potato Council, has attracted a remarkable line-up of international speakers including Dr Anton Haverkort of Netherlands-based Plant Research International.

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.

On 23 January, AGRANA completed the sugar beet campaign at its refinery in Tulln, thereby signalling the successful close of the 2011|12 processing season at all of its facilities.

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.

British raw food brand Gourmet Raw will be launching a new addition to their range in mid January 2012. Their new raw crisps are a snack range, made from sprouted buckwheat, which is contains protein and fibre.

There’s been a lot of noise in the press recently about a large Canadian company claiming it’s going to ‘revolutionise’ the way we eat jacket potatoes by baking and freezing them - but, here’s a thought - a small British company, Bannisters’ Farm, has...

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. 

Food fibres are considered as beneficial for our immune system. However ‘considered’ is not good enough;the European guard dog EFSA needs sound scientific evidence based on effects on healthy human people before health claims for these compounds are ap...

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.

Food producers can cut costs and boost environmental credentials by recycling food waste at a new anaerobic digestion plant in Wiltshire, UK