Aardappelbewaring

Agri-Stor Company has acquired the assets and business operations of Custom Chemical Company - a full-service provider of potato sprout inhibitors, specialty post-harvest crop protection products and a Certified Dealer of Gellert® climate control systems

The potato capital of Gujarat - Deesa is facing acute price crisis with cost of the vegetable dipping to the lowest in a decade. The potato growing farmers and wholesale merchants are crying hoarse over the excess supply of potato from Agra, which has ...

In een aardappelloods van aardappelverwerker PeKa Kroef in Venray heeft zaterdag een zeer grote brand gewoed. De brand ontstond iets na elf uur 's ochtends in een loods, waarin circa 6000 ton aan aardappelen ligt opgeslagen. De loods moet als verloren ...

De aardappeloogst in Nederland is grotendeels achter de rug. Naar schatting is begin week 41 ca. 90% gerooid. Op de zwaardere grond zullen er nog een paar “verdwaalde” percelen en hoekjes moeten worden gerooid, op de lichtere (zand)grond zal is dat nog...

With dry weather exacerbating the risk of bruising potatoes at harvest, Potato Council has called on growers to take a proactive stance and make quality assessments at all stages of harvesting, from lifting to store loading.

Potato cultivators and traders in 8 districts of Rangpur division (Bangladesh) are in a dilemma as they are about to lose their investments despite a bumper production of their produce last season. In the hope of earning better profits, farmers and tr...

Because of the research she does on many different issues important to the potato industry, University of Idaho potato specialist Nora Olsen is a rising star. Her work on a new inhibitor that prevents potatoes from sprouting while in storage is the la...

Today, the Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association (WPVGA) has ceremoniously “handed over the keys” of the Potato and Vegetable Storage Research Facility (SRF) to the University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW). The ceremony gives the WPVGA a cha...

Door het droge voorjaar is de knolzetting matig en de maatsortering dit jaar grof. Grote aardappelen beschadigen sneller tijdens het rooien, waardoor het risico op schilbrand groter is. Schilbrand wordt veroorzaakt door chloor-profam. Deze werkzame st...

Farmers in India's potato-growing belt of Agra region, which accounts for more than 30 percent of the country's yield, are in peril as market prices continue to fall below the cost of cultivation. A bumper summer crop has not helped as they are under p...

Today, the annual European potato event Potato Europe started in Tournai (Kain) in Belgium. This international event for potato professionals alternates between the countries Belgium, Germany, France and The Netherlands.

Na de succesvolle editie van 2010, wordt op Potato Europe te Kain het startschot gegeven voor de tweede InnoPotato Award. Met deze wedstrijd worden Belgische aardappeltelers beloond die innovatie binnen hun bedrijf hoog in het vaandel dragen. Innovat...

Manitoba potato growers have had a tough go this season, but are pulling through. The threat of late blight and irrigation issues have taken their toll on potato growers, but the direct delivery season is getting underway. Some farmers were forced to...

A recent agreement between Pest Pros Inc and Soil Food Web Atlantic Canada will test the use of  STORECAST, “Storage Potato Disease Risk Indexing” in Prince Edward Island (PEI) Canada this storage season. Mr. Daryl Lingley of Soil Food Web Atlantic C...

De oogst van aardappelen in Friesland heeft een forse achterstand opgelopen. Normaliter zijn de akkerbouwers in augustus druk bezig met het binnenhalen van het gewas. ,,Nu is nog maar 20 procent uit de grond”, zegt de Holwerder akkerbouwer en woordvo...

Focus on Potato announces the launch of two new webcasts for practitioners in the potato industry, titled “Mid to Late Season Irrigation Management” and “Integrated Management of Storage Diseases.” View “Integrated Management of Storage Diseases” “I...

SAC 1st Class Honours graduate, Amanda MacLennan, from the Black Isle used the recent Potatoes In Practice Event near Dundee to present the results of her research into Pit rot of potatoes.

El centro tecnológico Ainia ha logrado alargar la vida útil hasta 13 días en manzanas de IV Gama y hasta 9 días en patatas de IV gama --productos listos para el consumo: cortados, preparados, lavados y envasados--, gracias al desarrollo tecnológico log...