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Production estimates in North-Western Europe, already known to be strong, have seen upwards revisions following the receipt of additional yield data - now exceeding 28Mt from a record 547,000ha.

Unstable prices for agriculture have turned two British farmers into potato chip producers: Here is how childhood friends Rod Garnham and Ross Taylor established Corkers Crisps.

To combat tumbling potato consumption, NFU Scotland has urged the industry’s statutory levy body to consider shifting its funding emphasis from research and development to more promotion.

'Potato Council' will become 'AHDB Potatoes' later this year as the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board’s (AHDB) operating divisions will be rebranded to create a simplified family of levy-payer facing brands under the AHDB name.

Tong Peal Engineering has announced it is launching an upgraded version of its market-leading Caretaker mobile grader for 2015.

The company which owns the Albert Bartlett potato brand has increased its profits by more than 31 per cent in spite of small fall in turnover. The company shows remarkable growth in international sales and 40% growth in its Scotty Brand business.

At Lamma 2015 - UK's largest farm machinery, equipment and agricultural services show - visitors to the AVR booth can get intimately acquainted with AVR's new potato harvesters.

Herbert Engineering, the leader in agricultural handling systems, will be attending LAMMA 2015, to showcase its latest grading technology.

Greenvale, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of fresh potatoes, offers a festive Christmas version of its 2kg bags of GreenVale All Rounder Potatoes.

If you are a supplier to the chip shop trade or foodservice sector with quality potatoes for chipping, then it makes sense for you to get behind Chip Week 2015!

Produce World Group has purchased the roots division of Fenmarc Produce, based at Swinderby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

Cuban visitors were given a focused tour encompassing Scottish Government’s SASA’s plant health facilities, a seed potato micro-propagation facility, and visited a leading Scottish seed grower and exporter.

William Chase, founder of Chase Distillery, will double production of premium spirits to 500,000 bottles this year after a bumper potato harvest.<

The dates have been set for the famous UK Potato Week 2014; running from 6-12 October the campaign will celebrate the humble potato and encourage mums to ‘trade-up’ from generic whites to named varieties.

In 2013 Norton Farm Potatoes invested in a grading line designed and manufactured by Tong Peal. Therefore, Tong Peal were the first port of call when increased throughput meant they needed to add to their machinery.

Tesco Northern Ireland’s commercial manager Cliff Kells has confirmed that sales of ‘Comber’ potatoes more than doubled, year-on-year, in local Tesco outlets during the months of July and August.

As Potato Council and the GB seed potato sector prepare for next months’ Potato Europe event in Germany, recent export statistics confirm that GB seed potatoes continue to be in demand around the world, with the 2013/14 figures revealing a new seed exports record from Britain.

The UK’s largest grower and supplier of potatoes, with a site at Burrelton, attended Scotland’s second largest agricultural show for the first time in order to promote its GreenVale potato brand. The company not only had an exhibition stand but were sponsoring the cookery demonstration given by Lady Clare MacDonald and supplied her with GreenVale potatoes to use in her recipes