Potato News from Europe

In the Netherlands, the weather affected the potato harvest and raises many questions about the future of production in the country.

Elisam is looking forward to welcoming you on their booth A20 in hall 6.1

A specialist UK manufacturer of automated potato packaging and palletising solutions is targeting the United States as it prepares for growth in 2024.

Machine learning driven crop insights tool HarvestEye will be exhibiting on the global agronomy stage at Fruit Logistica. Fitting to harvesting or grading equipment provides visibility on the size, shape and mapping variability of potatoes and now also onions.

Haith will treat visitors to stand A-21 in Fruit Logistica's Hall 4.1 to a true taste of Yorkshire with Yorkshire Tea and biscuits on offer to all.

As of January 1st, 2024, the assets and business activities of Lalesse Extrusion are integrated into Kuipers Food Processing Machinery.

Global supermarket chain Carrefour will stop selling PepsiCo products in it stores in France, Belgium, Spain and Italy

Disponibilidad de semilla para España se verá afectada en por lo menos un 20%. No hay semilla para todos.

Pringles make a major change to its tube packaging - and says it will prevent crisps. Most Britons will be familiar with the famous Pringles tube - but the crisp brand is now making a huge change to its packaging.

En el sur de España se mantiene el optimismo con respecto a la siembra de patata a pesar de aumentos en los costos e incertidumbre con respecto a la disponibilidad de semilla.

A non-certified biogas installation. Staff who turn to the previous owner with their problems.

Global snack producer Calbee has invested in new frying, seasoning and distribution machinery for its Deeside plant.

En España la disponibilidad de semilla de patata se ve comprometida debido a las restricciones en el uso de agroquímicos y a la poca producción.

Tong Engineering is set to exhibit once again at the UK’s largest farm machinery show LAMMA on January 17 and 18 2024 at the NEC Birmingham.

Climate change and genetic selection have brought root-knot nematodes further north in Europe and made cyst nematodes more difficult to control.

The Dutch Farmers Organisation (NAV) has again calculated the expected cost price of consumption potatoes for the coming season. The cost shows a slight increase compared to expected cost price for the 2023 harvest.

Jornada técnica de la revista Campo, este 26 de enero, reúne por duodécima vez al sector patatero español.

The German Potato Industry Association (DKHV) honored Christin Meyer's thesis on nitrogen fertilization of (starch) potatoes, research carried out at the University of Göttingen.