Potato News from Europe

Tong Engineering is set to demonstrate its latest handling equipment advances that focus on overcoming
post-harvest labour challenges, at the UK’s largest agricultural machinery show, LAMMA in January.

During its last meeting on November 9, 2022, the NEPG estimated that the total potato production 2022 in the NEPG zone (EU-04) will be down by 6 % compared to last year.

The leading international packaging and materials handling trade show ALL4PACK will take place in Paris end of November 2022. Scott are happy to be exhibiting at the show, taking this opportunity to present their unique palletising expertise, including the latest PAL 4.0 range.

Kiremko, manufacturer of turnkey potato processing lines and FAM Stumabo, worldwide known for their progressive industrial potato cutting solutions and innovative shapes produced through hydrocutting systems, have entered a long-term global partnership.

On November 27, 28 and 29, Herbort will be exhibiting at Interpom Expo in Kortrijk, Belgium. Together with Spiessens, Herbort will present several unique machines at hall 5, booth 511.

The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 135.9 points in October 2022, virtually unchanged from September, with the price indices of all the covered commodity groups, except cereals, down month-on-month.

Princesa Amandine une su marca a la de Paradores de Turismo para que los consumidores de esta patata puedan disfrutar de las 10.000 plazas que ofrecen los 97 establecimientos de esta red líder de turismo cultural.

The Interpom potato industry trade fair in Belgium is coming up! At the stand of harvester manufacturer AVR you can discover their latest updates: a new Clean & Go bunker and a special edition of their MultiForce

After two dry years out of four, many farmers are seriously considering the future viability of a water hungry crop like potatoes. An exceptionally dry summer for much of the UK this year came on the back of a dry growing season in 2018.

Newtec Engineering A/S makes optical sorting machines as well as packing and weighing machines for potatoes. One of the cameras they use was just optimized for 3D printing.

On 10 and 11 November, Agrico held its annual variety and seedling show at Agrico Research in Bant. During the show no fewer than nine new varieties were presented.

Interpom 2022 is just around the corner, and it wouldn't be complete without such an established name in the potato sector as Dewulf.

Kent Crisps have won Best Savoury Snack for their Lamb and Rosemary flavour at the Great British Food Awards 2022. Having launched in late 2021, Lamb and Rosemary is the newest addition to the range of Kent Crisps.

Every site of Royal Avebe has its own Human Resources challenges. This includes the Avebe Kartoffelstärkefabrik Prignitz/Wendland (KPW) sites in Germany. The relatively high average age of the staff creates capacity challenges for the future.

Ten years ago, Greydanus invested in a complete water purifying system for washing potatoes using purified water. As a result, this Dutch potato wholesaler uses much less water.

The ADAPT project aims at developing new strategies to make potatoes fit for the challenging growth conditions of the future. Within this project, potato varieties trials are conducted in Austria.

In this new position, Joost will be responsible for the downstream part of Solynta, leading product management, commercial and go to market strategies.

The Conference main theme was 'EUPPA driving sustainability across the potato processing sector'. It was the first gathering of the kind since the Covid-19 outbreak.