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March 25, 2024 | Articles

Across borders

In far-a-way Kiev this summer, I saw lovely table potatoes on the shelves of a large supermarket, with which many Ukrainians were filling their shopping carts. The choice here was: ready-packed in net bags or loose to choose and fill your own bag.

March 25, 2024 | Articles

French edition with European style

It was an absolutely brilliant idea to name all internationally-oriented potato shows on the European continent PotatoEurope. While the first French edition of PotatoEurope four years ago hardly attracted any visitors from far-a-way, it was quite different now. In September, masses of Russians, Americans, Australians, Chinese and many other potato entrepreneurs from all over the…

March 25, 2024 | Articles

Ukrainian potato cultivation professionalises

By investing heavily in new varieties, cultivation methods and storage, the Ukrainian potato sector wants to professionalise further, as we witnessed during the most recent harvesting period. This is necessary to meet the growing demand, observed Jan Willem Sepers of the Agroplant seed potato trading company and his local agent, Valery Lashinsky.

March 19, 2024 | Articles

International Potato Variety Days 2023

Stricter customer demands require accelerated adjustments in breeding

Customers in the international potato sector are increasingly tightening their requirements. Current terms such as regenerative agriculture and bio­diversity are now being used, partly under the influence of a critically watchful society. One of the consequences of this is that crop protection chemicals and fertilisers will be…

March 19, 2024 | Articles

World Potato Congress 2024: Old World Meets New

The 12th World Potato Congress, held from 23-26 June 2024 in the Australian city Adelaide, marks a pivotal moment for the global potato industry. ’Beyond the opportunity to showcase the excellence of the Australian potato sector on the world stage, this Congress aims to catapult potatoes into the spotlight as a compelling, nutritional and health-conscious food…

March 19, 2024 | Articles

Finding a delicate balance

Due to the exceptional growing season in 2023, some of the potatoes in Europe were not harvested and were left in the ground.

February 28, 2024 | Articles

Sustainable lasts longest

Dutch potato growers want more sustainability in their farm management. The Skylark project has shown them that potato cultivation flourishes best if a cropping plan includes cereals. This proves the time-honoured farmer wisdom for using ample crop rotation.

February 28, 2024 | Articles

Storage heart of the enterprise

Marien and Joos Poppe in Nagele invested over 1.5 million euros in a state-of-the-art box storage with fan ventilation and mechanical cooling for seed potatoes, carrots and onions. ‘The storage is the heart of our enterprise’, Marien Poppe tells us. ‘Everything to do with seed aims at quality. As organic seed potato growers, we can’t…

February 21, 2024 | Articles

Next Level communication

During the annual presentation of new varieties at the various breeding stations and trading companies, we zoomed in on innovation in the potato branch. The conversations and discussions made it quite clear that innovation always goes together with change.

February 20, 2024 | Articles

PotatoEurope 2013: The next level

On 11 and 12 September 2013, PotatoEurope 2013 will be held in Emmeloord, the Netherlands. The theme of the Dutch edition of this major international potato event is: ‘The Next Level’, a title that was chosen by the organisation to present the potato sector with a panoramic view towards the year 2050. Various players from…

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