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…
February 20, 2024 | Articles
Innovative Potato Presentation at Jumbo’s
Two years ago, HZPC started an initiative to change old sales traditions into a more contemporary presentation of potatoes in the supermarkets. It would mainly help young consumers to make the right choice. For this purpose, the company has developed a potato cooler with bright-coloured doors and clear texts. This season, Jumbo installed a first…
February 20, 2024 | Articles
Seed potato grower says goodbye to inspection room
After 25 long winters of manual work in the inspection room, Johannes Sijtsma has decided to outsource his seed inspection work to an electronic grading and inspection machine from now on. ‘To get on with your business, you shouldn‘t go for the old systems, but move forward’, Sijtsma explains his 450,000 euro investment in a…
February 20, 2024 | Articles
Participants choose PBSE course for more knowledge and personal contact
The Potato Business School Emmeloord (PBSE) recently organised another international potato course. Switzerland, Sudan, Cyprus, Canada, Ukraine, America, from all corners of the world participants came to the enterprising village in the polder to increase their knowledge about the cultivation, mechanisation and storage of this important crop. However, the lectures weren’t the only reason for…
February 19, 2024 | Articles
Production increase
In 2050, we will need twice as much food to feed all the people on earth than we need today, we are told by scientists such as Professor Anton Haverkort. As the amount of agricultural land won’t increase, the production per hectare will have to expand considerably to be able to feed us all. Because…
February 19, 2024 | Articles
Agrico wants to be the largest in the world
‘We want to become market leader in the worldwide seed potato trade.’ We’re talking with Jan van Hoogern (51), general manager of the Agrico cooperative, which was founded 40 years ago. He aims high for ‘his’ celebrating cooperative. Perfectly relaxed, in his office, he explains why he wants to be the largest seed potato trading…
February 19, 2024 | Articles
Variety presentation 2012: in search of innovations
What is innovation? Van Dale’s Dutch Dictionary is brief. Innovation is simply a synonym to introducing a novelty. The usual run of things for the Dutch potato breeders, you would say. Certainly, if you consider the full trays of new varieties and numbers that were being admired at the variety presentations in Emmeloord at the…
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