January 31, 2024 | Articles

Eye-catching presentations at Fruit Logistica

In Berlin, every year the international potato, vegetable and fruit sectors present themselves to a aworldwide public at Fruit Logistica. During the three show days, suppliers and producers from 78 countries, gathering around 2,543 stands, meet important decision-makers from big and small buyers from over 130 countries. Eighty percent of the visitors are non-German, making…

January 31, 2024 | Articles

Coming and going in 2014

In wintertime, I really enjoy lighting a fire. Gazing into it, a good glass of wine, contemplating the past, the present and the future. Events come and go, what is, is gone before you know it. The same applies to the potato branch.

January 31, 2024 | Articles

Open and honest communication, that’s what it’s all about when you market potatoes

Thinking along with the buyer and offering solutions himself, that’s how Pieter Winter of Agro Giethoorn, together with his colleague Sander Cordes, wants to make a difference in the market. And he wants this not only for the cultivation and marketing of his potatoes, but also where table chickens and the state-of-the-art biodigester are concerned.…

January 31, 2024 | Articles

Potato growing in Cartagena stands out in the market

Good prices are giving the potato growers in Southern Spain a boost this year. And they can use it. Prices were not good in the past few years and cultivation costs are at least 8,000 euros per hectare. The tasty potatoes from the red, volcanic soil are becoming increasingly popular in North-European countries, among which…

January 30, 2024 | Articles

More colour in the sector

The consumption of fresh table potatoes is decreasing in Europe and that’s no secret.

January 29, 2024 | Articles

Potato sector keenly anticipates growth of Polish supermarkets

If you want followers, you’ll have to run faster. This also applies to new sectors in growing economies. A classic example is the rise of supermarkets in Poland. If you, as a producer and a trader of potatoes, want to be able to supply to this fast, demanding market, you must be able to do…

January 29, 2024 | Articles

Don’t ask what it costs, but ask what it brings in

Don’t ask what it costs, but ask what it brings in, is the motto of Lothar Moll of the German company Demota. This applies to both cultivation and storage, which means that you need to take very good care of the crop in order to be able to deliver perfect table potatoes 9 months after…

January 25, 2024 | Articles

Natural limitation

Increasing attention is being paid to organic plant protection chemicals based on natural substances. Worldwide, the turnover of these new products has already increased to 1.3 billion dollars, 40 percent of which is sold in America.

January 25, 2024 | Articles

Organic crop protection chemicals are gaining ground throughout the world

Organic crop protection products or biologicals are showing a fast growth throughout the world. In 2011, the turnover was already 1.3 billion dollars, and this is expected to have risen to 3.2 billion by 2017. The development is the fastest in North America with as much as 40 percent of the worldwide turnover. Europe is…

January 25, 2024 | Articles

Breeding pioneer Niek Vos pushes the boundaries

Crop grower and potato breeder Niek Vos in the village of Kraggenburg is the example and the face of the organic potato sector. His pioneering work, the search for Phytophthora-resistant varieties led to his first success with the Bionica variety years’ ago. After the steady growth of this variety to a crop of nearly 30…