January 24, 2024 | Articles

WIFO-Anema BV continues innovation with the K65,an adjustable stationary box rotator

WIFO-Anema, the manufacturer of machinery in Ferwerd, has added a new product to its range: the K65 stationary box rotator. This rotator is easy to adjust to both box and drop heights and is therefore excellently suited for the product-friendly emptying of differing box sizes.

January 24, 2024 | Articles

Agrico now has a majority interest in Canadian Parkland

Agrico in Emmeloord recently acquired a majority interest in the Canadian seed potato company Parkland Seed Potatoes, owned by Kirby and Paul Sawatzky of Edmonton. The potato cooperative already owned 49 percent of the shares and this has now become 70 percent.

January 24, 2024 | Articles

American small packagers are looking for niches in the market

More and more American consumers want food that has an authentic story to tell, is fresh, of impeccable quality and preferably locally grown. Small packaging company Mountain King in Houston and Pro-Health in Dallas (Texas) are looking for niches in the market and are gearing to these market trends in their very own ways.

January 24, 2024 | Articles

Mozambique can and must keep potato growing inside its own country

The Mozambican region of Zambezi is lagging quite far behind in the domains of agriculture and economy. The increasing production in the many coal mines is fairly slow in boosting the country’s income, so it needs a strong stimulus to bring more prosperity. One of the options to improve this situation is the cultivation of…

December 19, 2023 | Articles

CRISPR-CAS may be the answer to fast moving Phytophthora

‘I’ve always been quite optimistic, but after this year I’ve become a bit more pessimistic’, said WUR researcher Geert Kessel during a recent Nedelandse webinar on the preservation of resistances in robust varieties. What worries him most is the combi­nation of the high Phytophthora pressure in the past growing season and the fast moving adaptability of…

December 19, 2023 | Articles

Agreement on sustainable varieties now also signed by Belgium and France

During the recently held Potato Europe 2023 potato fair in Kain in Belgium, the Belgian and French organic potato sectors jointly signed an agreement to increase the number of robust varieties in cultivation and in distribution. A unique event, because the provinces of Flanders and Wallonia signed the agreement simultaneously and they also managed to…

December 19, 2023 | Articles

World Potato Congress goes down under

From 23-26 June 2024 the 12-th edition of the World Potato Congress (WPC) goes down under. Potatoes Australia will host the congress in the city of Adelaide, one of the main potato production areas in this huge country of 7.6 million square kilometres.

December 18, 2023 | News

Agrico and Agrico PSA to expand their activities into Tanzania

At this year’s varieties show, along with its subsidiary Agrico PSA, the Dutch cooperation took a further step towards continued growth in East Africa. By signing a distribution agreement with Fraxen Consult Ltd, the seed potatoes from the company will be exported to small-scale farmers in Tanzania later this year. It is important for Agrico…

November 27, 2023 | News

Fostering Potato Partnerships for Food Security

World Potato Congress Inc. is pleased to present the Webinar:  “Declaration of Dublin and the World Potato Congress, Fostering Potato Partnerships for Food Security” presented by President Peter VanderZaag and André Devaux , November 28, 2023 at  9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (USA/Canada)

November 27, 2023 | Posts

Fostering Potato Partnerships for Food Security

World Potato Congress Inc. is pleased to present the Webinar:  “Declaration of Dublin and the World Potato Congress, Fostering Potato Partnerships for Food Security” presented by President Peter VanderZaag and André Devaux , November 28, 2023 at  9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (USA/Canada)