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In the agricultural landscape of southern Alberta, potato cultivation currently shines as a promising and profitable sector, as I noted during a visit to the Canadian province. Regional growth is stimulated by innovative agricultural practices, substantial government investments and advanced technologies that bring the yield and quality of potatoes to a higher level.
McDonald’s is seeking to build bridges with the Dutch potato sector, what’s going on?
Fast food chain McDonald’s is an important French fries retailer in the world and is therefore of great value to the potato growers in the Netherlands. So far, the group has rarely turned directly to the cultivation sector in the Netherlands. However, that changed this year. For example, talks were recently started with some leading…
Targeted advice
Many potato diseases have a clear relationship with meteorological conditions, this is obvious to most people outside and certainly within agriculture. To give just one example the potato disease, Phytophthora infestans, Irish farmers have known since 1845 what disastrous consequences it has had! In barely five years, Ireland’s population had halved, of the four million…
Potatoes produce 50 percent less CO2 emissions than cereals
A literature study by the Union of the German Potato Industry (UNIKA) and the German Potato Trade Association (DKHV) shows that the CO2 footprint when producing and processing potatoes emits 50 percent less greenhouse gases than cereals.
Restrain launches PET technology
Just before the 2024 storage season, Restrain is launching a new storage technology called PET, Precision Ethylene Treatment. With this system, the company aims to set a new standard in preventing germination in the storehouse through the meticulous administration and control of ethylene. ‘By optimising ethylene levels in the storehouse, we prevent germination, maintain the…
Flemish research centresare digitising trial observationsto keep up with the times
Research centres in the potato sector must move with the times when it comes to digitising data. Customers want ever-faster results, and are demanding more – and also more accurate – trial observations. And labour is also a bottleneck, which is why the Flemish research institute Inagro from Roeselare invested heavily in an automated assessment…
Ware potato cultivation in Southern Alberta is booming business
Potato cultivation in the south of the Canadian province of Alberta is a booming business and contractually tightly regulated. As the government invests nearly a billion dollars (600 million euros) in improving water availability, cultivation will expand even further. Processors such as McCain and Lamb Weston also report that they have substantial growth plans in…
Royal HZPC Group has its focus on innovative data-driven variety development
Royal HZPC Group says it is on the verge of a revolution in potato breeding. The fact is that the company has invested heavily in a scientific breeding approach that relies significantly on data.
Propagation fromgermination to Pb1 fully conditioned
Unique – the approach of the Westland area in the province of South Holland cannot be more aptly described. It is here that ultra-modern potato propagation takes place, from germination to the cultivation of the Pb1 generation, and all of this under fully conditioned circumstances. Under roof and under glass with only one goal: to…
France is the new potato hotspot
After an eight-year absence, members of the European potato industry were very keen to return to France for the Potato Europe Show. More than 18°000 visitors attended the event in the north east of France, which is seeing a large increase in potato production. The exhibitor lines were almost three kilometres long and consisted of…
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