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May 27, 2021 | News

Virtual Europatat Congress open to the whole potato sector, free of charge

Registrations for the upcoming annual Europatat Congress on June 10^th are open.

May 20, 2021 | News

Breeding companies combine strengths for hybrid breeding in starch potato production

Solynta and Averis recently announced they will be working together on the hybrid breeding of starch potato varieties.

May 13, 2021 | News

European Association for Potato Research (EAPR) conference postponed to 2022

The 21st Triennial Conference of the European Association for Potato Research (EAPR) has been postponed to July 4-8, 2022.

May 06, 2021 | News

Solentum products find continuation with Pessl Instruments

As of May 1^st, Austria-based Pessl Instruments has taken over Solentum’s farmer-targeted SolGrader and SolAntenna.

April 26, 2021 | News

Optical potato sorter CropVision receives SIMA Innovation Award

DOWNS optical potato sorter CropVision was awarded the Gold medal in the SIMA Innovation Awards’ “From Harvest to Storage” Category.

April 22, 2021 | News

Latest smart bigbag pilot for seed potatoes measures temperature fluctuations

With a new element, HZPC’s latest smart bigbag pilot aims to find out more about the condition of seed potatoes during transport.

April 16, 2021 | News

Robotti deployed to plant potatoes for the very first time

The first potatoes for the PotatoEurope harvesting demonstrations were planted with the autonomous implement carrier Robotti.

April 08, 2021 | News

New optical sorter brings total flexibility to production at SCEA HERMANT

French farming company SCEA HERMANT experienced total flexibility in production during first season of operating a new optical sorter.

April 01, 2021 | News

Agrico uses online platform to present growing Next Generation range

Agrico recently announced that from March 25, the cooperative is sharing the innovation of its sustainable Next Generation varieties on its online Agrico Potatoes platform.

March 25, 2021 | News

PotatoEurope organisation starts preparing potato trial fields in Lelystad

The organisation of PotatoEurope 2021 has started preparing the potato trial fields at the event location near the central Dutch city of Lelystad.