Ware potatoes

August 25, 2022 | News

Nationwide Produce and AH Worth potato partnership announced

UK produce company Nationwide Produce PLC announced its takeover of the complete marketing of AH Worth’s Potato Lovers, Chippies’ Choice and Baby Pearl brands.

March 23, 2022 | Articles

‘Due to the rapidly growing sales market, we need more potatoes’

‘Due to the rapidly growing sales market, we need more potatoes. In order to compensate for the sharply rising cultivation costs for our growers and to keep the cultivation of potatoes profitable, we have to substantially increase the contract prices for the next harvest year, and that’s what we’re going to do. In addition, we’ll…

January 20, 2022 | News

Growers in England and Wales allowed to import Dutch seed potatoes

Growers of ware potatoes in England and Wales are allowed to import seed potatoes directly from the Netherlands.

November 24, 2021 | Articles

‘Lack of collective spirit makes grower’s life difficult’

As the first member of the Dutch Producers Organisation for Ware Potatoes (POC), arable farmer and POC board member Jasper Roubos (37) is committing himself with infectious enthusiasm to this initiative in which ware potato growers are organising themselves to achieve a stronger position in the market. At his farm in the village of Abbenes,…

November 25, 2020 | Articles

Producers’ Organisation for Ware Potatoes (POC) gets official recognition

The Producers’ Organisation for Ware potatoes (POC), which was set up last spring, recently received official recog­nition to function as a producer organisation within the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries. The initiator, the Dutch Arable Farming Trade Union (NAV), is happy to announce this successful outcome.

November 25, 2020 | Articles

Dutch grower wants to strengthen his position in the region

Growing big on Groningen clay. With this slogan, Menko van Zwol and his ‘best-tasting potatoes’ are presented on his website. The Van Zwol family sells consumption potatoes directly to consumers and also supplies them to the hotel and catering industry, specialist shops and regional supermarkets. With an open mind and a professional approach, they’re trying…