Potato news archive – Page 54
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ArticleMarketing drive for Comber Early potatoes
Northern Irish growers and packers are aiming to maximise the potential of PGI status for New Season Comber Early potatoes
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ArticleRussia bans EU seed-potato imports
A temporary ban will come into force on 1 April, Russian organisation Rosselkhoznadzor has revealed
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ArticlePotato giant Agrico reports fall in sales
Eurozone crisis and Arab spring blamed for substantial decrease in demand and prices for seed potatoes last year
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ArticleBelgians rebrand "forgotten vegetables"
Bel'Orta label offers products including glasshouse runner beans, parsnips, beetroot and black salsify
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ArticlePotato Council looks ahead
Challenging year means the organisation is looking forward to better times
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ArticleNZ growers give levy approval
New Zealand’s growers have voted to continue paying their industry-wide levy.
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ArticleViability of UK potato production ‘under threat’
Retailers have been urged to act swiftly to restore equity to the fresh potato supply chain as packers and growers have been plunged into crisis.
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ArticleProduce Investments acquires Rowe Farming
Greenvale's parent company Produce Investments has acquired Cornish potato and daffodil growers Rowe Farming Ltd
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ArticleEuropean potato crop set to shrink
Total production across Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands and UK set to fall 14.5 per cent this season, says NEPG
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ArticleGolden moment
The Norfolk Peer potato brand, produced by Heygate Farms Swaffham Ltd, took gold in the ‘Best Plough to Plate Champions’ award at the Eastern Daily Press Food and Drink Awards.
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ArticleConsumers get the taste for Sweet Potatoes
With shoppers increasingly understanding the health benefits of sweet potatoes, producers are seizing the opportunity to grow the category further. Gill McShane and Michael Barker report
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ArticleVegetables look for balance
Across the vegetable category there’s been some good news with more shoppers buying in, but concerns about the supply-demand balance remain for certain crops
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French unveil purchasing stats
The French government prices and market monitoring agency FranceAgriMer last week released a review of the fresh produce market from Christmas 2011 to August 2012.
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ArticleEurope shows its sweet tooth
Sweet potatoes are bucking the trend as a US-grown fresh product making waves across the Atlantic
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ArticleEurope hungry for US sweet potatoes
Export shipments have soared over the past decade, according to figures published by the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service
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ArticlePotato breeder seeks crowd funding to beat blight
A promising line of blight-resistant potatoes is looking for crowd funding to back a future development.
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ArticleOpen all hours
The traditional greengrocer is a rarity these days, but a new breed of independent fresh produce seller is breathing new life into the sector, reports Samantha Lyster
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ArticlePotato sales up in France
According to FranceAgriMer, France's national agriculture board, potato sales in the country have increased by 11.3 per cent in the first seven months of 2012 compared with the year-earlier period.
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ArticlePotato sales up in France
In France, purchases of potatoes are up, according to FranceAgriMer, although prices have taken a dive
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ArticleThe quiet revolution
More famous for its big-name marketing strategies than its environmental work, Albert Bartlett is nevertheless putting a huge amount of work in place behind the scenes, as David Burrows finds out