New packaging equipment at a Prince Edward Island potato packer, purchased with a loan from ACOA (the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency), is expected to help the company reach new customers.
Colruyt is the first distributor in Belgium to initiate a cooperation with potato producers. Nine producers, working directly with Colruyt, have just planted 5,000 tons of potato plants.
Einem Medienbericht zufolge, hat das in Bengaluru (Indien) basierte Saatkartoffel-Unternehmen, Utkal Tubers India Pvt. Ltd, rund USD 4.600.000 von Zephyr Peacock India Fund und CapAleph Indian Millennium KMU-Fonds, erhalten.
De regelgeving voor de Poolse aardappelexport naar andere Europese landen is dit jaar veranderd.
The Zimbabwean government says it will lift a ban on some imported products from South Africa, a year after it was first imposed.
The first estimate of acreage planted to potatoes in the North-Western European Potato Growers (NEPG) region is projected to have reached a 10-year high.
The United States has officially indicated its desire to renegotiate the 1993 North American Free Trade Agreement, triggering a 90-day consultation window before formal talks begin.
In the United Kingdom, farming minister George Eustice (DEFRA) has approved a four-year trial of genetically modified (GM) potatoes at The Sainsbury Laboratory in Norwich between 2017 and 2021.
