Nel Regno Unito è il nemico numero uno delle patate. Sono i nematodi a cisti delle patate (NCP), micro-parassiti presenti nel terreno che ogni anno causano danni per 50 milioni di sterline (70 milioni di euro).
Przedstawiamy charakterystykę wybranych odmian bardzo wczesnych i wczesnych, w których tegoroczna susza nie poczyniła aż tak wielkich szkód.
Potato growers in Prince Edward Island are seeing increased demand from the United States this season, helping to offset a weak domestic market.
Despite being as high as $500,000 at one point, a reward offered by the PEI Potato Board in the hope of catching those responsible for a series of tampering incidents in the Island crop over the past year has failed to have the desired result.
Calamiteiten in het buitenland bieden komend seizoen mogelijkheden tot extra afzet van consumptieaardappelen, mits de kwaliteit van het product goed is.
Potato supplier and processor Greenvale, which operates eight sites across the UK, has issued a consumer and B2B brief, PRWeek has learned.
Tony Galati, owner of Spudshed, has had an ongoing fight with the Potato Marketing Corporation, over the supply of potatoes, and may be facing jail, however, the Spud King was giving away free potatoes on Thursday, to promote his new Morley store.
The PEI potato harvest finished a little late this year due to wet weather conditions later in the fall, which affected some farmers in the west of the province.
