Harvest: The plummeting potato prices by almost seven times at the auction yard in Phuentsholing this year has come as a big blow to farmers, with some varieties even failing to meet the transportation costs.
Auf dem Weg von der Scholle bis zum Teller geht mehr als die Hälfte der Kartoffelernte verloren. Das zeigt eine neue Studie von Forscherinnen und Forschern von Agroscope und der ETH Zürich.
Am Freitag, 23.10.2015 haben die Agroscope und ETH je eine Pressemitteilungveröffentlicht der zu entnehmen ist, dass rund die Hälfte der Schweizer Kartoffelernte als Lebensmittel verschwendet werde.
I’ve seen a lot of potato varieties come and go during my years as a potato scientist. Many of them never made it to the big time, in spite of the fact they survived the lengthy and rigorous battery of tests that need to be passed before a new variet
The Irish and UK sugar beet and potato yield for 2015 is to be above the five-year average, according to the European Commission’s latest MARS Bulletin.
Carsten Nommensen hat zeitig mit der Ernte begonnen – und war gezwungen, sie wegen zu starker Nässe für drei Wochen zu unterbrechen
Potato cyst nematodes (PCN) are a significant threat to the UK fresh and processing potato markets, with an annual estimated cost of £50 million to the potato industry.
Agriculture: Potato growers in Tashi Gatshel village of Bjachho gewog in Chukha are unhappy about this year’s poor harvest. Their stand is that the Tashi Agriculture Sales and Services (TASS) distributed poor quality seedlings this year.
