Prior to discussing the 2015 potato crop, let’s take a look at storage levels from last year’s harvest. “Levels vary across the country,” says Kathleen Triou with Fresh Solutions Network.
Potato growers have paid heed to packers’ pleas to grow less this year, according to figures from AHDB Potatoes.
Si avvia a conclusione la campagna di commercializzazione delle patate novelle, con le quotazioni che si mantengono su livelli nettamente più elevati rispetto all’anno scorso.
Stwierdzono występowanie bakterii Ralstonia solanacearum wywołującej na ziemniaku chorobę kwarantannową o nazwie śluzak. Na mocy ustawy o ochronie roślin rolnik jest urzędowo zobligowany do zwalczania tej choroby w miejscach jej występowania.
NEPG expects a total harvest of just under 25,000,000 tons from five countries. This is 12.4% less than last season, and 1% less than the five year average.
McCain Foods will spend $10 million expanding its potato processing plant in Smithton in Tasmania’s north-west.
Aufgrund der sommerlichen Temperaturen fällt die Nachfrage nach Kartoffeln am deutschen Markt aktuell eher gering aus. Dies berichtet Carsten Berger vom Hamburger Großhändler „Carsten Berger Kartoffelhandel“. „Bei Temperaturen um die 40 Grad ist die.
A first time program between potato growers in Tasmania and wholesaler and processing company Simplot, where Simplot will accept an additional 5% surplus above agreed quotas, has hopefully sent the right signals to industry.
