potato News
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Wageningen Potato Centre – bringing Science and Practice Together for the Last Five Years
The Wageningen Potato Centre (WPC) will celebrate its first lustrum this week. Initiated by Wageningen UR, the WPC is a platform that makes science and applied research accessible for the industry in the potato sector. The Wageningen based potato research is getting a podium, and the first 30 associated partners, all of them businesses from across the whole spectrum of the potato sector, are at ...
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Rasping knives - new quality
Spomasz has begun deliveries of rasping knives for potatoes to potato processing companies in Poland and abroad, which were manufactured using new and improved technology. Currently knives are manufactured having regard to best heat treatment techniques, which guarantees that knives manufactured feature constant and repeatable hardness and thus better service life and better efficiency of ...
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16th congress of the Latin American Potato Association (ALAP)
From 28 September until 2 October, the 16th congress of the Latin American Potato Association (ALAP) took place. This year it was held in Bogotá, Colombia. GITAH-papa, the cluster of Dutch exporting companies in the potato chain (a.o. APH Group), was represented on this congress with an information stand. Furthermore some GITAH members gave presentations regarding their view on storage of ...
By APH Group
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Secrets of successful breeding revealed in Potato Breeding Manual
The Potato Breeding Manual was presented during the Potato Europe Exhibition in Emmeloord, the Netherlands, on 11 September. The book was handed over to Kees van Arendonk, chair of the Dutch Potato Organisation (NAO) an is available in English and Dutch. In this manual the secrets of successful potato breeding are revealed. This book aims not only at potato breeders. It is a source of ...
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REKO participates in Interpom | Primeurs 2016
Visit us at the Interpom | Primeurs2016 exhibition from November 27th - November 29th in Kortrijk, Belgium. Our stand number is 40, Hall 4. INTERPOM | PRIMEURS is the most specialised indoor trade fair in Europe for the potato, vegetable and fruit sector where the whole chain is represented, frow growers to processing and marketing. INTERPOM | PRIMEURS counts 278 exhibitors (+14% exhibition ...
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Chinese farmers recognize the quality of a Miedema CP42 planter
On April 21st, BAOTC (daughter company of APH Group and Omnivent) organized a field demonstration with a Miedema CP42 mounted potato planter in Guyuan, China. BAOTC is exclusive distributor of Miedema products in China. During the morning session there was a presentation about Miedema potato planters and about the Dewulf RS2060 harvesters. In the afternoon, engineer Houjin Ai explained in the ...
By APH Group
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The 16th China Potato Expo
The 16th China Potato Expo was successfully held in Yunnan, Kunming from 27th to 29th of June, 2016. Every year the Expo attracts many domestic and overseas exhibitors, together with more than 4,000 professional visitors. The Expo plays an important role in promoting the overall and healthy development of the potato industry and the market. The program this year included display and ...
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Farm vlogger Jilles Boer about the Row-FiX
Last season, farm vlogger Jilles Boer used the Row-FiX 3000 (4x75cm) to rid the potato ridges and control weeds. See here the youtube videos of June 2021: Aanaarden van verregende aardappelruggen: Aanaarden van aardappelruggen met hoog loof: ...
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Potato professionals from all over the world at PotatoEurope 2014
Around 10,000 visitors from more than 60 countries at the Rittergut Bockerode estate near Hanover - One in three visitors was international - Impressive showcase for technological advances in potato production - International discussion platform for market participants. (DLG). PotatoEurope 2014 took place on 3 and 4 September on the Rittergut Bockerode estate in Springe-Mittelrode near Hanover, ...
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Two experimental projects
Update on our equidistant planter! We just harvested the potatoes that we planted with our prototype equidistant planter. We are quite impressed with the results. The potatoes grew well. We also experimented with hooking one of our small diggers to a much smaller tractor than we originally thought possible. We dug the potatoes with a standard 26″ wide 3 point potato digger (US Small ...
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We invite you to China Potato Expo 2017
Lumex Instruments is going to participate in China Potato Expo 2017, an international annual event dedicated to new technologies and innovations in potato production industry. This exhibition is organized by the Ministry of Agriculture of China and will be held in National Agriculture Exhibition Center, Beijing on 30th – 31st of March. We invite you to visit our Booth No. A094, where ...
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And there`s a potato wearing a cowboy hat
Three Minnesota teens develop a curriculum to teach 3rd- to 5th-graders the science and value of GMO ...
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We invite you to China Potato Expo 2017
Lumex Instruments is going to participate in China Potato Expo 2017, an international annual event dedicated to new technologies and innovations in potato production industry. This exhibition is organized by the Ministry of Agriculture of China and will be held in National Agriculture Exhibition Center, Beijing on 30th – 31st of March. We invite you to visit our Booth No. A094, where ...
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‘Spudcasts’: AUSVEG launches new potato R&D initiative
AUSVEG has launched an exciting new initiative that will see key research and development (R&D) information delivered to Australian potato growers via podcasts. Aptly titled ‘Spudcasts’, AUSVEG will produce a series of R&D-focused audio programs in 2014 for the Australian potato industry, as part of activities undertaken for the Potato Industry Extension Program. ...
By AUSVEG
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Tasmanian Potato Producers Hungry for New R&D
Tasmanian potato producers have worked up an appetite for new potato research and development (R&D) information, with close to 70 members of the Tasmanian potato industry set to attend a special R&D workshop to be held in Devonport on Wednesday night. “AUSVEG has received a record number of responses to the potato R&D workshop being held in Tasmania tomorrow evening. This ...
By AUSVEG
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Potato and plantain batteries show promise
A simple battery powered by potatoes may soon become a reality as scientists in developing countries move closer to commercialising their research. The idea of batteries made out of vegetable matter sandwiched between zinc and copper plates is being trialled by several groups around the world, including Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka. Suliman Abdalla, professor of physics at King Abdulaziz ...
By SciDev.Net
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China Potato Expo 2017
Specialists of Lumex Instruments for the second time took part in China Potato Expo, which was held from 30 to 31 of March in National Agriculture Exhibition Center, Beijing. This annual event is dedicated to potato and its products, agricultural machinery, potato breeding and production technology and it is considered as the only international Chinese exhibition in the ...
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Potato battery could help meet rural energy needs
The holy grail of renewable energy research may lie in the cooking pot, according to scientists. The search for a cheap source of electricity for remote, off-grid communities, has led to batteries that work on freshly boiled potatoes. One slice of potato can generate 20 hours of light, and several slices could provide enough energy to power simple medical equipment and even a low-power ...
By SciDev.Net
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Group member WIFO expands
WIFO Anema BV from Ferwert, in the North of Holland, is currently building a new production hall of 2.700 m2. The hall is situated directly behind the current company buildings and will be used for the new activity of the company; the production of a complete line of planters for potatoes and onions. WIFO recently took over the planter activities from the German company Cramer and the Dutch ...
By APH Group
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Potatoes more environmentally sustainable than pasta, rice
International researchers have shown that potatoes are good for the environment, with a recently published paper indicating that potato production is more environmentally sustainable than pasta and rice. The paper, conducted by researchers from Cranfield University in Bedfordshire, England and published in the Journal of Cleaner Production, considered both greenhouse gas emissions and water ...
By AUSVEG
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