Potato news archive – Page 102

  • ARF launches Soils Information Gateway
    Article

    ARF launches Soils Information Gateway

    2007-09-16T08:01:01Z

    The Applied Research Forum (ARF) has launched ‘The Soils Information Gateway’, its new online resource bringing together soil-related tips, solutions and strategies as well as profiling the achievements of 15 ‘pioneering’ farmers.

  • Will it be the King of Veg?
    Article

    Potato in King of Veg bid

    2007-09-15T10:01:01Z

    The Real Potato Co has launched an online election campaign to crown the potato King of Veg.

  • Article

    Turning traditional sources on their heads

    2007-09-14T11:11:45Z

    i am not quite sure if it’s a case of “using a sprat to catch a mackerel”, but Tesco is launching one of the

  • Article

    NFU warning on the use of RUCIP rules

    2007-09-13T10:01:01Z

    Potato growers purchasing seed from Europe should be fully aware of the onerous clauses and complex procedures which often favour the buyer over the seller within the RUCIP conditions of sale, the NFU says.

  • Fresca posts a profit
    Article

    Fresca posts a profit

    2007-09-12T08:01:01Z

    Fresca Group Ltd, the UK’s largest privately-owned fresh produce company, has posted a pre-tax profit of £4.9 million on turnover of £354m for the year to April 27, 2007.

  • Switch on to savings in store
    Article

    Switch on to savings in store

    2007-09-10T16:01:01Z

    As crops come into store, make sure you know what you’re spending energy on. That’s the message from the British Potato Council for growers and store managers this autumn.

  • Article

    Potatoes in storage and price warning

    2007-09-08T17:01:01Z

    Potato growers are being warned that they must exercise extreme caution in terms of managing their stores this year if they are to avoid serious problems and incurring significant crop losses.

  • Peter Sanguinetti
    Article

    Growers under pesticide threat

    2007-09-06T17:23:27Z

    Peter Sanguinetti, chief executive of the Crop Protection Association, outlines a series of four articles to be published in FPJ throughout September, detailing how farmers will be affected by upcoming changes in EU pesticide regulations.

  • FVP authorisations scrapped
    Article

    FVP authorisations scrapped

    2007-09-06T16:01:01Z

    The minister for Sustainable Farming and Food, Jeff Rooker, has announced plans to scrap the fruit, vegetable and potato authorisation system from 2008.

  • Article

    Tuber blemishes arrested

    2007-09-05T12:01:01Z

    The same technology used to identify criminals from finger prints is being trialled as part of a project that will help growers automatically recognise and classify tuber blemishes.

  • Article

    Diseases on the comback trail

    2007-09-05T10:01:01Z

    US scientists have found that two diseases that ‘rampaged’ through potato fields in the past are making a more virulent comeback.

  • Pesticides under pressure
    Article

    Pesticides under pressure

    2007-09-04T19:29:56Z

    Proposed changes at EU level to the amount of pesticide allowed on crops could have a seismic impact upon the industry. Michael Barker gauges reaction and asks what the effect of the proposals could be.

  • Organic crossroads
    Article

    Organic crossroads

    2007-09-04T19:28:18Z

    A new Soil Association report out this week has found that the organics market grew 22 percent to just over £2 billion last year. But growers have suffered badly during the recent wet weather. Larry Saunders evaluates the current mood of the industry.

  • Philip Pyror, left, with his Cornish crop
    Article

    Cornish maincrop now in store

    2007-09-03T17:01:01Z

    Last week saw the first arrivals of Cornish maincrop potatoes into Asda stores across the county, following the success of the early season crop.

  • Article

    NVZ events planned

    2007-09-03T10:01:01Z

    A series of events have been planned over the next few months to address issues and concerns relating to the implementation of the Nitrates Directive.

  • Article

    Israeli carrot volumes up

    2007-09-02T12:01:01Z

    Carrot exports from the Maon region in the north-western Negev in Israel rose by 44 per cent in 2006-07, compared with the year-earlier period.

  • Lincolnshire: the forgotten county?
    Article

    Lincolnshire: the forgotten county?

    2007-08-30T16:59:09Z

    For far too long, Lincolnshire has lived in the shadow of its neighbouring counties; but that attitude is now being turned on its head, thanks to some sturdy county council initiatives and the passion of the region’s produce suppliers. Laura Gould embarked on a two-day tour of the area to find out more about the Select Lincolnshire project.

  • Article

    NFU welcomes abolition

    2007-08-30T12:01:01Z

    Growers will be freed from the fruit, vegetable and potato (FVP) authorisation system in 2008 following months of lobbying by the NFU.

  • New services to help potato growers
    Article

    New services to help potato growers

    2007-08-26T08:01:01Z

    The British Potato Council (BPC) launched three new services to help growers tackle disease threats

  • PIP proves popular
    Article

    PIP proves popular

    2007-08-24T16:01:01Z

    A record number of growers, merchants, packers and processors reportedly attended the BPC’s Potatoes in Practice even near Dundee to discuss the challenges that today’s potato industry faces.