Potato news archive – Page 51
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ArticleProduce Investments acquires Rowe Farming
Greenvale's parent company Produce Investments has acquired Cornish potato and daffodil growers Rowe Farming Ltd
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ArticleEuropean potato crop set to shrink
Total production across Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands and UK set to fall 14.5 per cent this season, says NEPG
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ArticleGolden moment
The Norfolk Peer potato brand, produced by Heygate Farms Swaffham Ltd, took gold in the ‘Best Plough to Plate Champions’ award at the Eastern Daily Press Food and Drink Awards.
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ArticleConsumers get the taste for Sweet Potatoes
With shoppers increasingly understanding the health benefits of sweet potatoes, producers are seizing the opportunity to grow the category further. Gill McShane and Michael Barker report
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ArticleVegetables look for balance
Across the vegetable category there’s been some good news with more shoppers buying in, but concerns about the supply-demand balance remain for certain crops
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French unveil purchasing stats
The French government prices and market monitoring agency FranceAgriMer last week released a review of the fresh produce market from Christmas 2011 to August 2012.
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ArticleEurope shows its sweet tooth
Sweet potatoes are bucking the trend as a US-grown fresh product making waves across the Atlantic
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ArticleEurope hungry for US sweet potatoes
Export shipments have soared over the past decade, according to figures published by the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service
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ArticlePotato breeder seeks crowd funding to beat blight
A promising line of blight-resistant potatoes is looking for crowd funding to back a future development.
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ArticleOpen all hours
The traditional greengrocer is a rarity these days, but a new breed of independent fresh produce seller is breathing new life into the sector, reports Samantha Lyster
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ArticlePotato sales up in France
According to FranceAgriMer, France's national agriculture board, potato sales in the country have increased by 11.3 per cent in the first seven months of 2012 compared with the year-earlier period.
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ArticlePotato sales up in France
In France, purchases of potatoes are up, according to FranceAgriMer, although prices have taken a dive
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ArticleThe quiet revolution
More famous for its big-name marketing strategies than its environmental work, Albert Bartlett is nevertheless putting a huge amount of work in place behind the scenes, as David Burrows finds out
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ArticlePotato growers want quality label
Head of Asaja Murcia in Spain calls for introduction of a regional trademark in face of "unfair" competition from Egypt
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ArticleKorean decision validation for Ausveg
Australian industry body Ausveg has said South Korea’s decision to ban US potato imports validates its concern over New Zealand imports
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ArticleHitting the mummy jackpot
Marketing strategies have evolved, with the stereotypical produce image of naked women covered in fruit apparently a thing of the past, but how do you get mums to buy your produce? Samantha Lyster reports
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ArticleGoing back to the roots
With the current trend for vintage foods, it is no surprise to see heritage varieties making a comeback. Thomas Hobbs looks at how far it could go
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Everyone’s a winner with fresh produce
There are more and more indications that everyone becomes a winner when they buy fresh produce. Packs are being used to
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ArticleAKP opens north-Lincolnshire HQ
Supermarket potato supplier AKP officially opened its £3million north-Lincolnshire headquarters this week.
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ArticleKorea bans some US potato imports
The US Potato industry has questioned the rationale behind South Korea’s ban on fresh potato imports from three US states