Potato news archive – Page 84
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ArticlePotato players battle through north-south divide
The potato category has been split in recent weeks, with the North negotiating wet fields and the South battling dry conditions to get the crop harvested and to put volumes into store. But how is the UK season expected to pan out? Anna Sbuttoni reports
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ArticleAgralys completes Terr'Loire takeover
French agricultural company confirms it has taken control of potato and vegetable supplier following its recent bankruptcy
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ArticleCo-op launches "Pioneering" potato
The Co-operative is introducing a new potato named after its founders as its looks to extend its Grown By Us product range.
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Co-op refits Scottish spud factory
The Co-operative has refurbished a potato packing facility at Carnoustie, Scotland, which washes and packs potatoes for Co-operative stores throughout the UK, with machinery supplied by Herbert Engineering.
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Potato fungicide receives acclaim
The potato fungicide Electis has been recognised by the prestigious Arvalis Institute in France and has been declared among the top three potato late blight fungicides.
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Herbert gears up for PMA
Herbert Engineering is gearing up for next month’s PMA event, being held in California on October 2-5, and will be taking the opportunity to showcase its Auto-sort 2000 to an American audience, through its partner Exeter Engineering.
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ArticleSummer showdown for organic produce category
The organics category has just come out of a tough month, when the traditional slowdown over the August holiday period was compounded by bad press sparked by the Food Standards Agency (FSA). But now that the kids have gone back to school and lunch boxes need filling, things are looking up. Anna Sbuttoni reports
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ArticleScottish waste 1bn 5 A DAY portions
Scotland throws away 1 billion portions of fresh fruit and vegetables a year that could count towards the nation’s 5 A DAY.
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ArticlePotato industry battles losses
The UK potato industry has been hit heavily by the recession with one in three companies making a loss, many of them for the first time, according to new analysis.
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ArticleAldi launches Super 6 campaign
Aldi has launched an autumn fruit and veg advertising campaign under the tagline September Super 6 offering produce for 49p.
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ArticleA few good men
The recruitment sector has felt the effects of the credit crunch but as activity picks up, cautious optimism prevails. Doris Lee Butterworth reports
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ArticleAlbert Cross lands Hollywood face
The Scottish potato producer has unveiled Desperate Housewives star Marcia Cross as the new face of Rooster potatoes
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ArticleHollywood star fronts Albert Bartlett ads
Fresh potato supplier Albert Bartlett has signed up a major Hollywood A-lister to front their new Rooster potato campaign in the company’s biggest advertising campaign yet.
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Potatoes enjoy "ideal conditions"
This year is presenting growers with ideal conditions to apply Fazor in potatoes to control volunteers and reduce sprouting in store, according to potato specialist for Hutchinsons, Darryl Shailes.
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ArticleTesco launches Just Add range
Tesco has launched a new range of products to be sold alongside fresh produce, to cater for the UK’s fervour for scratch cooking.
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ArticlePost-harvest know-how
Chelmsford-based Writtle College is one of the country’s most famous and well-respected colleges for horticultural science, technology and research. Laura Gould visited the institution’s post-harvest department to find out more about the wealth of opportunities on offer for the unit’s students and researchers alike
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ArticleYork potato firm receives £1m
Yorkshire Forward has approved its first £1 million Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) investment in a potato marketing company in York.
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ArticleNew potato varieties launched
Welsh researchers launched four new varieties of sustainable, low-input potatoes last week in a bid to fight blight problems in the country.
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ArticlePotato protector rated highly
Gowan Comércio, the new owner of the active ingredient zoxamide, has reported that Electis has one of the highest ratings for the control of Alternaria in potatoes, as well as one of the best ratings for protectant activity and a very acceptable rating for tuber blight.
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ArticleIrish respond to potato drop
An 11 per cent drop in the value and volume of potatoes sold on the Irish retail market is causing some concern to Bord Bia, the Republic’s food board.