Potato news archive – Page 96
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ArticleAsda potato buyer waves Magic wand
Asda is to extend its Extra Special range with the addition of Red Magic potatoes on Monday.
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Tong's Swedish mission
Swedish veg packer LE Vegetables has announced that it will use Lincolshire company Tong Peal for a ‘major new investment’ in preparing potatoes for high quality markets.
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ArticleGreat Scots thrive
Size isn’t everything, and one country that knows that more than most is Scotland. Despite being one of the smallest countries in Europe, its fresh produce credentials are impressive. In the next six pages, Doris Lee Butterworth speaks to leading producers and associations to find out more.
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Spud workers safer
The British Potato Council has released a new DVD promoting the importance of health and safety in potato production.
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ArticleThe generation game
With the average age of horticulturalists pitched in the mid-50s, the industry is in need of some new blood. But where are these youngsters going to come from? Elspeth Waters reports on the sector’s attempts to connect with the younger generation.
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ArticleBPC lays down challenge
The BPC has laid down the challenge to find the nation's tastiest potato dish.
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ArticlePotatoes winning cancer battle
Potatoes contain so many cancer- and heart disease-fighting chemicals that they could rival broccoli, spinach and brussels sprouts for health benefits, according to scientists from a US research agency.
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ArticlePotatoes 'battle cancer'
Potatoes contain so many cancer- and heart disease-fighting chemicals that they could rival broccoli, spinach and brussels sprouts for health benefits, according to scientists from a US research agency.
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ArticleARF launches Soils Information Gateway
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.
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ArticlePotato in King of Veg bid
The Real Potato Co has launched an online election campaign to crown the potato King of Veg.
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Turning traditional sources on their heads
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
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NFU warning on the use of RUCIP rules
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.
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ArticleFresca posts a profit
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.
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ArticleSwitch on to savings in store
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.
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Potatoes in storage and price warning
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.
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ArticleGrowers under pesticide threat
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.
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ArticleFVP authorisations scrapped
The minister for Sustainable Farming and Food, Jeff Rooker, has announced plans to scrap the fruit, vegetable and potato authorisation system from 2008.
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Tuber blemishes arrested
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.
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Diseases on the comback trail
US scientists have found that two diseases that ‘rampaged’ through potato fields in the past are making a more virulent comeback.
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ArticlePesticides under pressure
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.