Industry Updates

DEVELOPING PLANS FOR ELEVATOR RANGE FOR POTATO HANDLING

A YEAR after launching its SwiftLift division, handling machinery manufacturer Tong has launched a new website which will make it easier for potato growers and suppliers to access information about…

Tractor with implement on back applying a nematicide to potato crops

REWARDS FOR POTATO GROWERS USING BEST PRACTICE

POTATO growers using Syngenta's Nemathorin to control potato cyst nematodes, reduce tuber damage caused by wireworm and reduce spraing transmitted by free-living nematodes this season can now get bonus Partnership…

Three men and one woman with shears cutting ribbon to mark a centre opening

NEW BIOLOGICAL R&D CENTRE WILL LOOK AT SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR POTATOES

SPECIALITY minerals company ICL has unveiled a new biological research and development centre whose work will seek to enhance crop resilience, increase yields, and the environmental impact of potato growing…

potato plants with flower growing in field, with fertiliser on soil

POTATO NUTRITION PRODUCTS RENAMED

OMEX Agriculture, a supplier of crop nutrition solutions, has revitalised its crop nutrition and foliar fertiliser offering, which it has renamed the Fortiflo range.

graph showing performance of frozen fries

INTERNATIONAL INSIGHTS INTO POTATO MARKET

PRICE reporting agency DCA Market Intelligence has launched a new potato platform and three French fries indices to give insights into the international potato market's performance.

FPC Fresh Awards open to British potato industry

GROWERS AND SUPPLIERS INVITED TO DEMONSTRATE EXCELLENCE IN FRESH PRODUCE SECTOR

BRITISH potato growers and suppliers are reminded that if they'd like to enter the FPC Fresh Awards, they have a month left to do so.

photos of two new trainees on agronomy course

NEW TRAINEE PROGRAMME FOR POTATO ADVISORS OF THE FUTURE

INDEPENDENT agronomy coop, Scottish Agronomy, has launched a new agronomist trainee programme, as well as opening a second office which it hopes will bring new perspectives to aid potato growing…

A NEW biological foliar treatment, proven to enhance nutrient use efficiency, boost crop yields, and decrease reliance on artificial fertilisers, is being launched this spring.

POTATO FERTILISER COMPANY ACQUISITION

ICL, which provides speciality plant nutrition solutions for potatoes and other crops, has acquired GreenBest, a UK-based manufacturer specialising in bespoke fertilisers.

Potato plants growing in field, with flower in foreground and hills behind field

NEW POTATO SEED DEALERSHIP LAUNCH

POTATO breeder HZPC has partnered with three dealers to launch a new seed dealership in North America and Canada.

Five men standing in front of a large statue saying 'Bayer'

GARLIC BIOPESTICIDE TO TARGET NEMATODES IN EUROPE

CROP science company Bayer has signed a new exclusive distribution agreement with UK-based Ecospray, a UK-based biopesticide company specialising in creating garlic extract-based solutions, to market a biological liquid nematicide…

DEVELOPING PLANS FOR ELEVATOR RANGE FOR POTATO HANDLING

REWARDS FOR POTATO GROWERS USING BEST PRACTICE

NEW BIOLOGICAL R&D CENTRE WILL LOOK AT SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR POTATOES

POTATO NUTRITION PRODUCTS RENAMED

INTERNATIONAL INSIGHTS INTO POTATO MARKET

GROWERS AND SUPPLIERS INVITED TO DEMONSTRATE EXCELLENCE IN FRESH PRODUCE SECTOR

NEW TRAINEE PROGRAMME FOR POTATO ADVISORS OF THE FUTURE

POTATO FERTILISER COMPANY ACQUISITION

NEW POTATO SEED DEALERSHIP LAUNCH

GARLIC BIOPESTICIDE TO TARGET NEMATODES IN EUROPE

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