Two different trends are emerging in the potato industry: frozen potato imports to Italy from 2013 to 2018, increased by 23.6%, and fresh potato imports, declined by 10.1%, over the same period.
Een forse meerderheid van de Nederlandse aardappeltelers laat het areaal in seizoen 2020/2021 ongewijzigd. Dat blijkt uit een poll op Boerenbusiness.
The 2019 potato production for the United States and Canada combined is estimated at 529 million cwt, up 2 percent from the revised 2018 estimate.
Potato growers using sprout suppressant chlorpropham (CIPC) will need to thoroughly clean stores after the 2019 crop is unloaded next summer.
Usually potato growers are rooted to its cultivation and are not swayed by volatility in price. “But in the few years wholesale potato prices have remained subdued despite higher retail prices.
L’Union des producteurs de pommes de terre (UNPT) demande aux opérateurs de respecter leurs engagements pris dans le plan de filière, et de rémunérer la production au juste prix.
Das Kartoffel-Herbizid CIPC soll Krebs verursachen. Während die EU bereits reagiert hat, zögert die Schweiz noch. Dabei wollen selbst Kartoffelproduzenten CIPC nicht mehr anwenden.
Cold weather has led to poor potato harvests across the US and Canada. Hardest hit were growers in Manitoba, Minnesota and North Dakota, who had to abandon fields of potatoes laced with frost.
