Potatoes New Zealand are delighted to announce Bidfood NZ as the naming sponsor of the Bidfood People’s Choice Best Chips award for the Best Chip Shop Competition. Dan Parsons (Bidfood Head of Marketing & Exclusive Brands) and Chris Claridge (Chief Executive, Potatoes New Zealand Inc.) sign the sponsorship agreement. Bidfood’s sponsorship provides The Chip Group with the opportunity to…
Thailand Food Regulation: Labelling of Prepackaged Food, 2017 update On 1 December 2014, Thailand implemented new labelling criteria for pre-packaged foods. A grace period of two years was given to food producers and importers to comply with the new regulation which ended December 2016. Pre-packaged food is food packed in containers for sale. On the…
This just out from MPI. French Polynesia has added the requirement that fresh potatoes “must be free of soil”. ICPR FRENCH POLYNESIA Status: APPROVED 14 February 2017 Page 30 of 76 Fresh potatoes Solanum tuberosum Potato Conditions: For consumption only. Import permit not required. Phytosanitary certificate, additional declaration and treatment required. Must be free of soil. Additional declaration: “Free from Corynebacterium…
Volume 72, Issue No. 01 This issue features the following Potatoes NZ Inc. articles: Potatoes NZ joins GIA How GIA will affect the potato industry Tomato potato psyllid myths research update World trends – say hello to the grocerant! Surge in spending on New Zealand fries Education, communications and marketing Chip Group hungry swimmers to…
Volume 71, Issue No. 11 This issue features the following Potatoes NZ Inc. articles: Chief executive update Representing growers under GIA Conference 2017 Seed potato inspector workshop a success What’s limiting potato yields? Global trends – ware trade expansion in 2015/16 US closes gap as main supplier of fries to Australia Consider changes in consumer…
It is crucial that growers and the wider potato industry make submissions on the application. A collective of horticultural industry groups comprising Potatoes New Zealand Inc, Tomatoes NZ Inc, Vegetables NZ Inc, Heinz-Wattie’s NZ Ltd, and NZ Tamarillo Growers Association Inc has applied to the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to import and release a biological…
The yield of potato is constrained by available root volume. [columns] [span8] Effective irrigation may help increase crop yield especially if there are soil constraints such as compaction. Effective irrigation is based on ET and soil moisture. For potatoes it is not clear how yield changes if irrigation is not managed effectively. An irrigation trial…
Volume 71, Issue No. 10 This issue features the following Potatoes NZ Inc. articles: Degree days… Research of soil-borne diseases Cutting fat one chip at a time Fry exports fall Potatoes NZ Inc. – strategic update: industry by the numbers Typhoons hit production White Beauty scrubs up well
Volume 71, Issue No. 9 This issue features the following Potatoes NZ Inc. articles: Biosecurity considerations for growers Health & safety at work Healthy families, healthier chips Potatoes NZ Inc. strategic update Zebra chip pathogen: fast results, fast decisions Psyllid in North Dakota and Minnesota Expert visits New Zealand Waxy and floury: so what’s the…
Volume 71, Issue No. 08 This issue features the following Potato NZ Inc. articles: The Potatoes NZ Seed Authority meeting Soil-borne diseases and opportunities to reduce them Seed Growers’ meeting report Potato by-products into pet food ingredients FAR/PNZ TPP spray demonstration trials Clarification of “production site” in relation to PCN finds