Fast facts Name: Charlotte BowanAge: 37Location: South CanterburyWork: General Manager at Heartland Potato ChipsGrows: I don’t actually grow the potatoes these are grown by my father and brother. I manage the family owned business where we use the potatoes we grow and turn these into – Heartland Chips. How did you first become involved in…
Contact: http://almac-nz.com/contact-us.html Phone: 03 358 3390 Alex McDonald and its contracted seed potato growers produce high health seed potatoes for the New Zealand fresh market, crisping and french-fry sectors. Seed potatoes are also grown for markets in the South Pacific and Thailand. The growing and packing of seed potatoes is carried out on farms within…
Seven Sharp investigates which potato is king, as varieties explode in supermarkets.
Neil Gudmestad’s June 2019 NZ tour was well received and he has permitted us to share this American approach to Zebra Chip/Liberibacter management. See the slides from his talk here.
Neil Gudmestad’s June 2019 NZ tour was well received and he has permitted us to share this American approach to Zebra Chip/Liberibacter management. See the slides from his talk here.
(Potatoes NZ has permission to republish AUSVEG articles). In Victoria, Australia the first trials of x-ray technology in a potato packing facility are underway. This extract from a recent article in POTATOES AUSTRALIA gives insight to benefits which we could embrace here in NZ. A 32-year strong partnership between Red Gem (potato growers) and supermarket…
(extracted with permission from World Potato Markets 4/6/19 issue) Just two years until Ireland hosts premier event Organisers of the World Potato Congress are flagging up the next event in Dublin, Ireland, in two years’ time. The conference will take place between 31 May and 3 June 2021 and will coincide with the Europatat Congress,…
By Gemma Carroll, Communications & Engagement Officer, PNZ. Meet Chris Thorman. He’s a Potato Storage enthusiast with 30 years of experience in New Zealand and the UK. He works as Program Coordinator for the Post-Harvest Diploma, at Eastern Institute of Technology and he lectures in Crop Protection and other related subjects. Chris has been in…
(extracted with permission from World Potato Markets Report 4/6/19) Processed potato prices continue to fall against a global backdrop of rising prices, helping to build New Zealand’s export performance. April’s sales were 22.2% up on those of a year ago, at 6 842 tonnes, but this was still behind March’s record-breaking figure of 7 399…
It’s cold out there! All of a sudden, it feels like, winter is upon us. And with that comes the urge to head inside and hibernate somewhere warm and cosy. We also crave different foods in winter. I don’t know about you, but I lose my interest in crisp, cold salads around about now, and…
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