This November Potatoes New Zealand is celebrating the humble potato with a celebration of the new potato season. The November Means New Potatoes campaign kicked off with a launch in Auckland on Thursday 26th October. Food writers, media and industry leaders were invited to meet with growers to celebrate new season potatoes. A roomful of…
On Saturday, 14 October Angela Meyer visited her local Pak ’n’ Save to purchase groceries. As she leant forward to grab her favourite pack of potato crisps there was a void; and in its place a sign which read “Due to a Nationwide Potato shortage, we will be having trouble stock Potato Chips. This will…
The use of fine mesh covers could be the answer to controlling the tomato potato psyllid. Dr Charles Merfield, the head of the BHU Future Farming Centre, who has been researching the use of mesh in potato crops, believes the problem of the psyllid may be solved. The latest research by the farming centre compared…
World Potato trade value surge in 2016 World potato trade surged in both volume and value last year to record levels, with exports of potatoes, potato products, seed and sweet potatoes generating €12.042 billion compared with €10.899 billion in 2015. The figures are based on trade statistics for between 64 and 86 countries depending on…
It’s been all about the chips recently… Entries are now open for the 2017 Best Chip Shop Competition Entries. Hot chips should be considered a ‘treat’ but are not as bad for you as you many think, if prepared following the Chip Groups best practice training guidelines. It is hoped that the competition will help…
January 2017 “Our vision is to make potatoes the preferred starch option for all New Zealanders, from home to classrooms cafés and top restaurants.” One of the first things I was told upon starting working for Potatoes New Zealand was this… “Potatoes do not compete for share of plate with other vegetables. They are competing…
General News – page 3 Growers Welcome Spud Yield Funding The $260,000 three-year project, which will be financed through the Sustainable Farming Fund (SFF) and managed by the Foundation for Arable Research (FAR), will investigate the impact of different potato crop rotations on soil borne diseases and soil quality.
Tonight on Campbell Live, John Campbell crossed live from a Greenwoods Fresh Catch Fish & Chip Shop in the Auckland suburb of Epsom. Owner Thomas Ng has been running the shop for four and a half years.
Potatoes New Zealand wins funding KPMG Business News – Potatoes New Zealand wins funding. Potatoes New Zealand has won funding from the Ministry for Primary Industries for a major project aimed at improving crop yield. The $260,000, three year project will investigate the impact of potato crop rotations on soil borne diseases and soil quality.
Monster Spud Found in Invercargill Garden Southland Daily Times – Monster Spud Found In Invercargill Garden Something unusual is going on in Graham Reid’s garden. Alongside the six potatoes that weighed more than one-and-a-half kg each, the Southland man also dug up a spud that resembles some sort of animal. He’s been growing a garden…
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