From the first day I stepped off the plane and visited the breathtaking Agriport A7 growing centre, cooperation and collaboration between businesses was startling. These state-of-the-art greenhouses spanned a staggering 30 hectares. It became clear the owners alone could not have achieved this in isolation. With its self-driving carts doing the hard yards and the…
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…
Seven Sharp investigates which potato is king, as varieties explode in supermarkets.
(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…
Fast facts Name: John Stanley Age: 64Location: WigramWork: Morton Smith DaweSeed Merchant: potato, pink fir apple, fertilisers, garden green crops, lawn seed, yam, garlic, broad beans, pea, shallots and asparagus crowns. How long have you been in the potato industry and what has your involvement been? I’ve been in the industry for 34 years, as…
(PNZ has permission to republish Potatoes Australia articles) Andy Robinson is an academic and extension agronomist from the United States, who conducts research along with his colleagues at North Dakota State University and the University of Minnesota. After presenting at the AuSPICA conference in 2018, he returned to Australia earlier this year and met with…