In her latest blog, exclusively for Potatoes New Zealand, leading Foodwriter Niki Bezzant discusses how the recent ‘Chipocalypse’ highlighted the important are of food security… I’m writing this in the wake of the most potato coverage we’ve seen in the media in years. It’s all because of, we were told, a pending crisis in potato…
Expert opinion in Belgium is that a ware harvest of 5 million tonnes is probable this year. The planted area, according to the regional CAP declarations, is a provisional 96,280 hectares and trial liftings have shown yields of 50 tonnes/hectare for Bintje and even more for Fontane and Innovator. These yields are high but are…
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…
Innovation is a key to keeping consumers interested. We all love potatoes, so it’s great to see T&G being crowned overall winner of The Ministry for Primary Industries Primary Sector Products Award at the 2017 New Zealand Food Awards. The category promotes, recognises and showcases amazing innovations in primary sector products, processing and packaging methods….
One of the most important factors when dealing with an unwanted pest incursion is the ability to quickly identify locations where that pest may be present. Not knowing physical locations or being able to quickly identify locations where the pest may be, can cause significant delays in identifying the scale of the problem, preventing further…
There has been a lot talk about farm biosecurity since the signing of Government Industry Agreement (GIA) – but what actually is farm biosecurity and what are growers expected to do? Farm biosecurity includes a range of management practices and activities that are carried out on your property to prevent the entry and spread of…
Sixty plus people, from over 35 different business attended the free Health & Safety workshops organised by Potatoes New Zealand. These workshops provided a welcome opportunity to be proactive about Health & Safety and enhance understanding in a neutral environment. The workshops, run by Potatoes NZ and WorkSafe NZ, were held in Rakaia, Winchester, Pukekohe,…
You may have seen the recent kerfuffle about the price of butter. Our favourite fat, it seems, is at a record high price – $5.39 for a 500g block, up significantly from previous years. This was part of Statistics New Zealand’s Food Price Index, which tracks the price of food from month to month. The information they…
Seed potato growers are invited to a meeting to discuss proposed changes to the Seed Potato Certification rules. Date: Thursday, 14 September 2017 Time: 3:30-5:00pm followed by drinks, hot potato chips & pizza Venue: Hotel Ashburton – 11/35 Racecourse Road, Ashburton 7700 For more information please visit https://potatoesnz.co.nz/event/seed-potato-certification-authority-meeting/ RSVP to frpergnel.FCPN@cbgngbrfam.pb.am
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…
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