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Increase in seed potato exports
2012 has been a record year for seed potato exports which have surpassed 103,000 tonnes, said the Potato Council. “This year, despite the testing conditions experienced by growers, we have achieved another record for our exports of seed potatoes,” said Potato Council head of seed and export Rob Burns. Key growth areas have been North [...]
Spud prices struggle due to slow demand
Potato prices have slipped slightly in the past week on the back of generally plentiful supplies and slow demand across the main markets – packing, bags, processing and export
GB spud crop tops 6m tonnes
Potato production in Great Britain is estimated at 6.053m tonnes from the 2011 crop. This is an increase of 3.5% on 2010, with average yields at 47.9t/ha, compared with 46.1t/ha last year.
How much?
49m litres of milk (17m of it organic)..192,000t of potatoes…5.2m heads of lettuce…91m free range eggs a year…these are just a few examples of the annual volumes of British and Irish produce being used by McDonalds. Given the company’s commitment to the London Olympic Games, these numbers can only grow.
Potato prices – growers can control own destiny
My colleague Mike Abram has recently returned from the British Potato 2009 event in Harrogate, weighed down with story lines from the wonderful world of spuds
Potato levy increase is fully justified
At first glance, the planned 9% increase in the potato levy over the next three years seems hard to justify.