The potatoes that will be used in the live harvesting demonstrations during the PotatoEurope trade show, which will take place on 13 and 14 September in Emmeloord, the Netherlands, have been planted.
The mayor of Noordoostpolder himself, Aucke van der Werff, took place in the telehandler to throw a load of seed potatoes in the Miedema planter to get the planting underway. The planting machines from Grimme and Dewulf-Miedema handled the job with precision, aided by Case IH tractors.
Facts & figures
The chosen potato variety is called Innovator, 35-45 millimetres in size and with a spacing of 30 centimetres. The potatoes are being grown on a 30-hectare site belonging to the Aeres Landbouwbouwbedrijf farm, where the trade show and live demos will be held on 13 and 14 September.
Event theme
The theme of PotatoEurope 2017 is ‘Potatoes Feed and Meet the World’. The event itself will form the meeting point referred to in this theme. Besides that, the potato is already an important foodstuff and is set to become even more important in the future. To be able to feed the future world population the yield per hectare must be increased, primarily through precision agriculture.
