French plant cutters create a federation

The three main French providers of potato plant cutters have just announced "their decision to join forces and unite within the Coupeurs de France". "The year 2024 for potato plants was atypical with sustained demand from the processed potato industry and a lack of availability of certified plants. This scissor effect led to difficulties in supplying the French and European markets", they recalled in a press release dated November 6, 2024. "The technique of cutting plants made it possible to partially ensure the supply of the market with around a quarter of the plantations concerned." "The practice has been used in the Netherlands, Belgium and Poland for decades and has been significantly modernized over the past 10 years with investments in fixed stations or increasingly efficient mobile cutters, thus making it possible to maintain a level of quality of the plants used." The Coupeurs de France ...