Inside Potatoes
Seed potato trade is a run
At the beginning of June, the seed potato trade is almost a race. Small amounts are still being requested to transplant parts of plots. In that respect it was a special spring, with a large spread between the earliest and last potatoes planted.
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Choose the subscription that suits youIn addition to emergence problems due to precipitation, there are also complaints about emergence due to the quality of the seed potatoes supplied. These sounds can mainly be heard in Flanders. Anyone who has to deal with this knows that the beauty of one plot is finished for the rest of the year.
Declaration figures
Even though the seed potato season is later, the announcement of the NAK declaration figures is not much later than in other years. The total seed potato area shows an increase of 1,5%. It was striking that Fontane the leading position acquisition of Spunta, which had been at the top for years.
The growth of the monopoly varieties in the French fries segment has consequences for the surface area of the Bintje variety. This variety has had a tough time in recent years, with an area decrease of 1.292,58 hectares (-65,5%) in the last 10 years. It will undoubtedly have an impact on trade.
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The quotation of Bintje seed potatoes shows little movement.
There was also a backlog for a long time the plumber. However, the month of May finally put an end to this, causing the total volume plumbed this season to exceed that of last season.
This article is part of the Arable Farming Pro Trend Report published this week, which also focuses on the onion market, the interest rate market and the grain market. Click here to read the Trend Report.