The potato futures market was recovering from the dip in week 23 last week. The severe decline, initiated by the forecast of rainy weather, seems to have been forgotten by the participants in the futures market.
Yet the market currently does not have the strength to do so to rise. The various weather reports also indicate little or no rain for the coming weeks, and therefore positive sentiment seems to predominate. However, more will still have to be done for the market direction to increase the €20, as happened last year.
'First see, then believe'
The market is cautious and seems to be based on 'see first, then believe', whereas in previous years opportunism predominated. That also has to do with the market old harvest, which seems to have a dramatic ending. The demand for old harvest potatoes is nil and there is plenty of supply.
It seems that the last old potatoes are not finding a place in the market. This also means that the early potatoes are in the way of the start of the new season. So there will have to be a long, dry and warm period to lift the futures market for the 2018 harvest (April 2019) to €20.