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Where relatively the most seed potatoes grow?
It is clear to a little potato connoisseur which Dutch municipality has the most hectares of seed potatoes in absolute terms. The question: in which municipality, in relative terms, the most seed potatoes grow? is a bit more difficult to answer. A new Top 5 of Boerenbusiness, which is compiled by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), provides insight into this.
Figures from the 2018 Agricultural Census show that the municipality of Heerhugowaard has by far the most seed potatoes, compared to the total arable area within the municipal boundaries. Heerhugowaard has 223 hectares of seed potatoes, which is 71,4% of the total potato area.
'Most seed potatoes in the Northern Netherlands'
"In the Netherlands, seed potatoes grow on 8,5% of the arable acreage," reports Cor Pierik, head of agriculture at Statistics Netherlands. "For the most part, this cultivation takes place in the northern regions." After Heerhugowaard, 5 Frisian municipalities follow: Ferwerderadiel (43,6%), Leeuwarden (42,5%), Dongeradeel (42,1%), De Fryske Marren (41,2%) and Súdwest-Fryslân (37%).
Most seed potatoes are grown in the Noordoostpolder: 7.313 hectares in 2018, which is good for 27,1% of the arable acreage in that municipality. The municipality of Hollands Kroon is in second place in absolute terms, with 2 hectares (4.146% of the acreage).
| Township | Surface in hectares (2018) |
Percentage in total arable acreage (2018) |
|
| 1. | Heerhugowaard | 223 | 71,4% |
| 2. | Ferwerderadiel | 819 | 43,6% |
| 3. | Leeuwarden | 367 | 42,5% |
| 4. | Dongeradeel | 1.701 | 42,1% |
| 5. | The Fryske Marren | 334 | 41,2% |
| 6. | Southwest Friesland | 466 | 37,0% |
| 7. | Schagen | 686 | 34,9% |
| 8. | wierden | 141 | 34,8% |
| 9. | Wading corner | 3.012 | 34,7% |
| 10. | De Marne | 2.863 | 34,5% |
| 11. | Harlingen | 199 | 32,3% |
| 12. | Texel | 937 | 30,8% |
| 13. | Hollands Kroon | 4.146 | 29,8% |
| 14. | loppersum | 1.399 | 28,6% |
| 15. | Kollumerland and Nieuwkruisland | 344 | 28,5% |
| 16. | Eemsmond | 2.922 | 27,7% |
| 17. | Noordoostpolder | 7.313 | 27,1% |
| 18. | Winsum | 493 | 26,8% |
| 19. | Medemblik | 160 | 24,4% |
| 20. | Alkmaar | 268 | 24,3% |
| 21. | Oude IJsseltreek | 246 | 23,1% |
| 22. | Zuidhorn | 576 | 22,1% |
| 23. | Weststellingwerf | 126 | 22,1% |
| 24. | Halderberge | 466 | 21,7% |
| 25. | Winterswijk | 161 | 21,6% |
| 26. | Aalten | 159 | 20,9% |
| 27. | Oost Gelre | 127 | 20,3% |
| 28. | Doetinchem | 103 | 17,4% |
| 29. | Steenbergen | 1.011 | 12,9% |
| 30. | Berkelland | 150 | 12,5% |
| 31. | Delfzijl | 717 | 12,1% |
| 32. | Beemster | 124 | 11,9% |
| 33. | Wijchen | 112 | 11,5% |
| 34. | Roosendaal | 236 | 10,9% |
| 35. | Terneuzen | 1.211 | 9,3% |
| 36. | Bergen op Zoom | 102 | 9,2% |
| 37. | Holly | 845 | 8,4% |
| 38. | Schouwen-Duiveland | 718 | 8,0% |
| 39. | Bronckhorst | 191 | 7,1% |
| 40. | Dronten | 1.096 | 6,3% |
| 41. | Sluis | 902 | 5,3% |
| 42. | Lelystad | 316 | 4,9% |
| 43. | Aa and Hunze | 339 | 4,6% |
| 44. | Midden-Drenthe | 445 | 4,6% |
| 45. | Noordenveld | 100 | 4,5% |
| 46. | Goes | 144 | 3,3% |
| 47. | Moerdijk | 210 | 3,0% |
| 48. | Coevorden | 160 | 2,7% |
| 49. | Zeewolde | 231 | 2,3% |
| 50. | Haarlemmermeer | 131 | 2,3% |
| 51. | Borsele | 136 | 2,0% |
| 52. | Emmen | 269 | 1,9% |
| 53. | Tholen | 116 | 1,6% |
| 54. | Goeree-Overflakkee | 159 | 1,4% |
| 55. | Westerwolde | 151 | 1,1% |
| Municipalities with less than 100 hectares of seed potatoes |
2.471 | Does not apply |
Eric the Thrush
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