The gross yield of ware potatoes in the 2020 harvest is almost the same as last season, according to the preliminary harvest estimate of the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). The acreage for ware potatoes is smaller than last year, while the hectare yield is actually higher.
De preliminary harvest estimate from Statistics Netherlands shows a gross yield of 3,7 million tons of consumption potatoes. That is almost equal to the proceeds of last season, the difference is only 3.065 tons. In concrete terms, this concerns 3.716.187 tons in 2019 and 3.719.252 tons in 2020. Compared to the 2018 harvest, the yield is significantly higher with an increase of more than 570.000 tons.
Smaller area, higher hectare yield
According to the latest figures from Statistics Netherlands, the area of consumption potatoes has decreased by almost 3% to 76.700 hectares. It is striking that this has canceled out the area growth of the 2019 harvest. Last year, the area of consumption potatoes increased by 3%. This means that the area is almost the same as in 2018.
This season, however, more yield was once again achieved from one hectare. The yield per hectare increases by 1,3% to 48,5 tons. The final estimate for 2019 is 47,9 tonnes. In 2018 this was 41,2 tons per hectare. Statistics Netherlands does report that the expected national hectare yields are strong regionally may differEven within regions there can be major differences.
Statistics Netherlands will announce the final harvest figures for the 2020 season at the end of January 2021.