The demand for potatoes is good according to several sources in the field. This picture is confirmed, among other things, by the processing figures of the VAVI. But what about the quality of the potatoes, as the necessary question marks were raised during the growing season?
The hunger for potatoes is great. As a result, parties with a story also find a buyer relatively easily. The fact that French fries producers are slightly less critical of the potatoes for the production line is more or less reflected in the processing yield, which has been slightly below average in recent months. The chip industry sets the tone on the market, potatoes are not spilled.
Many candidates
That picture is quite correct, as a tour of various players in the potato market shows. Opinions differ about the supply of residual flows from the chip industry. Some forage traders report receiving more supply of chips, for example, while for others it is more around the usual supply for this time of year. Feed traders agree about the supply of feed potatoes: there are few of them.
This does not mean that the bad batches or residual flows that normally end up for cows or pigs are not there. The good demand from the chip industry is creating shortages in other segments - for example flakes - that have had to make little effort to obtain potatoes in the past few years. This creates a solid foundation in the potato market.