Agrico expects a significantly higher price for the 2022 harvest

Today (Tuesday 2 May), seed potato trading house Agrico announced the average indication price for seed potatoes. The indication price is considerably higher than in 2021. In addition, all French fries varieties are completely sold out.

The average indication price for the 2022 harvest is €35,50 per 100 kilos. This means that the indication price is €4,50 higher than in 2021. The price is an average of size 28 upwards, all varieties, classes and sizes supplied.

Good yields
Even before the harvest started, it became clear that the yields would be good. The average yield even increased by 4,4 tons to 42,9 tons per hectare in 2022. In addition, the sizes were also finer compared to 2021, so that 55.000 tons more potatoes were available in the seed potato size. According to the cooperative, the total sales volume of the pool has increased by 45.000 tons compared to 2021. The Arizona, Rudolph, Marquis and Fontane varieties are the big risers in terms of sales.

French fries completely sold out
Agrico reports that last year it invested in having seed potatoes available for early export. There is a large increase in the volume to this market. In addition, countries in North Africa also performed well on the market. The demand for French fries varieties was excellent, the cooperative reports. All these varieties were completely sold out.

The situation on the European table market is less positive. Growers in Europe saw the costs of cultivation rise, but the prices did not. They purchased fewer potatoes from this segment. This effect can also be seen in the pool price of these varieties. Agrico has therefore decided to intervene strongly in the areas of a number of European table varieties and to scale down production. 

Result
General manager Jan van Hoogen is satisfied with the higher level of the payout price compared to last year. "The national and international market has changed considerably in the past season. We are pleased that Agrico was able to respond well to this, resulting in a good result."

Jesse Torringa

Jesse is an editor at Boerenbusiness and focuses in particular on the arable farming sector, including grain and onions. He also closely follows the fertilizer market. In addition, Jesse works on an arable farm in Groningen with seed potatoes as the main branch.

j.torringa@boerenbusiness. Nl

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