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Potato and onion harvest still lower than expected
The final onion yield in the Netherlands is clearly lower than the preliminary harvest estimates showed. The ware potato yield is also lower than expectations. This is apparent from the definitive harvest estimate of Statistics Netherlands.
Uit the numbers Statistics Netherlands shows that the definitive hectare yield of seed onions is 5,3% lower than the preliminary estimate. In the preliminary harvest estimate, a yield of 53,1 tons per hectare was expected, while the final one shows that this is 50,3 tons. As a result, the total yield across the Netherlands is also clearly lower: 1.369.567 tons instead of 1.464.973 tons. A difference of 6,5%.
The situation is more or less identical for consumption potatoes, except that the differences in percentages are slightly smaller. The gross yield per hectare would be 49,3 tons according to the preliminary harvest estimate. However, the final estimate shows that this is 47,9 tonnes. A difference of 2,8%. The total gross yield is therefore 170.586 tons lower and ultimately amounts to 3.716.811 tons. A minus of 4,4%.
Wheat writes records
Also for the grains, the yields have been adjusted slightly downwards. For example, the spring wheat yield has been reduced by almost 10%, with a final yield of 7,1 tons per hectare. While the total winter wheat yield shows a minus of 3,7%. However, the wheat yield per hectare can be called a record. Last year an average of 9,6 tons per hectare of wheat was harvested, 9% more than the year before, and more than a ton above the long-term average.
Anne-Jan Doorn
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