We can say that it has been busier in the carrot trade. Growers don't want to drop and traders and rinsers quickly find it all too expensive. The need to buy or sell is lacking on both sides, so you are left with a market where not much happens in practice.
Just like in recent weeks, it is still on the quiet side at several flushers. The regular work continues, but it is not really possible to do some stamping for export. That would be nice, since early carrots are still being processed. However, this is not entirely without a hitch. Quality leaves something to be desired in some batches and there is quite a bit of failure on the spooling line.
Kilos
In the early carrots, yields were generally good to very good, apart from plots with defects, of course, although that was no exception. In the storage carrot sector, hectare yields also seem to be doing well. It will not be a real winner, according to insiders based on the first harvests.
In terms of pricing, everything remains stiff. Demand is not such that flushers buy everything that comes along. Growers, in turn, try to keep their legs steady. The DCA quotation for b-carrot this week amounts to €14 to €15 per 100 kilos. The top has therefore taken a step back compared to last week. C-carrot has remained stable at €10 to €12 per 100 kilos. It should be noted that the later varieties are not at the bottom of the rankings.