The trade in the organic carrot market has seen better times. This is mainly due to the fact that something is disappointing in combination with the quality. The same wind continues to blow on the organic onion market as in recent weeks.
Given the price level, there is nothing to complain about on the organic carrot market. Yet the trade has seen better times. Demand from abroad has declined further in recent weeks and that does nothing to eliminate the poor carrot quality. The fact that lots of carrots are hanging above the market is a bit of an understatement given the shrunken stocks and the time that still needs to be bridged in the coming period. However, this ensures a constant supply and that somewhat hinders the quality of carrots. The organic carrot market is therefore hardly able to move. Across the board, carrots are very diverse in quality. The DCA Indicative Price remains the same as last week and amounts to €42 to €60 per 100 kilos, delivered from the grower. Good parties still pay around €60.
Same trend on the yellow onion market
The race is not over yet on the organic yellow onion market, but free trade will hardly take place towards April. In any case, a lot of cultivation is done under contract and there is little free trade compared to conventional onion cultivation. Agreements have often already been made about parties that are still in custody. The trend on the market is relatively the same compared to the previous period: sales are fairly constant and bale prices also remain at a good level, although there is a large variation depending on the destination for Dutch yellow onions. Based on very few transactions, the DCA Indication Price for organic yellow onions increases slightly at the lower end and amounts to €70 to €83 per 100 kilos. The fine size sorting is at the bottom and the coarse size sorting is at the top of this bandwidth.
Where there is also little excitement at the moment is the organic table potato market. Demand remains reasonably stable according to an insider and supply is certainly not tight. Growers want to say goodbye to the current prices, which were largely already fixed with what is now being delivered. Supplies have shrunk considerably in recent months, but for this time of year there is still plenty of work to be done. Prices remain the same as last week and the moderate and very coarse lots amount to €52 to €62 per 100 kilos. Very popular varieties and the nicer lots cost around €70 per 100 kilos.