The carrot market is not exactly booming yet. The last early varieties are being harvested and carrots for the cold store are being harvested. It is mainly the quiet demand from abroad that is being talked about.
The growers are still a bit scared after the wet autumn of last season. When the carrots are ready (and the land is capable) they are simply harvested. Insiders are generally positive about the yields and quality. The carrots may be a bit shorter, but because the plants are there, the barrels are usually below them. The idea is that not leaving a ripe crop unnecessarily in the bed also benefits the quality.
In the trade at the grower, it is not very exciting this week. Rinsers find it quiet on the export side, so there is no need to buy a lot. That is not strange for this time of year. In Eastern Europe they have sufficient local product. If you want to compete with that as the Netherlands, you have to make very sharp cuts. You really should not want that according to some insiders. The DCA listing for both b and c carrots remains unchanged this week at €14 to €15 and €14 to €16 per 100 kilos respectively. The €16 lots are becoming more of an exception.
Read here is the explanation from DCA Market Intelligence on the new quotations.