Stock inventory VTA
Average yield of onions higher than last season
The average yield of onions this season is higher than last season. In addition, more onions were delivered. This corresponds to the picture of good exports. This is apparent from VTA's first stock inventory for the 2017/2018 season.
The average yield is 55,6 tons per hectare. In 2016 this was 52,7 tons per hectare. Although the differences between the plots were smaller than last year, there are again significant differences this season.
5,5% higher than last season
The minimum is 22 tons per hectare, while the maximum is no less than 93 tons per hectare. On average, the yield per hectare is 5,5% higher than last season.
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The yield for yellow onions is 57,2 tons per hectare and for red onions it is 55,4 tons per hectare. Onion sets yielded an average of 45,6 tons per hectare.
Area expansion
With an area expansion of 4,3% (as predicted by Statistics Netherlands), the total production of the reference group will be 10% higher than last season. This would make production 7% higher than the 5-year average.
The higher production also immediately leads to a higher stock. The interim stock is higher than last season and also 2% higher than the 5-year average.
Delivered percentages
In the 2016/2017 season, 31% of the onions had been delivered. This season it is 33,6%. In absolute tons, there is 6,1% more stock among VTA members than last season, which is more than 2% above the 5-year average.
About 22% of this stock has been sold. This percentage was higher for red onions (40%) than for yellow onions (18%). Last year, however, a larger part of the stock had already been sold, so that free stock is now higher (8,3% higher than the 5-year average).
Kimberly Baker
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