What will drought do to onion prices?

The onion prices of the 2017 harvest were not what was expected. Now that it is gradually becoming drier, speculation about higher onion prices is also breaking out. 

Last season showed that there were a lot of onions, and that resulted in a bad price in many cases. However, in 2018 the acreage decreased NOT ALLOWED, bringing the total onion area to 35.200 hectares. In addition, the acreage for seed onions decreases by almost 4%.

It is striking that arable farmers are growing more onion sets this year. The surface increases to 9.140 hectares, a plus of 17%. Still, there is hope that the price for the 2018 harvest will improve. This has everything to do with the current drought.

polling mood
However, many are cautious: "If it rains next month, there could still be a big harvest." Time to gauge the mood. What do you expect from the prices for the 2018 harvest? This concerns the average onion price; we do not specify on the land, short or long storage onions. 

Anne-Jan Doorn

Anne Jan Doorn is an arable expert at Boerenbusiness. He writes about the various arable farming markets and also focuses on the land and energy market.

aj.doorn@boerenbusiness. Nl

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