The Dutch acreage for seed onions has increased by 2021% for the current cultivation season 11 compared to 2020. In which province has the acreage increased the most?
This can be read in the table below this article using figures from the Agricultural Census of the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). There were no more notes this week. The stock exchange committee in Emmeloord released a quote last week, but this week they no longer have any input. This can definitively draw a line under the 2020 harvest.
There is little trade in the new harvest. Almost all processors have already brought in a few batches of winter onions or early spring onion sets and now have them in front of the drying wall. However, the rain has ensured that fewer plots have been cleared than initially hoped. This causes the winter onions and early spring onions to merge briefly.
Because many packers still have outstanding obligations for winter onions and early spring onions, there is hardly any free trade. The onions mentioned are less popular in export when spring onion sets come onto the market that are better suited for export. As a result, processors do not want to have too much position.
It was announced last week that the area for sowing onions is considerably larger this year. The growth is mainly in the North and East of the Netherlands.
| Province or State | Area (in ha) | increase |
| Groningen | 3.239 | 21% |
| Friesland | 1.427 | 16% |
| Drenthe | 2,295 | 39% |
| Overijssel | 603 | 23% |
| Flevoland | 9,479 | 2% |
| Gelderland | 618 | 20% |
| Utrecht | 24 | 71% |
| Noord-Holland | 1.282 | 5% |
| Zuid-Holland | 2.211 | 6% |
| Zeeland | 4.056 | 4% |
| Noord-Brabant | 3.704 | 28% |
| Limburg | 1.418 | 8% |