About 2017% more ware potatoes were produced in the 30 potato season than the year before. This is evident from the updated crop estimate figures of the CBS.
The estimate shows that the total gross yield of ware potatoes amounts to 4,012 million tons. This equates to a gross yield of 56,7 tons per hectare. That is 27% more than last year, when the yield was 3,159 million tons and 44,4 tons per hectare was budgeted.
Total harvest also higher
The total potato harvest, which also includes seed potatoes and starch potatoes, amounts to 7,436 million tons. The average per hectare has been set at 45.7 tons. Compared to last year (6,534 million tons and 42 tons per hectare), this is 900.000 tons more. In percentage terms, it means an increase of 14%.
Statistics Netherlands has not yet announced what the distribution of starch and seed potatoes looks like.
The comments will follow later today.
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Oh, are we going to have to pay the seed for 2018 only 5 cents! (the good one of course)This is a response to this article:
Suppose that only bintje had been planted in Western Europe.. then we would now have potatoes of one Euro per kilo. Fan was the seed mafia sidelined and the trade free again!! It's just a thought.
Potatoes in the southwest are rotting in a shed elsewhere there are also many problems with storage I hear you say owg is a problem for some. There is much more tare in it, think of green floats ect. Would there be that many kilos too much net.
Agria74 wrote:Potatoes in the southwest are rotting in a shed elsewhere there are also many problems with storage I hear you say owg is a problem for some. There is much more tare in it, think of green floats ect. Would there be that many kilos too much net.
This results in a price decrease rather than an increase. Driving these batches to the field can have a positive impact on the price, although the factories are cunning enough to somehow push the price down. The real problem is too large acreage combined with very high yields in Belgium and France. The second problem is that there is almost no export, so only the factories determine the market. Perhaps the low prices can stimulate some export later in the season. In Belgium, there are still a lot of parties with a WG that is too low, which leads to disapproval. Unfortunately, these potatoes still float around somewhere in the market. Everyone should think about it and consider planting less next year. Once the account is both contract and free and see whether the financial profit is in line with the risks taken.
bird's eye view wrote:Agria74 wrote:Potatoes in the southwest are rotting in a shed elsewhere there are also many problems with storage I hear you say owg is a problem for some. There is much more tare in it, think of green floats ect. Would there be that many kilos too much net.
This results in a price decrease rather than an increase. Driving these batches to the field can have a positive impact on the price, although the factories are cunning enough to somehow push the price down. The real problem is too large acreage combined with very high yields in Belgium and France. The second problem is that there is almost no export, so only the factories determine the market. Perhaps the low prices can stimulate some export later in the season. In Belgium, there are still a lot of parties with a WG that is too low, which leads to disapproval. Unfortunately, these potatoes still float around somewhere in the market. Everyone should think about it and consider planting less next year. Once the account is both contract and free and see whether the financial profit is in line with the risks taken.
Fine, anyone less than I can at least double profitably.
Greuste kartoffel wrote:bird's eye view wrote:
This results in a price decrease rather than an increase. Driving these batches to the field can have a positive impact on the price, although the factories are cunning enough to somehow push the price down. The real problem is too large acreage combined with very high yields in Belgium and France. The second problem is that there is almost no export, so only the factories determine the market. Perhaps the low prices can stimulate some export later in the season. In Belgium, there are still a lot of parties with a WG that is too low, which leads to disapproval. Unfortunately, these potatoes still float around somewhere in the market. Everyone should think about it and consider planting less next year. Once the account is both contract and free and see whether the financial profit is in line with the risks taken.
Fine, anyone less than I can at least double profitably.
Everyone has to figure this out for themselves. Still great of you to double.
bird's eye view wrote:Agria74 wrote:Potatoes in the southwest are rotting in a shed elsewhere there are also many problems with storage I hear you say owg is a problem for some. There is much more tare in it, think of green floats ect. Would there be that many kilos too much net.
This results in a price decrease rather than an increase. Driving these batches to the field can have a positive impact on the price, although the factories are cunning enough to somehow push the price down. The real problem is too large acreage combined with very high yields in Belgium and France. The second problem is that there is almost no export, so only the factories determine the market. Perhaps the low prices can stimulate some export later in the season. In Belgium, there are still a lot of parties with a WG that is too low, which leads to disapproval. Unfortunately, these potatoes still float around somewhere in the market. Everyone should think about it and consider planting less next year. Once the account is both contract and free and see whether the financial profit is in line with the risks taken.
Fine, anyone less than I can at least double profitably.
Greuste kartoffel wrote:bird's eye view wrote:
This results in a price decrease rather than an increase. Driving these batches to the field can have a positive impact on the price, although the factories are cunning enough to somehow push the price down. The real problem is too large acreage combined with very high yields in Belgium and France. The second problem is that there is almost no export, so only the factories determine the market. Perhaps the low prices can stimulate some export later in the season. In Belgium, there are still a lot of parties with a WG that is too low, which leads to disapproval. Unfortunately, these potatoes still float around somewhere in the market. Everyone should think about it and consider planting less next year. Once the account is both contract and free and see whether the financial profit is in line with the risks taken.
Fine, anyone less than I can at least double profitably.
Greuste Kartoffel probably also a truck driver.
Greuste kartoffel wrote:bird's eye view wrote:
This results in a price decrease rather than an increase. Driving these batches to the field can have a positive impact on the price, although the factories are cunning enough to somehow push the price down. The real problem is too large acreage combined with very high yields in Belgium and France. The second problem is that there is almost no export, so only the factories determine the market. Perhaps the low prices can stimulate some export later in the season. In Belgium, there are still a lot of parties with a WG that is too low, which leads to disapproval. Unfortunately, these potatoes still float around somewhere in the market. Everyone should think about it and consider planting less next year. Once the account is both contract and free and see whether the financial profit is in line with the risks taken.
Fine, anyone less than I can at least double profitably.
Greuste Kartoffel probably also a truck driver.