Contractor B. Scheper from Westerbork chops a nice plot of maize in Drenthe. Such green and mature plots were an exception this year. Photo: J. Eising

Loading onions in the northeast of our country with a Dewulf bunker harvester. The onion yields in this region were relatively good. Especially in relation to the southwest. Photo: J. Eising

That was a different story for the potato harvest. The starch potato harvest ends in a drama for many companies, in terms of yields. Photo: J. Eising

Contractor Vroege from Dalen chopping maize with their impressive new John Deere forage harvester. Photo: J. Eising

The ware potato harvest in West Brabant at the beginning of October. Empty fields everywhere because the harvest went very smoothly. Photo: J. van Kasteren

Spotless sugar beet in the tipper at Combinatie Sabina in Heijningen when contractor Van Eijck-Van Gastel harvests them at the beginning of October. Photo: J. van Kasteren

Contractor Breure from Swifterbant normally sows preserves and grass with their trike tractor. However, winter wheat is also fine. Photo: J. Drost

Contractor Wassink chops maize just across the Dutch-German border and uses a new Tatra agrotruck for this. Photo: J. Drost

M&B Peen harvests the first storage carrots in mid-October for JH van der Linde Agribusiness in Lelystad. Photo: N. van der Boom

A lot of carrots in Flevoland are irrigated before harvesting, in order to get soil into the box and to prevent damage. Photo: N. van der Boom

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This was the extreme harvest of 2018

20 December 2018 - Redactie Boerenbusiness - 1 reaction

With 11 days remaining in the current year, we can look back on an extreme harvest season. That started with the grain, then came early and quickly from the land. The real pain was felt in the corn, beets, onions and potato crops.

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This was the extreme harvest of 2018

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