Brexit and corona keep prices paralyzed in the Netherlands

Sheep farmer Carlo Veeger on Texel sees the prices for lamb 'rising'. The high price level is expected to last at least until the festival of sacrifice on July 19. According to market analysts, there has been a 'corona effect' for some time. Consumers were more often forced to stay at home and chose more luxurious products, such as lamb. And in the summer of 2020, many Europeans with roots in Turkey and Morocco did not go to their motherland because of corona. Those trips usually cause a summer dip in the consumption of European sheep and lamb, but that did not materialize last year. Favorable demographic developments The demographic developments are in any case favorable for the sector. Europeans traditionally eat beef, chicken or pork, but Europe has an increasing number of people of Islamic faith. A development that will continue in the coming decades. Sheep and lamb are very popular among these population groups and that will structurally improve the sales figures. At the same ...