Expanding list of winter crops is good news for availability of Dutch vegetables

Published 2023년 4월 20일

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The Dutch Minister of Agriculture, Piet Adema, has announced a list of vegetables that can be grown as winter crops, pleasing industry representatives and providing growers with more certainty for their cultivation plans. However, the Dutch Arable Farming Union (NAV) expresses dissatisfaction with the list, citing the exclusion of consumption potatoes and fiber hemp, and concerns about the potential negative impacts on these crops and the labor and harvesting capacity. The article also mentions the sector's commitment to improving groundwater quality and sustainability, with plans for an investigation conducted together with the Ministry of Agriculture. The success of these plans will be evaluated in the autumn.

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On 20 April, Minister of Agriculture Piet Adema wrote to the House of Representatives to indicate which vegetables may still be grown on the land this autumn by means of a list of 'winter crops'. The Association of the Dutch Fruit and Vegetable Processing Industry (VIGEF), Stichting Teelt Overleg Groenten (TOG) and GroentenFruit Huis are satisfied with the expansion of the winter crop lists, which they have advocated over the past six months. Together, the organizations represent the chains of growers, traders, cutters and processors of the field vegetable sector in the Netherlands. This concerns approximately 1500 growers (via growers' associations) and the majority of vegetable processors in the Netherlands. TOG represents an area of approximately 11,000 ha. "We are pleased that the majority of our points from our response to the internet consultation from November 2022 have been adopted. Particularly with regard to spinach, savoy cabbage, celery, carrots, strawberries, lettuce ...

Source: AGF