Little movement in head cabbage price in Germany

The average price has dropped slightly compared to a month ago, notes Martin Bolhuis, owner of trading office Tuindersbelang in Warmenhuizen (N.-H.). Demand must mainly come from Eastern Europe, which is now slightly less. This is due to the escalating conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Ukraine is an important transit country for products from the West. The current turmoil is not conducive to smooth trade. Russia-Ukraine conflict According to Christian Ufen, chairman of the department for vegetable cultivation in Germany, things don't have to go so fast as far as Ukraine is concerned. Ufen is also a head cabbage grower in the northern German cabbage growing area Dithmarschen. According to him, Russian President Putin has every interest in ensuring that the Russians and the inhabitants of other countries in the Eastern European region continue to have access to sufficiently acceptable priced fruit and vegetables. “The current tension will have no effect on the demand for coal,” ...