Protein farmers in the Netherlands are being punished

Growers of legumes on Dutch soil, united in the producer organization Protein Farmers of the Netherlands, have recently been confronted with significant price reductions for kidney beans, brown beans and capuchins that are grown for well-known processors for the Dutch market. For kidney beans this is a price drop of no less than 24 percent compared to 2023. For the brown bean and the capuchins this is 17 and 13 percent respectively. Grain price The buyers hide behind the global grain price and let this determine the price of legumes from Dutch soil. But why? A grain of wheat is not a kidney bean, is it? A different sales market, different nutritional values and also a completely different cultivation. Reason enough for the Protein Farmers of the Netherlands to examine this 'rule of the game' in the current food chain and to take a position on this issue that is in line with their vision on value creation. Value creation Vegetable proteins from Dutch soil make an essential ...