Italy: Agrico satisfied with a very challenging season

Published Jul 9, 2021

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Agricultural cooperative Agrico has announced the payment prices for seed and consumption potatoes from the 2020 harvest, with organically grown seed potatoes priced at €45.10 per 100 kg and organically grown ware potatoes at €28.53 per 100 kg. The company also noted challenges in the organically grown ware potatoes market due to sufficient local production in Germany. Despite these challenges, the demand from Dutch retail was strong. Agrico plans to focus on introducing Next Generation varieties for the French fries and crisps industry in the future. The article also discusses the effects of the Corona pandemic on the sale of seed potato harvests and the tuber setting of the 2021 harvest, expressing concerns about potential damage due to wet conditions and transportation challenges due to changed container routes and expected rising prices for container transport.

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Cooperative Agrico has determined the payment prices for seed and consumption potatoes for the 2020 harvest and presented them to its members. The average price for seed potatoes in all sizes, classes S to A, is € 25.77 per 100 kg. For ware potatoes, the Agrico pool pays €13.14 per 100 kg for size 0/+ unsorted, delivery week 9 (this does not include the PlanetProof fee). For organically grown ware potatoes, the pool price came to € 28.53 per 100 kg for size 0/+, delivery week 3. Finally, the pool price for organically grown seed potatoes was € 45.10 per 100 kg for all sizes, class S to A. Organically grown potatoes Harvest 2020 was a very challenging year for organically grown ware potatoes. Demand from Dutch retail was good, but the export market (especially Germany) largely failed due to sufficient local production. As a result, Agrico had to sell part of the harvested potatoes to alternative destinations. The large increase in yield per hectare in recent years due to the use of ...

Source: AGF