Netherlands: Arable farmers grew 12 percent more onions, but a quarter less wheat

Published Jul 1, 2024

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The article reports on the changes in the cultivation areas of various agricultural crops in the Netherlands for the year. It highlights an increase in the growth area for consumption potatoes by 4.3%, seed potatoes by 0.4%, yellow and red seed onions by 86% and 14% respectively, and spring wheat by nearly double. Despite the challenges, the total wheat area has remained approximately the same. Barley cultivation is set to increase by 10%. However, the area for winter wheat has decreased by 34%. The total arable area has shrunk by 2% to 535,000 hectares. Additionally, the cultivation area for sugar beet and fiber crops like flax and hemp has seen significant growth, while the development of field beans has declined.

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The area on which consumption potatoes are grown has increased by 4.3 percent this year to more than 78,000 hectares. In addition, the provisional CBS figures show that the area of seed potatoes, at 40,000 hectares, is comparable to the previous year (+0.4 percent), despite concerns about the impending shortage of seed potatoes. The area of starch potatoes will shrink by 7.9 percent to 39,000 hectares. Of the 32,700 hectares on which Dutch arable farmers are growing seed onions this year, 86 percent consists of yellow onions. The remaining 14 percent contains red seed onions. The second-year seed and onion onions have also increased in area to more than 6,000 hectares. Wheat area less than 100,000 hectares The cultivation area for wheat (97,000 hectares) is smaller than 100,000 hectares this year for the first time since 1957. Partly due to the wet weather conditions in the autumn of 2023, 41,000 hectares less winter wheat will be grown this year compared to a year earlier. The ...

Source: Nieuwe Oogst