Italy: The value of potatoes is growing

In the Potato Stock Exchange session on 12 January 2024, the joint commission analyzed the commercial situation of the sector both in Italy and in Europe. The general shortage of quality potatoes for both fresh consumption and the processing industry is now evident throughout Europe. The scenery The commercial situation was favored by the low yields of some producing countries in the Mediterranean basin and by the difficulties in completing the harvest of tubers in Northern Europe, where the adverse climatic conditions of the last month (rain and frost) lead to higher losses being expected to 10% of the originally invested area. The national harvest, which is rapidly running out, thanks also to a decidedly dynamic market, will find a high quality alternative in new production, particularly Sicilian ones, in the coming months. Like what happens in other countries, this particular situation is generating an increase in the prices of the product in nature, which, as a consequence, ...