Netherlands: Contract prices for potatoes must increase 10 percent

Published 2024년 1월 6일

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The NAV predicts an increase in the cost price of consumption potatoes for the 2024 growing season compared to the 2023 harvest, with contract prices needing to rise by at least 2.5 to 3 cents per kilo to cover costs. The calculation takes into account an average cost price for consumption potato growers on sandy and clay soil, with higher costs for labor, land, crop protection and seed potatoes, but lower costs for fertilizers, electricity and fuel. Overall, the cost price for the 2024 harvest is expected to be slightly higher than for the 2023 harvest due to these factors.

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The NAV predicts that the cost price of consumption potatoes for the coming growing season will increase compared to the cost price for the 2023 harvest. According to a calculation by the NAV working group on consumption potatoes, contract prices must rise by at least 2.5 to 3 cents per kilo, approximately 10 percent, to cultivation to cover costs. The calculation determines an average cost price for consumption potato growers on both sandy and clay soil. Two delivery times are taken: from land in September and from storage at the end of March/beginning of April. Higher cost items The union's calculation for a sample farm shows that a number of cost items have increased for the 2024 harvest. This mainly concerns ...

Source: Nieuwe Oogst