Some European potato growers have problems fulfilling their contracts

Fresh Common Potato

Published Sep 26, 2022

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The total potato area of the northern and western EU countries (Germany, Belgium, France and the Netherlands) increased by 2.0% year-on-year, reaching 507,300 ha. Some starch producers and some growers of potatoes for the fresh market are changing their production towards potatoes for industry. There has been more incidence of the potato worm in the areas most affected by the drought, according to COPA-COGECA.

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A lower potato yield is expected, so a certain number of producers will not be able to deliver the contracted volumes and in some cases, due to lack of "force majeure" provisions, they will have to buy back the missing volumes to meet their contract. Rainfed crops suffer from lack of ...

Source: Agrodigital

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