The range of potatoes remains manageable in Germany

Our author: Christoph Hambloch, market expert at AMI, Bonn Undisputed: With the transition to the main harvest, the potato prices also crumbled a little this year. But compared to previous years, the pressure is limited, and the prospects for the further course of the season are rated better than then. The supply in the 2021/22 season is likely to be smaller than in previous years and, with skilful marketing, can be placed on the market at adequate income. They showed that even in relatively difficult weather conditions, sufficient goods are usually produced and regional gaps in supply can be closed across regions. The expansion of cultivation in recent years had to be stopped or, even better, reversed, especially for food products. That has now happened. For 2021, the Federal Statistical Office for Germany shows a 5.2% decline in the potato area. With 115,400 hectares, even fewer potatoes are grown in Lower Saxony than in 2019. According to the area applications for EU subsidies, ...