Netherlands: Tomatoes, cucumbers achieved sufficient returns, bell peppers had a bad first half

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Published Oct 8, 2022

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The corona measures came to an end at the beginning of 2022. On the other hand, we are faced with an exacerbated energy crisis and high inflation, which caused costs to rise. Has the horticultural sector been able to compensate for the higher costs with prices? Due to the energy crisis, the share of illuminated glasshouse crops decreased and glasshouse growers used many different cultivation strategies. The general picture in terms of price formation is, perhaps partly because of this, highly variable.

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On average, we see price formation improve as the season progresses. Greenhouse vegetablesThe tomatoes started very strongly, both for the tail end of the autumn cultivation of truss tomatoes and for regular (lighted) cultivation. Up to and including April, prices were even very good. In May and June this leveled off somewhat, but remained above the price formation of the past two years. Prices were disappointing in July and August. The price formation of cucumbers was slightly lower in January than in 2020, but at a comparable level to the previous year 2021. The price formation remained good in the following months and on balance better than in the past two year. Prices were very good in July and August. For both tomatoes and cucumbers, it seems that sufficient returns could be achieved in the first half of 2022. The peppers, on the other hand, had a very bad first half. July and August were not much better. It seems that it will be difficult to achieve a sufficient return from ...

Source: AGF