Papas para el Procesamiento

The Sackett family has been growing potatoes in Michigan for six generations since first planting 20 acres of the crop in 1905.

During the last weeks, free buy prices from different North-western European quotations have dramatically fallen, no longer allowing to cover production costs. North-western European Potato growers (NEPG) respond.

The North-western European Potato Growers (NEPG) estimate the area of ware potatoes has increased by 2 to 3%. This is slightly higher than the record in 2020, when it was 522.000 ha for the EU-4 (NL, BE, DE, FR).

Informe de los Productores de Patata del Noroeste de Europa (NEPG) sobre el mercado de la patata en la zona NEPG (Francia, Bélgica, los Países Bajos y Alemania).

La producción de patata en Francia, Alemania, Países Bajos y Bélgica bajará un 6% este año respecto a 2021, situándose en 22,1 millones de toneladas, según la Asociación de Productores de Patata del Noroeste de Europa (NEPG).

Durante su última reunión previa a Potato Europe 2022, los Productores de Papa del Noroeste de Europa (NEPG) estiman que la producción mundial de papa en la zona NEPG (EU-04) se reducirá entre un 7 y un 11 por ciento.

The Bernard SME employs 35 people and is almost one hundred years old. It is located in Gomiécourt, 30 minutes from the Arras train station, in the Hautsde-France region on the vast plains of the Artois.

German business Johann Kraut Landwirtschaft is a real potato specialist: the family-run 90-hectare (220-acre) at Bergkirchen, Bavaria, is now in the third generation and has been growing Potatoes for more than 50 years.

The European Potato Processors’ Association (EUPPA) released a special report highlighting progress made in recent years by the sector across key areas of environmental sustainability and corporate social responsibility.

Interpom 2021 is fast approaching – we are now on the home stretch! After a whole year of postponement, Interpom will finally be held on Sunday 28, Monday 29, and Tuesday 30 November 2021 in Kortrijk Xpo (B).

No one could miss it in the media last year: the COVID-19 pandemic hit the Belgian potato sector hard.

El NEPG (Productores de Patatas de Europa Noroccidental, por sus siglas en inglés) estima que la cosecha total será de 27,9 millones de toneladas esta temporada si se cosechan todas las patatas que aún están bajo tierra.

La semana pasada, la Asociación de Patata de Europa noroccidental (NEPG), que agrupa a los productores de Francia, Alemania, Países Bajos, Reino Unido y Bélgica, anunció la estimación de la cosecha de patatas para la temporada 2020/21.

La fuerte bajada de la demanda de producto en los restaurantes, bares y hoteles que habrían caído en un 50/60% y el descenso de la demanda de la exportación está provocando que la industria mundial de procesamiento de patata ha reducido su capacidad y necesidad de materia prima. Probablemente no se procesen más de 2 millones de toneladas solo en los países productores de patata que agrupa NEPG en el continente: Francia, Bélgica, Alemania y Holanda.

Last year, despite the difficult growing conditions as a result of the extreme heat and drought during both the 2018-2019 and the 2019-2020 seasons, the Belgian potato-processing industry once again improved the record for processed potatoes.

Due to COVID-19 the free market of potatoes has completely collapsed. The PCA/Fiwap and the Belgapom price quotation has been suspended because of a lack of transactions on the free market of potatoes.

On 4 and 5 September the international potato fair PotatoEurope 2019 will take place in
Tournai. That the fair continues to grow is demonstrated by the fact that there are almost
20% more exhibitors from 17 different countries.

The potato cannot be burned from the news. This week it turned out that Belgian growers are settling in northern France because the Belgian area is almost exhausted.