Growers continue to lift remaining crop where possible, however ground conditions are getting increasing difficult. It is most likely that a lot of remaining crop will be left in the ground until spring. Demand has been strong over the past week as growers meet Christmas orders. In the UK growers are lifting where possible and crops lifted this week are being sold as quickly as possible as they are not suitable for storage. Reports in the UK indicate that so far stores are keeping well with no reports of any major breakdowns.
In Europe there are still crops on the heavier soils bordering Channel coast lines from France up to the Netherlands that remain to be cleared but the area is now “small”.
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Since July, factories in Belgium are reported to have processed 300,000t and France 6,000t more raw potatoes than last year. Export movement of fresh potatoes continues to Eastern Europe from Germany and stocks are noticeably declining in the north and east of the country.
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Growers continue to lift remaining crop where possible, however ground conditions are getting increasing difficult. It is most likely that a lot of remaining crop will be left in the ground until spring. Demand has been strong over the past week as growers meet Christmas orders. In the UK growers are lifting where possible and crops lifted this week are being sold as quickly as possible as they are not suitable for storage. Reports in the UK indicate that so far stores are keeping well with no reports of any major breakdowns.
In Europe there are still crops on the heavier soils bordering Channel coast lines from France up to the Netherlands that remain to be cleared but the area is now “small”.
Since July, factories in Belgium are reported to have processed 300,000t and France 6,000t more raw potatoes than last year. Export movement of fresh potatoes continues to Eastern Europe from Germany and stocks are noticeably declining in the north and east of the country.
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