Publication author: Jean-Marc Storper – SARL Maison Mendel Potato market chronicle September 2019 All market chronicles The bluster of the previous campaign is well and truly over. Prices remain buoyant at very correct levels for a grubbing-up period, due to persistent drought. The open market is calm, with operators loading their contracts. The industry, which obtains its supplies from England and Holland (where crops have been better irrigated), is playing down the price in France, deliberately displaying unrealistically high prices. Back-to-school promotions are struggling to materialize, given the impossible grubbing-up conditions. In the absence of Bintje, some operations are being carried out with early varieties… But we’re going to have to get used to the idea in France that Bintje is gradually disappearing! This is a harsh reality for the end consumer, who has often enjoyed them since childhood. Exports are on the up! Spain and Italy are there, both in w

Potato quotations 2024 Discover the potato quotations for the year 2024 on the website of the French potato brokers’ association (Syndicat national des courtiers en pomme de terre)!Prices are for potatoes with 7.5 washability, bare bulk, ex-farm. Weeks 51 and 52 White-skinned ware potato : 352€ / TWhite-skinned firm cooking potato : 356€ / TRed-skinned firm cooking potato : 351€/T Weeks 49 and 50 White-skinned ware potato : 345€ / TWhite-skinned firm cooking potato : 359€ / TRed-skinned firm cooking potato : 340€/T Weeks 47 and 48 White-skinned ware potato : 333€ / TWhite-skinned firm cooking potato : 350€ / TRed-skinned firm cooking potato : 335€/T Weeks 45 and 46 White-skinned ware potato : 295€ / TWhite-skinned firm cooking potato : 335€ / TRed-skinned firm cooking potato : 330€/T Weeks 43 and 44 White-skinned ware potato : 270€ / TWhite-skinned firm cooking potato : 325€ / TRed-skinned firm cooking potato :

Publication author: Christelle Denis – SARL D.Vegetables Potato market chronicle November 2023 All market chronicles What a strange start to the campaign! We were aware that the harvest was going to drag on for a long time, given the delays in planting in certain regions during the spring, and the complicated dethatching, but the end of the harvest, particularly in northern France and northern Europe (Belgium, Netherlands), is far from in sight. In November, torrential rain flooded entire plots of land; will it be possible to harvest these fields when the risk of frost looms in the near future? The French market has been sluggish up to now, but packers have had no visibility and are finding it hard to meet demand! The export market has been buoyant since August, particularly in Italy and Spain, which has had the effect of maintaining sustained prices. We can already focus on the state of stocks and quality: it’s worth noting that in view of the increases (energy, packaging,

Publication author: Yves Le Bouëdec – J. Lévesque SARL Potato market chronicle July 2023 All market chronicles At the end of the campaign, there have been no volumes left in good quality since the end of April. New harvests are expected, and when they are available, they are sold at good prices, especially as our European neighbors are expecting lower yields. Decidedly, one year follows another, but no two are alike in this business. This year’s highlight is the demand for processing potatoes, particularly for fritables in the Hauts-de-France region. This increase in plantings is disrupting the usual production patterns, for both seed and fresh potatoes. This year, planting was delayed until late May or even early June, particularly in the northern part of the region. Rainfall, followed by a dry climate with easterly winds, contributed to irregular emergence. High temperatures combined with a lack of water disrupted tuberization. Beware of bolting! Our world is

Publication author: Jérôme Bonnier – Ets Jérôme Bonnier Potato market chronicle March 2023 All market chronicles he conclusion of my March 2022 column was that finding potatoes on the open market this to find potatoes on the open market next season. next season. 12 months have gone by, and there is sport, and it’s here to stay. The open market is very very tight for the end of the campaign, with the last retention by the last stockists. Packers are continuing to self-supply and are only buying the bare minimum, knowing that that double washing is necessary to get through certain to pass certain batches of very delicate quality. The rate of The rate of waste is exploding at the same rate as the purchase price. Disputes are becoming increasingly frequent. On the fresh produce market, Spain, Portugal and Italy are 15 days late in harvesting new potatoes. new potatoes. The arrival of the first potatoes from Israel and Egypt is imminent. In Br