Chicory price good

The mood in the chicory market is quite positive. This past May Gijs van Dongen from Nature's Gold said that growers would be 'in the black' this year, and he is still convinced of this, "We are not talking about a great year, but we are having a reasonable year."

Gijs says that they had good prices the first few weeks of August due to lower production, "But then prices fell considerably. Currently the price is better, at one Euro. Last week the price was 80 cents and the week before that, 60 cents." Gijs has a good feeling about the upcoming period, "But you still have to watch out. Everyone expected that August would be bad and we still had a few good weeks. Now everyone expects September to go well, while in the past September was often a bad month. You can never completely predict what will happen. Still, I think the chicory will go for one Euro on average."