The bale price of onions is at an unchanged level around 15/16 Euro. "The farmer is quite secure and experience says that they will lay low until January. The farm prices are around 12 cents at the moment. I don't need to tell you that this makes it difficult to earn money as a packaging station or exporter."
"If you had stocked up at the beginning of the season, you would have been sorted. Now it's reasonably quiet at the packaging stations. The current Dutch export of around 20,000 tonnes is needed to get rid of the onion stock. The 30,000 ton sorting capacity is competition," says William. "There is a large volume in this area that hasn't been harvest yet either. And the closer it gets to winter, the bigger the chance of rain gets. The question is what quality these onions will have."
Crimsun
In 2007 Beemsterboer introduced the pink Crimsun onions onto the Dutch market. According to Nannes the demand for this niche onion is reasonable. "We have the same area of Crimsun onions this year as we did last year. Mainly buyers from Africa and Latin America value the unique properties of this onion. It's a reasonably late variety and that's where the challenge is, because these markets have to be served relatively early. In the coming year we will also present the Crimsun during the Fruit Logistica in Berlin."
Crimsun
In 2007 Beemsterboer introduced the pink Crimsun onions onto the Dutch market. According to Nannes the demand for this niche onion is reasonable. "We have the same area of Crimsun onions this year as we did last year. Mainly buyers from Africa and Latin America value the unique properties of this onion. It's a reasonably late variety and that's where the challenge is, because these markets have to be served relatively early. In the coming year we will also present the Crimsun during the Fruit Logistica in Berlin."