"Worthless." That's how Kees van den Bosch of Freeland looks back on the first five months of the year in the open field vegetable market. "Due to the cold spring, production was behind two or three weeks. But a hot summer with wet weather conditions in Central Europe have fully compensated for the difficult spring. In recent months, there's been a lot of trade, and trade in many open field vegetables was booming."
"The leek market is stable at the moment. Last year, was terrible for the leek, due to which a lot less was planted. The carrot market is also stable with reasonable prices, but export isn't high. The iceberg lettuce season has been good for growers. There were shortages due to the weather conditions, which has caused the market to return pretty much to normal," the open field vegetable trader says.
"In cauliflower and broccoli, there were also times of produce being hardly available this year. Now supplies aren't high yet, but Spain is entering the market gradually, and we are slowly going into hibernation," Kees goes on to say. "There has also been plenty of movement in the cabbage market so far. Because of the drought in Poland, much larger volumes went that way, and I expect things to continue running well this winter. The export of celeriac is also at a higher level than other years at this time, with the Polish supplies being a lot smaller as well."
For more information:
Kees van den Bosch
Freeland B.V.
Nijbracht 126
7821 CE Emmen
Tel:+31 591 670570
kees@freeland.nl
www.freeland.nl
Freeland B.V.
Nijbracht 126
7821 CE Emmen
Tel:+31 591 670570
kees@freeland.nl
www.freeland.nl