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Dutch Potato business:
Production Figures, Prices, Costs and InnovationsKarst Weening, [email protected]
Corné Kempenaar
Presented at China-Europe Workshop of Potato Sustainable and Efficient Production (CE-WPSEP)
Netherlands and China
Potato Area (M.ha) 0.16 5
Production (M.tons p.y.) 7-7.5 70-80
Yield (ware: ton/ha p.y.) 50 20
Professional grower > 99 %
Consumption (kg p.p.p.y.) 75 - 85
Dutch Potato production
2011 Area
*1000 ha
Yield
tons/ha
Production
(mln tons)
Seed potatoes 38 35 1,3
Ware potatoes 73 52 3,8
Starch potatoes 49 43 2,1
Total 160 7,2
3
Potato Consumption in The Netherlands
Category Volume(Ktons)
Average consumption
(kg/ year)
Trend
Traditional
(unpeeled)350 21 Down
Peeled and
chilled400 24 Up
Fries, Chips,
Powder,
Flakes
600 35 Stable
4
0
1.000.000
2.000.000
3.000.000
4.000.000
5.000.000
6.000.000
1950
1953
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1971
1974
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1983
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2004
Potato products
Ware potatoes
Seed potatoes
Export from The Netherlands (tons)
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Export of Seed Potatoes from The Netherlands (tons)
6
19
50
19
52
19
54
19
56
19
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100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
600,000
700,000
800,000
900,000 2012/13: 778.912
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KW
International seed potato trade(avg ‘06-’09)
7
Worldwide distribution of Dutch Seed Potatoes
Many countries produce Dutch
varieties under licence
NL: high quality seed potato
production of innovative varieties
8
KW
Potato processing in the Netherlands
(Mtons)
0
500
1.000
1.500
2.000
2.500
3.000
3.500
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
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10KW
What is secret of Dutch potato growing?
Highly professional growers
Supported by:
A. Independent seed certification and strong seedindustry
B. Cooperation business, education and government
C. Efficient storage, support industry and transparentmarket infrastructure.
Result: Fully developed potato cluster
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Dutch potato growers(number & average area)
(Source: NAK, CBS)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
1.500
2.000
2.500
3.000
3.500
4.000
4.500
5.000
1978 1988 1998 2008
Ha
Nu
mb
er
Year
11
Dutch potato grower is allround expert
• Crop grower
• Tractor driver
• Disease & crop protection specialist
• Mechanization expert
• Manager of operation and finance
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Strong sense of Cooperation and Coordination
Excellent cooperation between:
• Government
• Private Business
• Growers
• Education
• Research
• Extension
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Excellent storage & handling andInternational centre of trade
Year around:
• healthy potatoes
• reducing losses
• maintainingprocessing quality
• traceability
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KW
Cost price: Basic figures
• High price of land -> € 750 per year
(€ 50.000 per ha)
• High wages -> € 20 – 25 per hour
High cost
for
land and labor
Intensive
production
15
KW
Ware potatoes: Cost of production Netherlands(Euro per hectare)
• Base Cost price off-the-field: Does not include storage cost and grower margin
• Source: LEI-WUR, average of 27 ware potato growers
• Strong variation between growers
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€ 2.200
Machinery (incl depreciation) € 1.000
Labour € 800
Miscellaneous (Fuel, laboratory test) € 400
Interest € 200
Total € 4.600
Average yield: 50.000 kgs/ha
Cost per kg: € 0,09
Seed potatoes (Class C), Fertilizers
and Crop protection chemicals
Market Price information
• Markets Rotterdam, Wholesale prices
• Market Goes en Emmeloord, Grower prices
• Eurex Future market
EU-5 Potato prices(free market)
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Average consumer price
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0,46
0,66
0,83
0,730,70
0,84
0,70
0,540,52
0,69
0,80
0,56
0,51
0,650,66
0,51 0,50
0,67
0,90
0,750,75
0,89
0,76
0,53
0,47
0,70
0,87
0,76
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I II III IV I II III IV I II III IV I II III IV I II III IV I II III IV I II III IV
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
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Netherlands catalogue of potato varieties 2011: online at www.nivap.nl
Innovation
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Innovation topics in potato production
• New varieties, e.g. late blight resistance
• Sensor technology for disease detection with camera systems
• Precision farming / variable rate technology seeding and crop care
• Big data analysis and decision support
• Optimization of storage methods
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90? sensed
area
v
90?sensed
area
Acknowledgement: Yara, Homburg Holland, PPO
Grid treatment: sensor on cabin of tractor, DSS, VRA on the go, as applied map
Reglone
0
0.5
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0 20 40 60
Reflection parameter CropScan
Min
imum
effe
ctiv
e do
se
(l/ha
)
Figure x. Worldview-2 image, 15-08-2011, Flevoland. Test parcel for variable rate application in yellow outline (above). WDVI image of test parcel (lower-left). Reglone dose instruction map (lower-right)
Grid treatment: based on satellite image, DSS and task map
Acknowledgement: TerraSphere, NSO en Mts Zondag
Worldview-2
Grid treatment: sensing UAS, DSS and task map
Acknowledge-ment:TerraSphere, Vd Borne
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