"Higher prices due to imbalanced seed potato market"
The Dutch Seed Potato and Seeds General Inspection Service (NAK) recently announced that in 2023, 38,776 hectares of seed potato acreage were registered for inspection. That is six percent less than the previous year. Acreage in Germany and France is shrinking, too. That brings about an imbalance in the seed potato market that translates into higher prices, says Hans Geling, director of
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