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Sonoftheheir · Nov 24, 2023

West European potato production under severe pressure: NEPG highlights extreme weather and seed shortages

Europe’s potato harvest was negatively impacted by heavy rainfall, causing difficulties in harvesting and potential supply shortages in the NEPG countries – Germany, Belgium, Netherland…

www.potatonewstoday.com

Sonoftheheir · Nov 24, 2023

20% less seed is quite extraordinary.

Luke20 · Nov 24, 2023

Sonoftheheir said:
20% less seed is quite extraordinary.

Might stop the big boys going mad and chucking a extra 100 ac in next year

Sonoftheheir · Nov 24, 2023

Luke20 said:
Might stop the big boys going mad and chucking a extra 100 ac in next year

You’d hope so!

ridger · Nov 24, 2023

Yes should have a good chance next year

AndrewB · Nov 24, 2023

Sonoftheheir said:
20% less seed is quite extraordinary.

Speaking to a few Dutch traders they said 25-40% reduction of normal 35-55 mm seed tonnages.
One merchant was 100,000t short!!

The Fenster · Nov 24, 2023

Don't want to hijack thread with unrelated topic but while we are on the subject of seed, has anyone had any success planting cut seed? In particular with piper, agria , sagitta etc. Few articles online it seems it's pretty common abroad , but it do say it only works with certain varieties. All varieties mentioned are not typical UK chippers.
Current story is a local grower planted a couple of tonne of cut seed sagitta in a bid to try and finish a field last year when they couldn't find any seed, but that has not been verified, apparently turned out pretty good.

Sonoftheheir · Nov 24, 2023

The Fenster said:
Don't want to hijack thread with unrelated topic but while we are on the subject of seed, has anyone had any success planting cut seed? In particular with piper, agria , sagitta etc. Few articles online it seems it's pretty common abroad , but it do say it only works with certain varieties. All varieties mentioned are not typical UK chippers.
Current story is a local grower planted a couple of tonne of cut seed sagitta in a bid to try and finish a field last year when they couldn't find any seed, but that has not been verified, apparently turned out pretty good.

How would it work with blackleg etc?

Chris W · Nov 24, 2023

The Fenster said:
Don't want to hijack thread with unrelated topic but while we are on the subject of seed, has anyone had any success planting cut seed? In particular with piper, agria , sagitta etc. Few articles online it seems it's pretty common abroad , but it do say it only works with certain varieties. All varieties mentioned are not typical UK chippers.
Current story is a local grower planted a couple of tonne of cut seed sagitta in a bid to try and finish a field last year when they couldn't find any seed, but that has not been verified, apparently turned out pretty good.

In the variety’s early days I believe alot of the Markies seed was cut.

Trying my best · Nov 25, 2023

The Fenster said:
Don't want to hijack thread with unrelated topic but while we are on the subject of seed, has anyone had any success planting cut seed? In particular with piper, agria , sagitta etc. Few articles online it seems it's pretty common abroad , but it do say it only works with certain varieties. All varieties mentioned are not typical UK chippers.
Current story is a local grower planted a couple of tonne of cut seed sagitta in a bid to try and finish a field last year when they couldn't find any seed, but that has not been verified, apparently turned out pretty good.

I was told it wasn't a good idea for sagitta and agria as prone to blackleg.
Would be less risky if you were planning on selling them almost straight off the field/ before Xmas?

Sonoftheheir · Nov 25, 2023

Seems very common in the USA, but maybe different climate?

Trying my best · Nov 27, 2023

What's sagitta making this week?

Bigjon44 · Nov 27, 2023

Sonoftheheir · Nov 27, 2023

Trying my best said:
What's sagitta making this week?

Been offered £360 to start

Sonoftheheir · Nov 28, 2023

Sonoftheheir said:
Been offered £360 to start

Correction, £380 and same for Babylon.

Sonoftheheir · Nov 28, 2023

Little bit of scaremongering

Luke20 · Nov 28, 2023

Sold a lorry load for next week 390 Sagitta

ridger · Nov 28, 2023

Sonoftheheir said:
Little bit of scaremongering View attachment 1150503 View attachment 1150502

Will hardly run out in 4 weeks

copse · Nov 28, 2023

Sonoftheheir said:
Little bit of scaremongering View attachment 1150503 View attachment 1150502

They said that about turkeys last year and were near giving them away by Christmas.

Devil's advocate · Nov 28, 2023

ridger said:
Will hardly run out in 4 weeks

I had Look North visit my sprout crop in 2018.

I was interviewed by Phil Bodmer, I only agreed to go on because I wanted to meet Charlotte Leeming.

The reporter was trying to make things look much worse than they really were. Filming the plants on the end of rows which were a bit light on nitrogen.

They wanted to film wet potato fields in 2019, been on sandstone, I declined.

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