For the processing potatoes, the exciting phase for the upcoming crop begins. According to trade the potato acreage in the main regions of West Europe will be extended to 3-4%. It is then of average income would have too much product on the market. Therefore recommends the trade to contract more quantities of planting than in previous years. Sounds logical, but no marketing strategy. Many "potato professionals" to your "contract behavior" not every year on the head and "drive" it in the average of the years well. Therefore remains: you should not sign not lucrative contracts. Either to fail to potato cultivation, it is a cheap way of hedging in the futures market or speculated on the open market. There is still a large deficit in the potato industry, that there are no flexible contract options like many other agricultural commodities.
As marketing professionals have the still alterntige goods in the warehouse:Is the current processing potato index 11,30 EUR/GermanExpected around 2.00 euros / dt up to 23 KW (expiry of June futures) add to the current base is approx. 2,50 euro / dt in the derivatives market rate of 15.90 euro / German For those old goods store, is given the opportunity for a nice "extra income".
