Dutch Producers Organisation for Ware Potatoes

November 24, 2021 | Articles

‘Lack of collective spirit makes grower’s life difficult’

As the first member of the Dutch Producers Organisation for Ware Potatoes (POC), arable farmer and POC board member Jasper Roubos (37) is committing himself with infectious enthusiasm to this initiative in which ware potato growers are organising themselves to achieve a stronger position in the market. At his farm in the village of Abbenes,…

November 25, 2020 | Articles

Producers’ Organisation for Ware Potatoes (POC) gets official recognition

The Producers’ Organisation for Ware potatoes (POC), which was set up last spring, recently received official recog­nition to function as a producer organisation within the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries. The initiator, the Dutch Arable Farming Trade Union (NAV), is happy to announce this successful outcome.