NEPG

November 17, 2022 | News

NEPG estimate 6 percent less potato production for 2022

Next to an estimation that global potato production 2022 in the EU-04 countries (Belgium, France, Germany and The Netherlands) will be down by 6 percent compared to last year, the North-western European Potato Growers (NEPG) also expect a reduced area in 2023. NEPG announced this during their latest meeting on November 9, 2022.

April 21, 2022 | News

North-western European Potato Growers elect new chairman

The foundation North-western European Potato Growers (NEPG) recently announced that Geoffroy d’Evry has been elected as chairman.

September 10, 2021 | News

NEPG expects average potato yield of 45 tonnes per hectare

Nearing the end of what they call ‘one of the most humid and difficult summers in the last decades’, the North-western European Potato Growers (NEPG) expect average yields at the EU-04 level to be roughly 45 tonnes per hectare.

July 16, 2021 | News

‘Potato production per hectare decisive for 2021 harvest’

‘It is much more the production per hectare than the potato acreage that will be an important factor for the total 2021 harvest’, the North-western European Potato Growers (NEPG) states.

March 11, 2020 | Articles

Record 2020 EU-5 plantings expected

Growers in the five key western European potato countries are expected to increase their plantings this year, which raises the risk of over-production if growing conditions are good, writes Cedric Porter.

November 21, 2018 | Articles

Growers must learn to think big

This season, the average grower won’t be able to realise a cost-plus. Seventy to eighty percent of the harvest in leading potato countries in Northwest Europe is already predestined for a particular customer and to a large extent for a fixed agreed price.