This year, Ukrainians will plant more early potatoes. All because the price of it has recently increased significantly. This was stated in the comment for AgroPortal.ua by the director of Agrico Ukraine Nikolay Gordiychuk.
Also, according to him, due to the fact that Ukraine has increased the volume of processing potatoes for chips, this season they will purchase more varieties that will be processed.
“It is difficult to say whether the producers of seed material will expand the area under the crop. This will become known after the so-called import season: in March-April. Then we’ll be able to calculate how much more early varieties were imported for processing, compared to last season, since they are mainly delivered to us from Germany and the Netherlands, ”he says.
Gordiychuk also made a forecast regarding the pricing policy for potatoes. In his opinion, planting material can rise in price by 30-40%. Now the price of seed potatoes is from 12 to 20 UAH / kg.
“Cost depends on the variety, reproduction and quality of the seed. We, as producers, advise buying it only on farms that are in the register of seed producers and sell certified seeds, ”he said.
In his opinion, table potato prices will depend on the weather and how the climate will change.
“If there is a drought and a lack of moisture, which we are already observing now, this may affect yield and price, respectively. The remnants of the previous season will also affect the cost of culture, ”said the expert.
He noted that this season the price of this type of potato was quite high.
“But what will be the cost of early potatoes, it’s too early to say,” Gordiychuk added.