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Dear Subscriber,
Potato farmers in Australia, supplying the French fry
factories of Simplot will receive a 35% higher price for
their potatoes.
For a while, it looked like the price
increases of food crops would not dramatically affect the
potato prices. In fact, some countries (India, Bangladesh)
saw very low prices due
to record harvests combined with limited storage and
processing capacities.
But the dramatic price increase (35%)
in Australia is a clear indication that potato prices will
go up as well.
The causes are clear: higher costs of
inputs such as fertilizer and energy. Furthermore, the
potato has to compete with other crops that have seen huge
price increases such as corn (34%), oil crops such as
soybean (87%) and wheat (130%) [figures in brackets increase
between march 2007 - march 2008, BBC]. A recent
OECD report confirmed the biofuels as a contributing factor
to the price increases of food crops. (More
on biofuels and the position of the snack food industry in
this previous PotatoPro newsletter)
The Australian potato farmers obviously
made a successful case that without such a price increase
growing potatoes would not be profitable for them and that
there would be plenty of alternative crops that they could
switch to that would make them more money.
 Australia
is not the only place where lengthy negotiations are going
on between Potato growers and Potato Processors: the same is
true on Prince Edward Island (PEI) between Cavendish Farms
and its potato farmers.
Keep in mind that the agreed price
increase is in
Australia: these negotiations are for a crop that will only
be planted starting September.
The potato farmers that are still stuck in lengthy
negotiations with Cavendish Farms are not so lucky:
their potatoes are in
the ground and growing, to be harvested in the fall. The
price increase in Australia may strengthen PEI farmers’ hope
for a higher price, but with less potato processing capacity
anticipated on the Island (McCain
will cut a shift at its PEI factory) both farmers and
processors have a hard choice to make.
Enjoy reading,
Paul van Eijck
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Hari OM Industries |
India |
| Indian manufacturer of basic small scale
potato processing equipment such as potato
peelers and cutters. Brand name: Krishna
Food machines |
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NADEC (The National Agricultural Development
Company) |
Saudi Arabia |
| NADEC is a joint stock public company with
equity capital of SR 400 million promoted
by the Saudi Government, which holds 20%
equity while the Saudi public holds the
balance equity. NADEC produces milk products and fruit juices
and a range of agricultural products. NADEC is the largest company specialized
in the production of processing potatoes
in the Saudi Kingdom as it managed, through
its numerous researches and its potatoes
analysis advanced laboratories, to ensure
the production of best kinds of processing
potatoes throughout the year according to
the required specifications. As a result,
NADEC has been able to cover about 60% of
the requirements of factories operating
in producing potatoes chips and sticks.
NADEC production of potatoes in its
four agricultural projects is approximately
100,000 tons that are supplied under contracts
and agreements made with all specialized
companies and factories of the Saudi Kingdom. |
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Kadi AG |
Switzerland |
| Kadi is a Swiss
manufacturer of frozen foods, including french fries and
potato specialties. |
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