Potato Economics Weekly — Week 36, 2026
Season 2026/27 opens with no free-market quotation for Belgian storage varieties yet, early potatoes holding at EUR 200/t, a European processing index edging up, and the first harvest signals pointing to below-average yields in Belgium and France.
- Belgapom quotation, early potatoes (free market, excl. VAT)200 EUR/t
- Belgapom quotation, Fontane & Challenger (storage)no quotation
- DCA EU-4 Potato Index (processing potatoes, delayed)20.44 EUR/100 kg
- DCA Frozen Fries 70-30 Index (delayed)554 índice
- Belgian Fontane trial digs, sandy-loam plots (Viaverda)25-30 t/ha