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water quality when catch crops are sown before Oct. 1 or as
late as Oct. 15.
" The official reply is that they still need to review the
research, " Middag said. " But the policy is already in place. "
The new directive, as it stands now, will impact more than
50% of Dutch potato growers who produce for the processing
sector. Of those farmers, data shows 85% harvested after Oct. 1
between 2012 and 2021. That's up from 55% before 2011. Middag
said the increase has to do with shifting climate patterns.
The direct consequences of the directive will not be seen
immediately, Middag said. In the long-term, though, his fear
is that Dutch processors, who currently rely on local farmers
for 50% of the potatoes they use, will have to seek out new
sources or close their factories.
Arjen Brak, policy advisor for LTO, the largest farmers' union
in the Netherlands, said he's certain sandy-soil producers will
not be able to meet the goals set out by the government.
" We expect most farmers will follow nature, " said Brak,
meaning they will opt to harvest at the most optimal time and
incur the penalty when they do. To do otherwise would mean
a massive reduction in yield for them, he said.
The Dutch government has shown no sign of wavering
on the regulation. In fact, Brak expects regulations will get
stricter in the coming years.
There is precedent for such sweeping environmental
regulations in the country and throughout the European
Union. The Dutch nitrate directive began in 1990. Every
A new regulation requiring potatoes grown on sandy soil in the
Netherlands to be harvested by Oct. 1 has growers concerned
about a potential shortage of potatoes for processing.
four years, the government implements a new action plan
aimed at improving water quality, but the plan often contains
even tighter regulations with unmet targets, Brak said.
LTO and its farmer members are pushing policymakers for
more targeted control. " The measurements get stricter every
year because the water quality goals are not reached, " he said. " If
you set a target and the entrepreneur knows what the quality
of the water is just by measuring, then awareness is created. "
As of June, neither Brak nor Middag knew whether
the Dutch government would review the results of the
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Spudman July/August 2023

Editor's Letter
Table of Contents
Pest detectives
Global concern
Storage 101
PAA: Fall cover crops
National Potato Council: Fighting for a level playing field
Potato Sustainability Alliance: Pathways to sustainability
Potatoes USA: Potatoes reign supreme
Upcoming events
Advertiser Index
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