Европа: Площадь семенного картофеля в шести ключевых регионах сократилась на 1.6% до 105,155 га, поскольку сорта для чипсов потеряли 8.4%

Европа будет иметь немного меньшую площадь семенного картофеля для сезона посадки 2027 года. Согласно данным группы европейских производителей семенного картофеля ESPG, подготовленным французской федерацией семенного картофеля FN3PT, площадь размножения в шести крупных регионах составляет 105,155 га в 2026 году. Это на 1,710 га, или 1.6%, меньше, чем в 2025. PotatoPro опубликовал данные, а Potato News Today проанализировал их 29 сентября.

Area by country

• Нидерланды: 40,811 га, снижение на 0.70%
• France: 23,825 ha, down 2.27%
• Германия: 20,540 га, рост на 0.44%
• Scotland: down 5.39%
• Бельгия: сокращение на 11.97%
• Denmark: down 0.94%

The Netherlands, France and Germany together account for 81% of the total area. Belgium made the largest cut in percentage terms, and Scotland was second.

Fewer fry varieties

The ten most-planted varieties cover 32,201 ha, or 31% of the total area. Within this group, four French fry varieties lost a combined 1,338 ha, a fall of 8.4%. Two varieties for processing and export lost 237 ha (3.8%). Export varieties were almost unchanged, at +0.01%.

The cut in fry varieties follows the 2025 season, when record ware potato crops and very low free-market prices hit processing growers. Many growers planted fewer ware potatoes in spring 2026, and seed producers reduced the area of the varieties that the fry industry uses most.

Quality checks

Potato News Today also cited the Dutch inspection service NAK. By 10 August 2026, NAK had downgraded 9.2% of seed area during field inspection and rejected 0.7%. Bacterial diseases caused 54% of the problems and mosaic symptoms 34%.

Why it matters

Seed from these six regions supplies ware growers across Europe and in many export markets outside Europe. A smaller area, a hot summer and more downgrading can mean less seed of the preferred sizes and classes for 2027.

The cut in French fry varieties is important for processors. After the small 2026 ware crop, many processors will want more contract area in 2027. They may find that seed of their main varieties is tighter than in recent years. Growers who plan to expand fry potatoes should book seed early.

Photo: Potato rows in a field in spring (illustrative). Richard Humphrey / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0