The processors of organic products clearly feel the rise in prices for agricultural raw materials. If the goods are generally there, the price is often two times higher than on the harvest of 2020, writes Alfons the detergent in his article on the portal Topagrar.com and leads to the proof of an interview with Matias Collmann, managing the director of the Bohlsener Mühle grabbing enterprise in Lower Saxony, which is engaged in Processing of organic raw materials since 1979.
"If we have any products at all, we currently paid more than twice as much as the organic shelf during the harvest in July 2020. We are moving to a serious problem with delivery, "said Collmann.
A business economist and a reputable expert on the German food market sees a number of reasons for the current situation.
One is that "the gap increases - between consumer demand for organic foods and the development of organic agriculture." In the figures, the sale of organic foods in 2020 increased by 22.3%, and the transition from traditional agriculture to organic increased only by 5.3% over the same period.
The second reason is food speculation. "Farmers are played again," says Collmann. Since only very large farmers can create their own storage facilities, they sell their grain wholesalers at the price of harvest time. At the same time, farmers do nothing from raising prices by more than 100 percent. In addition, the merchants of commodities used the deficit of organic grain and even more pushed prices up, holding the goods.
And another aspect causes frustrated by the pioneer of organic products from Bohlsener Mühle: "The purchase of raw materials turns into a battle that the medium-sized food industry will almost certainly lose in competition with a globally working industry."
And the situation is contrary to the fact that Collmann and his colleagues have been built over the years: strengthening large-scale, regional and sustainable medium-sized business, working in close cooperation with organic farmers.
(Source: www.topagrar.com. Author: Alphonse Children).