Producers of greenhouse vegetables in the Netherlands, due to high energy prices, are trying to move away from year-round cultivation, switching to more cold-resistant crops according to Wageningen Economic Research.
The peak of cultivation is increasingly in the second and third quarters, while earlier the industry sought year-round cultivation.
Some producers are moving to more cold-resistant crops. For example, tomato producers can grow garden strawberries (strawberries). And producers of ornamental plants in the cold season grow vegetables when lighting of flowers or plants is necessary.
Owners of cogeneration plants with long-term contracts for the supply of gas at fixed prices received a significant part of their income from the sale of electricity to the market, rather than from an increase in greenhouse production.
In general, the volume of greenhouse vegetable cultivation in the Netherlands has decreased.