The Fellowship of the Holland Onion - part 3 -

In the third part (The Harvesting Season)of our new series of video clips 'The Fellowship of the Holland Onion' we are moving on to the beginning of the harvesting process. Now that summer is coming Read more »

to water or not to water

Never before has it been as dry in the Netherlands this century as it was last year. The precipitation deficit in the summer season of 2022 even reached a record of 318 millimeters, twice as much as normal. And that is Read more »

different record for Holland Onions

The 2022-2023 export season will undoubtedly go down in the books as a historic year. The season will certainly not reach a record in terms of export volume, but in terms of export value, it just might be that for the Read more »

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Harvest time. For as long as humanity has been cultivating land, it’s both a tense and joyous period of time. For the Dutch onion grower it is finally time to reap the fruits of his months of efforts. But harvesting always brings him quite some tension too. Tension whether the quality and harvest yield is as anticipated.

An early onion harvest is very important from a quality point of view. A later harvest produces extra yield in sunny late summer weather conditions, but also entails a certain risk. That risk is taken firmly by Co van den Dries. Because he knows the plant density in his field is sufficient and the onion crop has developed steadily. So the onion bulbs are given a compelling open-air performance to show off their unique golden-yellow Dutch tunic still in the field.

From the prelude to the meticulously arranged onion yield in the windrow, the beginning of the harvesting season is simply a feast for the eyes. Enjoy the third part of the Fellowship of the Holland Onion.

With pleasure!