- Potato market

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In SimAgri, you can grow potatoes in all the regions/provnces. During the harvest, you can decide to sell them directly to the SimAgri market, to a regional cooperative (RAC). You can also sell them through the potato market. Warning : if you have plots out of your region, you won't be able to sell them through the "potato production line", you have to sell them to SimAgri or a RAC.

-Selling to SimAgri or to a RAC is done immediately and doesn't required any storage on the farm. However, the selling price is not very high.

-On the other hand, if you choose the potato market, you will have a storage and commercialisation period. The investment is more important but the selling price is higher.

So, if you want to play it easy, use the first solution and sell them immediately. If you feel more like a trader and you want to manage planting, harvesting, storage, choose the potato market.

Investment :

For the potato market, you will need :

-A storage line (standing equipment), it includes : Pre hopper, Sizer, Inspection table, Clod separator, Box filler and Knock out machine and costs 100,000 euros.

-One (or more) potato storage building (building) :

Used to store potatoes before they are sent to the plants. It is air conditioned and is filled with piles of boxes. It costs 100 euros per stored ton.

Storage and commercialisation :

Potato storage can run from the harvest until the 7th of June of the following year. Potatoes are stored in a potato storage building through a storage line. The storage must be performed within 2 days following the harvest. If not, you will have 7 days to sell the potatoes to SimAgri at a lower price. You have a few months to sell your stock, after that he remaining stock is lost and automatically destroyed.

During the storage period, you van ask for offers every week. The number of offers will vary but you will receive at least 2 offers per quality type on the regional market (plants). Once in a while, you can also receive national offers (plants) or even international offers (port, intermodal terminal). You will then have to choose between these offers and sell your potatoes.

For all offers you will have to contact a transport contractor to haul your potatoes from your storage to the plant, port, intermodal terminal. The timing is fixed in the contract. The transportation cost is yours to pay.