date:Jun 25, 2012
t of the potatoes has already been going for a few weeks and will run to 10 August. According to Schmidt the frost is amongst other things responsible for the fact that an average harvest is expected. We have, depending on the area, had six or seven nights with frost. As a result the plants are behind, he says. Also in between it was very dry. The fields would of course be irrigated, but natural rain is better. The growers themselves receive only 40 Euro/100 kgs. according to Schmidt. At the sta