It became the devil's own year's work, the crops wither on the ground, they do not ripen enough to be harvested.

Despite high yields and excellent quality this year, potato growers in Germany are not worth harvesting their tubers due to low purchasing prices. EU farmers are increasingly struggling. European Union farmers are currently going through difficult times. In some places, drought and even forest and brush fires following summer heat are causing problems, while in others, extreme amounts of precipitation at the wrong time make work impossible. We have not even mentioned the collapse in purchasing prices, which is turning more and more producers away from agriculture. Germany has not brought any good news in recent months, and the next one is already here. To the west of us, potatoes are still among the main crops, but their fate may soon be sealed there as well. Currently, purchasing prices do not cover production costs, so to minimize their losses, farmers prefer not to harvest the potatoes and leave them in the ground. The situation in Lower Saxony is particularly worrying, with ...