The 2025 potato harvest in Ukraine is 50% higher than last year's — scientist

In Ukraine, during the 2025 season, the area under potato cultivation increased by 25% compared to the previous year, and due to favorable weather conditions, the yield figures also exceeded last year's by a quarter. Interfax-Ukraine reports, noting that this means the potato harvest is 50% higher than last year's, according to Mykola Furdyha, the director of the Institute of Potato Farming. "To calculate how much we produce in potatoes is very simple. If the average exit price from farms is 8 UAH/kg, and last year it was 20 UAH/kg, then we have, I think, 50% more production: the production areas have expanded by 25% and the yield due to weather conditions has increased by 25%," the agency quotes the scientist. Mykola Furdyha noted that Ukraine does not need such a volume of grown potatoes even if it is deeply processed. Commenting on Ukraine's import of over 123 thousand tons of potatoes in the 2024-2025 marketing year, the scientist explained that this record volume of export ...