North-Western European potato harvest almost completed

In the Netherlands, 97 percent of the French fry potato harvest has now been completed. This puts it slightly ahead of the soaking wet harvest season of 2023, when only 84 percent of the harvest was ready in week 45. A few percent were ultimately not harvested at all due to the wetness. In the eastern neighbours, 99 percent of the potatoes were out of the ground at the end of last week, according to the figures from Aviko. This means that German arable farmers continued to harvest nicely in week 45, because the update from the previous week shows that around 8 percent still had to be harvested. Record area But in France, they have made the most progress in the past week. At the end of week 44, 85 percent of the potatoes were still in the ground, now the harvest is 97 percent ready. The consumption potato area in that country had a record area of 177,000 ...