Irlanda: Potato consumption and retail sales should pick up from this week onwards

With the hot weather and lack of rainfall, there are numerous reports that maincrop Rooster yields will be significantly reduced in many areas. New season Queens are currenting in the region of €4.60 – €5.50 ex farm in 10kg bags. 

Across Europe, Heavy storms (25 to 60mm) through France, Germany, Belgium and up through Eastern/Central Holland have given some hope but agronomists are now waiting to see how crops react. Conditions in France are described as “historically dry” and in Germany groundwater levels are “the lowest since 1881” with rainfall this year, similar to and slightly below 2018.

In the UK, thunderstorms have hit some areas, however it is too little too late in many scenarios. Unirrigated crops are unlikely to benefit but there is a lifeline now for crops have been regularly irrigated