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Free-buy potato prices rise on back of drought but contract prices still struggle to make growers a margin

The PotatoEurope exhibition heard there was no expectation that the lack of potatoes this season would lead to a jump in planting next year, with contract prices for the 2026/27 season down by 20% in many cases

Cedric Porter
Business Reporter
clock 鈥� 3 min read
Free-buy potato prices rise on back of drought but contract prices still struggle to make growers a margin

Europe's potato industry gathered last week in a field south of Hannover, Germany, to take stock of two wildly contrasting seasons. Potato Europe's host farm escaped the worst of the drought, according...

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