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Uncertain potato season ahead as new season prices start low

Potato growers are entering the 2025/26 season with trepidation after a collapse in old crop values and a low-priced start

Cedric Porter
Business Reporter
clock 鈥� 4 min read
Uncertain potato season ahead as new season prices start low

At the end of the 2024/25 season, the average price of Maris Piper maincrop potatoes hit more than 拢600/tonne. A year later and they were struggling to make much more than 拢100/t following a collapse...

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