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Dry summer takes its toll on potatoes

In the last of our series, we catch up with two agronomists in contrasting parts of the country to see how the 2026 potato crop has fared after the exceptionally hot and dry season

Ashleigh Ellwood
Head of Arable
clock 鈥� 4 min read
Dry summer takes its toll on potatoes

Billy Hoddy-Brown - Farmacy Norfolk With lifting well underway in this region, yields are coming in around average so far in many irrigated crops; while tuber numbers are slightly below par, most have...

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