The Irish Potato Consumption Was Subdued Following the Hot Weather Conditions
Due to the hot weather conditions, potato consumption in Ireland has been modest during the previous week.
Thus far this year, consumption has been robust, as evidenced by the latest statistics from Kantar, which indicates a rise in both volume and value sales.
“Growers are continuing to report that yields are disappointing, especially on later planted crops. This is not surprising given the extremely late planting season this year. It will be another few weeks before significant volumes are lifted into store especially north of Dublin,” according to the latest IFA potato report.
In the U.K. harvesting into store is progressing well in the west and the midlands but in eastern areas up to Yorkshire, soils are now very dry and despite irrigation before lifting, bruising is a major issue.
“In Scotland, very little lifting of maincrop into store has taken place, compared to “25%” this time last year,” the IFA potato experts concluded.
