Swiss potato harvest washed away

The weather wasn’t on the side of potato producers. After the last year’s bad conditions, this year the harvest has literally washed away. There are already farmers who have written off their crops and ploughed in the potato crop. “At the end of August the first figures will be available but it is already clear, it won’t be a good harvest,” states Irene Vonlanthen, Managing Director of the Swiss Potato Producers’ Association (Vereinigung Schweizer Kartoffelproduzenten, VSKP). However there is a glimmer of hope for potato producers. More