- Location
- West Suffolk
Are queens nice eating? I take it they’re for boiling as new?
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Potato price 2018
- Thread starter Sonoftheheir
- Start date
Are queens nice eating? I take it they’re for boiling as new?
- Location
- Hayling Island
The only useful thing the old potato council did was the market report now AHDB produce a totally useless price report which is not worth looking at. I phoned AHDB for an explanation and they cut me off.
- Location
- West Suffolk
^There’s a surprise!^
The Friday one is better, but they do seem out of touch.
The Friday one is better, but they do seem out of touch.
david
Member
- Location
- County Down
riverside2
Member
- Location
- Shropshire
Same as over here from what I've seen in recent weeks, a mixed bag. Saw some lovely crops on Lancashire moss yesterday that will do well, but was in 7t yield dead earlies in Shropshire this morning.
Holland the better irrigated ground was holding up well when I was there 3 weeks ago, but it's been as dry there as here since. Some ground with less irrigation near Bergen-op-Zoom was under severe pressure, with the grower only allowed to irrigate 2% of his crop per day. Huge cracks opening up in the soil.
ridger
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- Location
- Tyrone, Northern Ireland
They surely are struggling
10mm today. Only the second drink they have had since planting I think.
Niels
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- Location
- Netherlands/Suffolk
I am sure there are some good looking crops but you need a magnifying glass to find them! By now all crops will have suffered some damage. Especially after a week of 30c+ temperatures. The areas which cannot be irrigated have the biggest problems but even after 6-7 times irrigating crops are not looking to well. The damage is done and yields will be 25-50% lower compared to last year. Everyone is in a panic right now. Onions are much worse even. Seed potato yields are also down and quite severely in some areas so the potato trade is expecting further consequences in 2019.
- Location
- West Suffolk
Niels
Member
- Location
- Netherlands/Suffolk
Actually, processing plants are putting out letters to their contracts NOT to spray them but let them grow as they expect a severe shortage.
Honest john
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- Location
- Fenland
Honest john
Member
- Location
- Fenland
50% of my crop looks like that. Flowers are small bottom leaves dropped. Even where they have had a pass of irrigation on strong ground.
ATM it looks like they may produce about the same as we had over budget in 2017.
And I am not joking.
- Location
- West Suffolk
“Dislike” button John.
Are your neighbours in the same boat? Or does the land vary a lot in your area?
sh!t I’m sorry. Did you say you have had 10mm rain and some more today?
henry
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- Location
- Herefordshire
Have most places had some rain now? 20 mm in south Herefordshire and still raining which will certainly help. Most crops hanging on remarkably well.
henry
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- Location
- Herefordshire
I should maybe clairfy that I mean crops are hanging on remarkably well in terms of they are not dead yet. Yields will be no where near expectations especially on late planted crops.
- Location
- West Suffolk
Had 40mm since Friday in north Pembs, crops have had a fair battering in the wind though.
Should be alright unless snapped? 40mm might help a bit!
ridger
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- Location
- Tyrone, Northern Ireland
