date:Sep 10, 2018
tion will not be clear until the harvest is completed in late autumn.
For potato chip producers, this means a higher commodity price, smaller chips -meaning more potatoes will be required to produce a single bag of chips- and a limited choice.
Whilst 2018 witnessed extreme weather conditions across Europe, the true impact on quality and yield will only be known once the full crop has been lifted, Andrew Curtis, scientific and regulatory affairs manager of ESA and director general of the Potato