South African potato sales grow by 24%
For the 2017 marketing year information for more than 44,000 hectares is already available. Indications are that hectares planted will only decrease slightly for 2017 compared to 2016.
To compare: From January till the end of December 2016, 17.3 million 10kg bags less (15%) were sold on the national fresh produce markets than in 2015. The drought and high temperatures experienced in most of the production regions had a negative impact on yields. As a result, market prices were 65% higher than at the same time in 2015.
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