September 14, 2026
Swiss Potato Harvest Falls to Record Low of 333,000 Tonnes Amid Heat and Drought
Switzerland is facing a record-low potato harvest after the hot summer reduced production to 20 percent below the six-year average. Domestic potatoes now cover only 70 to 75 percent of demand, increasing the need for imports.
![Statistics on the potato cultivation in Switzerland in recent years. Green bars represent the acreage [in hectares, ha], the red line represents the yield [in kg per are kg/a; (divide by 10 to obtain tonnes/ha)] (Courtesy: Swisspatat)](https://media.potatopro.com/switzerland-potato-stats-1200.jpg?width=480&height=295&crop=smart&mode=crop "Statistics on the potato cultivation in Switzerland in recent years. Green bars represent the acreage [in hectares, ha], the red line represents the yield [in kg per are kg/a; (divide by 10 to obtain tonnes/ha)] (Courtesy: Swisspatat)")
July 18, 2016
Swiss potato harvest washed away
In Switzerland, the weather wasn’t on the side of potato producers. After 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 under the potato crop.From the archive
September 03, 2015
Low Potato Yields expected in Switzerland
The extreme weather in Switzerland will affect the upcoming potato harvest. Tubers are small, so the supply is expected to be tight.From the archive
February 29, 2012
Intervention in Swiss potato market averts price collapse
The 2011 potato growing season in Switzerland was a special one. "It was summer in the spring, it was fall in the summer and it was summer in the fall"is how the season was described by Ruedi Fischer, president of the Vereinigung der Schweize...From the archive
November 09, 2010
Good potato harvest in Switzerland
This year the Swiss potato harvest is high in quality and quantity. Right now there are 70,000 tonnes of potatoes in store for fresh consumption.From the archive
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