Richard Hackett: Potato buyers could kill the sector if they drop prices too steeply

A big potato harvest is expected this year. Photo: Dylan Vaughan

Richard Hackett

The best description I’ve heard of the last month was ‘droppy’. Yes we got plenty of long, sunny days, but most importantly we got a lot of ‘drops’ of rain.

Some areas got too much at times, but overall, the combination of light, heat and moisture has powered on all crops.