Switzerland has harvested its smallest potato crop on record: 333,000 tonnes in 2026, almost 20 percent below the 2020–2025 average of 411,000 tonnes, according to the trade organisation Swisspatat. The country will need to import around 130,000 tonnes…
Heat and drought cut the Swiss potato harvest to its lowest level since records began. The industry expects self-sufficiency to fall to 70–75% and…
Preliminary test dig results released by Spesag, the Düdingen-based agricultural organization, paint a sobering picture for Switzerland’s 2026 potato season. Average yields have been…
Switzerland’s potato sector continues to struggle with declining cultivation areas and unpredictable weather, forcing the country to rely on imports to meet demand. According…
Extreme crop failures put the industry under pressureThe Swiss potato industry is facing major challenges: The above-average rainfall of the past year has massively…
Switzerland is grappling with an unprecedented crisis in organic potato farming. A combination of poor weather conditions and widespread fungal outbreaks has halved the…
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