2023-07-06 04:30:09
– Wet then too dry, 2023 is a potato nightmare
Potatoes did not appreciate the onset of drought at all following a wet spring. The opportunity to come back to a complicated culture.
Published today at 06:30
Raphaël Miazza digging up a potato plant to check their size. We see the weakly developed root system which prevents the plant from drinking water in times of drought.
FLORIAN CELLA
“Ah, well, you chose the wrong day for the photo, my field is very beautiful. But come back on Sunday, when it’s 30 degrees, it won’t look the same at all. Potatoes are fragile!” A farmer in Goumoens-la-Ville, in Gros-de-Vaud, Raphaël Miazza is one of the few Vaud potato specialists. And on this Wednesday morning, when a fine rain waters his fields, he is amused to see a photographer and a journalist arrive to discuss the drought and its impact on his favorite crop. (see box).
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