Stormy August hits potato harvest

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Some 700 hectares of potatoes have been lost because of the heavy rain in August, the national farming association LTO said on Tuesday.


The LTO puts the damage bill to famers at around €5m and says farmers are not insured to cover this extent of damage..

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