LETA, Paula Čurkste

Several potato growers encountered at the Night Market in Rīga are cautious in their assessment of the early potato harvest.

“It’s tough right now. That’s because it was dry for a while, but then it rained for a week. We can’t get out into the field, and harvesting is very difficult. With that drought, they should have had a chance to soak up some water, [but] they didn’t. They should have been bigger, but they are what they are,” said a farmer.

At the “Baltbārži” organic f...