Finland Global Warming

GLO-BULL SCHWARMING IN FINLAND: COLDEST START TO SUMMER IN HALF A CENTURY…….

Coldest start to summer in Finland in half a century and yet the state (public funded) news agency/broadcaster plows ahead with the following story on the very same front page in today’s news:

Finns warned: Expect to pay more for potatoes this summer

The coldest start to the summer in half a century has delayed the onset of the new potato harvest, meaning that the beloved home-grown staple will prove costlier for shoppers, and less profitable for farmers.

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Running one or two weeks late this year Image: Klaudia Käkelä / Yle

As if the chilly midsummer conditions weren’t enough to contend with, Finns are now also facing higher prices for their beloved home-grown new potatoes this summer, thanks to a bad growing season.

Growers say the cold, damp start to the summer, which has been the coolest in half a century, has delayed the potato harvest this year. Both too much rain or too little can cause problems for the crop.

“We’re a week or two late with the new potatoes. By midsummer we’d only harvested a small amount so the cost of Finnish-grown potatoes will stay high,” says Eino Heinola from the Finnish agricultural organisation ProAgria.

“We can now expect the harvest to reach its peak by the end of July or start of April,” he adds.

More here at YLE

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