Updated 2015 crop estimate of total potato plantings in GB and variety breakdown
AHDB Potatoes has now produced provisional estimates of planted areas by variety for Great Britain for 2015.
The total planted area for GB is now estimated at 111,600 ha. This revises downward the end-June provisional estimate of 113,100 ha. The area update has been made following the incorporation of additional data, and is based on returns covering 89% of the registered area. The end-June estimate was based on 64% of registered area. The updated 2015 area estimate is down 7.8% on the final 2014 planting of 121,100 ha.