Concerns for potato harvest after rainy summer

As PEI farmers prepare for the potato harvest, many are wondering what all the rain this summer is going to mean for this year’s crop.
Greg Donald with the PEI Potato Board says harvesting will be difficult this year due to excessive moisture, and rainy weather may have damaged the crops.
He says the wet conditions could affect the bottom line for farmers, should they need to cull the damaged potatoes.
In 2018, there were seven-thousand acres of potatoes left in the field as the cold and rain that year put an early end to the harvest.