Potatoes (Estimated Yield)

HC Deb 17 May 1956 vol 552 cc185-6W

Mr. Willey

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what forecast his Department has made of the yield of potatoes for 1956 and how this forecast compares with the yields of previous years.

Mr. Amory

Estimates of yields of main crop potatoes cannot be made before August because so much depends upon the weather during the summer.