With black frost affecting the Limpopo regions, there is a potato shortage which means the prices will increase until the end of September.
Due to black frost hitting the Limpopo farming areas, a potato shortage in the country will lead to a significant increase in the price of potatoes and frozen chips between now and the end of September. A 10-kilogram pocket of potatoes may cost around R180 to R200.Mohammed Adam, a buyer from M&R Marketing, stated that the main reason for the coming potato shortage is the ‘natural phenomena of the black frost which hit the Limpopo farming areas quite severely this year’.
Coetzee added that they expect the sizes of potatoes to also be impacted significantly. The consumable yield will most likely include fewer large and extra-large-sized potatoes. Knowing that the prices will increase soon, will you buy more potatoes now than you would usually buy or not?
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