Zokolola wamba za mbatata mmaiko a North-West Europe zidatsika ndi 6,8% poyerekeza ndi zaka 5 zapitazi mpaka 43,9 matani / ha.
Malinga ndi kuyerekezera koyambirira kwa Association of Potato Opanga Northwest Europe (NEPG), mbewu ya mbatata idzakhala yochepa kwambiri kuposa matani 27 miliyoni.
Kukolola mbatata ku UK kudzayamba mtsogolo, ndiye kuti data yeniyeni yazomwe idzayambidwe kumapeto kwa Novembala. Pafupifupi 70% ya mbatata chakula msuzi.
Ku Belgium ndi Netherlands, ntchito yokolola iyambanso mochedwa kuposa masiku onse. Mu Seputembala, ngakhale kuti machitidwe onse anali othirira, mbewuzo sizinali ndi chinyezi chokwanira, ndipo mu Okutobala, m'malo mwake, kunagwa mvula yambiri kuti iyambe kusonkhanitsa. Pafupifupi 60% ya malowa adatsukidwa sabata yatha.
Nyengo ino, amalandira chisamaliro chapadera kuonetsetsa kuti mbatata zisungidwa, popeza mbewu zambiri zokhala mizu zimapita kumalo osungiramo zinthu ndi malo ogulitsira atakhala pamalo achinyezi, ndipo chiopsezo chowonongeka ndi kuwola kwa bowa ndichokwera kwambiri kuposa masiku onse.
Pakadali pano, kutumizira mbatata ku Poland ndi maiko kumwera ndi kumwera chakum'mawa kwa Europe kukupitiliza. Mitengo ya mbatata, malinga ndi kuyerekezera kwa NEPG, iyamba kukwera pakadutsa masabata atatu, koma mtengo womaliza umadalira mbewu ndi mtundu wa mbatata zosungika kuti zisungidwe. Mwambiri, mtengo wa zopangidwira munthawi ino uzikhala wokwera kwambiri chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa ndalama zothirira, kusonkhanitsa ndi kusungira.