Aiga Kraukle, Wapampando wa Board of the Union of Potato Growers and Potato Processors, adati kukolola mbatata ku Latvia kwa chaka chino ndikotsika poyerekeza ndi zaka zam'mbuyomu.
Kutsika kwa zokolola chaka chino kudalira meteorological zinthu za malo (kutentha ndi chilala) ndi kubzala nthawi, Colorado mbatata kachilomboka kwambiri kuonongeka kabzala. Mbatata zomwe zinabzalidwa pambuyo pake zinabala zokolola zambiri.
Pambuyo pa chilala, nyengo yonyowa idayamba mwachangu, ma tubers adapunduka ndikusweka.
Pothirirapo ndemanga pamavuto azachuma omwe alimi a mbatata akukumana nawo pokhudzana ndi kuchepa kwa kuchuluka komanso mtundu wa mbewuyo, Kraukle adati pali alimi omwe sangathe kulipira feteleza ndi zinthu zoteteza mbewu.