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Published on 26/08/2026 – 15:11 GMT+2•Updated 16:02 Belgian potato farmers are warning that this year’s crop could be too small to make the country’s famous fries after extreme weather hit harvests. In Amay, near the eastern city of Liège, farmer Mathieu Comijn is pulling Bintje potatoes from parched soil that are barely the size of ping-pong balls. “You can see the soil is extremely dry,” Comijn said. “Normally, they should be at least four times this size. At the moment we can’t make fries with these potatoes.” Heavy rain and storms at the end of spring weakened the soil before…

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