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Too small for fries: Drought shrinks Belgian potatoes

Too small for fries: Drought shrinks Belgian potatoesWorldPing

Mathieu Comijn inspected rows of potatoes in a field of cracked earth and browned leaves, pulling from the ground tubers barely the size of pingpong balls.

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