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''Onions should already have been harvested - but we cannot collect them, as the fields are still flooded with water and they are slowly rotting. We are having problems gathering our harvest at the moment, we are trying to gather as much onions and potatoes as possible,'' she said.

However, she said that favorable weather conditions are expected in the coming days, as farmers will have to scatter to gather late summer vegetables at the same time they usually gather their early autumn harvest. ''Their productivity will be dependent on the equipment each farmer has available to them,'' she said, adding that those with high-capacity farming equipment and vehicles will be the most successful in this situation.

''There is still time, as the carrot harvest is planned for the second half of September, while cabbage will be gathered in October. So there is still some hope,'' she said. ''The harvest period has shortened by almost a month and a half, meaning that farmer will have to collect their harvests at lighting speeds.''

Asked about the average of vegetables from this year's harvest, Strazdina said that they will be quite low due to the huge competition from import products.

''Poland has not encountered such rains as we have and they are having a good harvest, meaning that the price of locally grown products will be low as well,'' she said.