Crookwell's $3 million a year potato industry has been devastated by last week’s flood rains, following weeks of humid drizzly weather.
The Potato Capital of NSW now faces a dire future. Shocked farmers who’ve been in the industry all their lives say it will take five years to restore certified seed potato production.
Meanwhile, North Queensland and South Australia, which have been the NSW industry’s traditional markets for generations, will turn to other regions for supplies.
