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Potato Import Data Volume Australia (value) 2017 to 2022. Source: AUSVEG, Global Trade Atlas.
 
 
 
October 03, 2022
Potato trade Australia: Slight increase in potato imports after fall in 2021
AUSVEG has reviewed Global Trade Atlas import data to better understand: the changes in the levels of potato imports pre- and post-COVID, as well as
the changes in import levels over the last 12-months as growers have faced significant increases in costs of production.
Julian Ackley risks losing his farm's profit for the year if rain doesn't clear up. (Courtesy: ABC - Angus Mackintosh).
May 06, 2022
West-Australian Potato farmers 'doing it for nothing' warn of mass exodus amid stagnant prices
West-Australian Potato farmers are warning that growers will walk away from the industry as cost pressures make the staple crop unviable in Australia.
Potato growers for McCain Foods in Tasmania gain price increase.
September 10, 2019
Tasmanian McCain potato growers gain price increase
A long-awaited price increase has come for the state's McCain potato growers. Grower Beau Gooch said the $33 per tonne increase would help put profitability back in the paddock.
Nathan Richardson, Chairperson of the Tasmanian Farmers & Graziers Association (TFGA) Vegetable Council.
August 28, 2019
Tasmanian Potato Farmers accepted Simplot's latest price offer
More than 80 potato growers in Tasmania, Australia felt a sense of relief when receiving Simplot's second offer for their processing potatoes, says Nathan Richardson, chairperson of the Tasmanian Farmers & Graziers Association (TFGA) Vegetable Council.
Simplot Potato Growers Committee chairman Trevor Hall wants more for his potatoes. (Courtesy: Peter Sanders)
July 08, 2019
Farmers fight for potato pay as Simplot records $62m profit
Tasmanian potato growers say Simplot is not paying them enough for their vegetables, as they negotiate a new contract with the vegetable processing giant.
120 tonnes of potatoes at Brett De Campo’s farm in Pemberton have been left to rot, with more to come, because of a market glut.
April 24, 2019
Potato crops left to rot in Western Australia amid flooded market and low prices
Potato growers near Pemberton in Western Australia have been forced to leave more than a thousand tonnes of potatoes on the ground to rot because of oversupply and crippling low prices.
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The McCain Foods processing plant in Smithton, Tasmania as captured by Google Streetview in 2010 (Courtesy: Google Streetview)
August 06, 2018
Tasmanian potato growers want better contract with McCain Foods
A Northern Tasmanian farmer has lashed out at McCain over contract potato pricing, as Australian consumer watchdog ACCC begins an investigation into the potato processor.
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High prices can be positive, says Alex Eletri from Trims Fresh Fruit and Veg at Leichardt Marketplace. (Courtesy: Wolter Peeters)
January 25, 2017
Australian potato farmers: Shortage never this bad
Heavy rain, particularly in New South Wales (Australia), combined with a cold winter have led to a tight potato supply and high prices.
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Australia is currently experiencing a potato shortage (Courtesy: @PaulyVella)
October 30, 2016
As Australia is facing a potato shortage, prices rise.
Australia is experiencing a potato shortage because of flood-effected potato crops in the southern states.
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Scottsdale farmers Jerrod and Susan Nichols want to plant their crops but are in a standoff with McCain over prices
(Courtesy: ABC Rural)
August 31, 2016
Tasmanian growers urge McCain Foods to raise potato prices 10 per cent
Scottsdale farmers Jerrod and Susan Nichols are preparing to plant their 2016 spring crops, but say processing potatoes for McCain would not be in the mix unless prices lifted.
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2016 Potato Harvest in Ringarooma (Tasmania) (Courtesy: ABC Rural)
May 24, 2016
Tasmanian Potato Growers agree three year contract with Simplot
Frozen French fry maker Simplot Australia has agreed to pay its Tasmanian potato suppliers 5 per cent more, phased in over the next three years.
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Western Australia Potato Growers are expected to focus on gourmet and seed potatoes, which in unregulated markets offer higher prices than standard ware lines according to Agriculture and Food Minister Dean Nalder
April 14, 2016
Potato Industry Western Australia to be deregulated from July; Potato Marketing Corporation abolished
Western Australia's potato industry will be deregulated in July and the highly restrictive Potato Marketing Corporation (PMC) abolished by the end of the year.
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Premier Western Australia: Potato Marketing Corporation will be abolished within two years
April 20, 2015
Premier Western Australia: Potato Marketing Corporation will be abolished within two years
The Premier of Western Australia, Colin Bartlett, reportedly told The West Australian that it was time for rules that dictated the varieties, quantities and price of potatoes grown in Western Australia - and the Potato Marketing Corporation - to go.
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Victorian brushed potato growers are losing their battle against sandy soil spuds from South Australia
March 17, 2015
Victorian brushed potato growers are losing their battle against sandy soil spuds from South Australia
Potato farmers in south-east Victoria (Australia) are missing out on profits as potatoes lie in paddocks, waiting for demand to pick up so they can be harvested.
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Potato growers Simplot Tasmania reluctantly accept price rise
June 02, 2014
Potato growers Simplot Tasmania reluctantly accept price rise
Prices for potato crops grown for Simplot's north-west Tasmanian factory are set to rise by AU$20 a tonne.
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December 17, 2013
Simplot Australia potato farmers in Tasmania accept price cut
Simplot processing potato farmers in Tasmania have accepted a $10 per tonne price cut for crops deliverable in 2014.
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Tasmanian potato growers 'insulted' by McCain offer
April 23, 2013
Tasmanian potato growers 'insulted' by McCain offer
Several Tasmanian potato growers whose contracts were cancelled by McCain last year have rejected new contract offers from the company.
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Australia: ACCC allows collective bargaining for potato growers but says no to seed price recommendations
December 14, 2012
Australia: ACCC allows collective bargaining for potato growers but says no to seed price recommendations
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has authorised the South East Potato Growers Association and the Victorian Potato Growers Council and their members to collectively bargain with potato buyers.
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