News on Potato Stats, Trade, Prices from Australia

May 09, 2017

Is there a future for potato farming in the traditional potato patch of Victoria?

For almost 50 years, Bernie White has grown potatoes in the rich, red, volcanic soil of Trentham, the traditional potato patch in Victoria, Australia. Now he doesn't know if his farm has a future.

May 02, 2017

West Australian potato farmers prepare to leave industry because of psyllid outbreak

Alan Parker looked out onto the farm business he had spent his entire life establishing. The West Australian seed potato grower will know in the next six weeks whether his lifelong career will continue.

April 27, 2017

West Australia moves from Potato Psyllid Eradication to Control

Potato Psyllids, a destructive plant pest found for the first time in Australia in February cannot be eradicated, so the industry will seek to manage it, rather than destroy it, according to The Department of Food and Agriculture of West Australia.

Potato shortage never this bad: farmers in Australia say

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.

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.

September 06, 2016

Potato marketing board deregulation law passed by Parliament Western Australia

Western Australia's Parliament has cleared the way for full deregulation of the state's potato industry, passing legislation to abolish the controversial Potato Marketing Corporation (PMC).

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.

August 17, 2016

AUSVEG: Predicted rise in potato imports threat to Australian industry

A significant rise in potato imports into Australia is forecast for 2016, sparking concern about the profitability and competitiveness of the Australian potato industry over the coming months.

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.

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.

July 22, 2015

Tasmanian specialist potato grower exports as far as Dubai

Tasmania's fresh potato growers are building mainstream markets for unusual potatoes, all the way to Dubai.

Major Potato growing areas in South Australia (Courtesy: mrpotatosa.com.au)

June 18, 2015

South Australia plans export of high quality crisping and seed potatoes to Thailand and Malaysia.

South Australia will actively pursue the Asian market for export of its crisping and seed potatoes.

Colin Barnett, premier of Western Australia

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.

Tony Galati at his new Innaloo store (Courtesy: Simon Santi/The West Australian).

April 09, 2015

West Australian Potato Grower Galati digs in for export-quota fight

Tony Galati, owner of the West Australian Produce Chain 'Spud Shed', wants to add up to four extra stores to his existing Spud Shed network over the next few years and is working on opening up export markets for Western Australia potatoes.

Potato farmers in south-east Victoria are missing out on profits as potatoes lie in paddocks unharvested.

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.

November 16, 2014

South Australian potato industry chips away at South East Asian markets

The South Australian Government is partnering with Potatoes South Australia to gain export access and expand the state’s seed and fresh potato industry within the growing international markets of Thailand and Malaysia.

July 14, 2014

AUSVEG welcomes review of Australia's Biosecurity Import Risk Analysis process

Australia’s industry association of vegetable and potato growers, AUSVEG, has welcomed the announcement by the Federal Minister for Agriculture that the Federal Government will review the current process by which biosecurity threats are assessed.

June 29, 2014

Australia: Victorian government is working to facilitate seed potato exports to Indonesia

The Government of the Australian State Victoria is working to facilitate seed potato exports to Indonesia before the end of the year

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