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The potato industry in New South Wales

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Primefact Number: 912    Edition: First edition    Released/reviewed: Jan 2010

Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.) are the largest vegetable crop in New South Wales (NSW).

The NSW potato industry grew 139,544 t of potatoes, worth $53.3 million, on 5,845 ha in 2005–06.

NSW grows one tenth of the Australian potato crop.

Topics covered in this Primefact include:

  • Potato production
  • The coastal districts
  • Potato consumption
  • Potato industry trends

 

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