Australian farmers blame a cold and wet winter for shortfall in potatoes, with shortages likely to persist until January
Potato farmers in Victoria, NSW and Queensland have harvested about half their usual crops, resulting in a shortage of frozen chips.Potato farmers in Victoria, NSW and Queensland have harvested about half their usual crops, resulting in a shortage of frozen chips.Coles has brought in limits on the sale of frozen potato chips because of a nationwide supply shortage.“This will help to maintain availability for all customers,” the supermarket said in a statement on Friday.
Potato farmer Rod Guthrie, from Clarkes Hill in central Victoria, said wet summers had taken a huge toll. “It all started back in January when we got the floods, it wiped a lot of potato crops out and the tonnage was heavily down for this year,” he told 3AW radio. “It’s been an extremely hard year, the tonnages were down and it’s been a cold and wet winter too, which doesn’t help.”Our Australian afternoon update email breaks down the key national and international stories of the day and why they matterNewsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our
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