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Potato Grower Season Wrap Up and Outlook

  • Tasmanian Vegetable Research Facility 125 Forthside Rd Forth TAS 7310 Australia (map)

Location: Forthside Vegetable Research Facility
Date: Thursday, 19 June 2025
Time: 

  • 12 pm: Lunch

  • 12.30 pm: Fresh Market Grower meeting with Bonnie Kenner

  • 3.30 pm: Open to all potato growers – Looking back to plan forward

  • 5 pm: Light dinner (BBQ or Pizza) and chat

Please join Resilient Farming Tas, Potatoes Tasmania, Doug Clark (TIA) and Tim Walker (PotatoLink) for an opportunity to debrief the 24-25 season; discuss what went well, where challenges arose, and how growers can improve potato yield and quality next season.

Set as a social gathering, rather than formal presentation, we will reflect on the season, and discussion will centre around your topics of interest. This could include;

  • Crop rotation

  • Soil prep

  • Seed health and handling

  • Crop health management

  • Nutrition

  • Weeds as disease hosts

  • Volunteer potatoes

  • Biosecurity

  • Markets, contracts and negotiation

  • Or anything else you're interested in

This event is supported by Potatoes Tasmania and the Resilient Farming Tas Program which works to assist farmers build their business resilience, and is currently open for registrations.

There’ll also be an opportunity to hear a quick wrap up of potato topics from the Hort Connections Conference and to talk with Doris Blaesing, Tim Walker, Doug Clark, Bonnie Kenner and fellow growers.

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