National survey of potato growers, Australia, 1977

The purposes of this survey were to obtain data, not otherwise available, necessary to describe some economic and social characteristics of potato growing enterprises in each of the potato growing districts identified in earlier work; to obtain information about the age distribution of present potato growers, the likelihood of family continuity in potato growing and possible reasons for any future decline in the number of farmers or expected lack of family continuity, and to canvass potato growers' views about the current and future problems of the potato industry. Topics include average income attributable to potatoes; proportion of potato production grown for sale from seed; category of additional employed labour; nature of land tenure; age; number of years of potato growing; timing of and reasons for discontinuing potato growing, whether another family member will continue potato growing, and problems facing potato growers.