Switch to sweet potatoes pays dividends

Updated November 23 2015 - 3:01pm, first published November 25 2014 - 5:45pm
North Coast NSW potato grower Matthew Prichard pictured with Barmac area manager Ron Bollard on the Prichard’s Cudgen property discussing the family’s new nutritional strategy for its sweet potatoes that has helped eliminate fertigation requirements and related jobs as well as improve potato quality.
North Coast NSW potato grower Matthew Prichard pictured with Barmac area manager Ron Bollard on the Prichard’s Cudgen property discussing the family’s new nutritional strategy for its sweet potatoes that has helped eliminate fertigation requirements and related jobs as well as improve potato quality.

A TOTAL switch to sweet potato growing and newer fertiliser technologies has resulted in operational and input efficiencies as well as improved produce quality for North Coast NSW farming brothers Matthew and Henry Prichard.

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