Maccas $5.25 (aud) per 150g serve (large fries). 6 serves per kg = 400 litres of water and that doesn't include the HUGE volume of water used in washing and processing.
WOAH well that means Maccas charge - $35.0/kg and we get as a farmer $0.48/kg! I worked out in our case we irrigated 3,100,000L/ha and yielded 66,200kg/ha so this equals 46.8L of water for 1 kg of potato. Cheers for watching!
Great question. Viability is difficult to say but I think growing for a processor like Simplot or McCains you really need to growing at least 4ha. Water work on 4-6ML/ha.
Maccas $5.25 (aud) per 150g serve (large fries). 6 serves per kg = 400 litres of water and that doesn't include the HUGE volume of water used in washing and processing.
WOAH well that means Maccas charge - $35.0/kg and we get as a farmer $0.48/kg!
I worked out in our case we irrigated 3,100,000L/ha and yielded 66,200kg/ha so this equals 46.8L of water for 1 kg of potato.
Cheers for watching!
How many ha do you have to grow to make this viable? How much irrigation water per ha per crop?
Great question. Viability is difficult to say but I think growing for a processor like Simplot or McCains you really need to growing at least 4ha. Water work on 4-6ML/ha.
Rough estimate on how much water potatoes need, it’s around 400 litres of water per kilo of potatoes