Potato growers spitting chips over contracts
Tasmania producers almost a third of Australia's total supply of potatoes - and Simplot is the state's biggest processor.
But the American food giant has reached a deadlock on contracts with TasFarmers - and is now reportedly approaching individual farmers with two-page imcomplete contracts, given them a week to sign .
Rural Reporter Gabrielle Hodson spoke with TasFarmers Chief Operating Officer Neil Grose, who says growers feel pressured.
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