Western Free State 

Table potato production

• Irrigation / dry-land:
  •  While 89% of the crop is under irrigation, 11% is cultivated under dry-land conditions.

• Table and seed potatoes:
  • While 58% of the total crop consists of seed potatoes, 42% are table potatoes.

• Planting time:  
  • There are two potato plantings, an early crop, planted from August to October, and a main crop planted from November to early February.

• Marketing period:
  •  The early crop is marketed from December to March and the main crop from April to October.

• Processing:             
  • Nearly 18% of the main table crop is processed.

• Cultivars:  
  • The main cultivars are:
    • Mondial, UTD and Buffelspoort

Production statistics / produksie statistieke