The 2013 Macquarie Franklin Report - Factors Influencing Farmer Decisions to Grow Poppies - was jointly funded by the State Government and Poppy Growers Tasmania (PGT).
Factors Influencing Farmer Decisions to Grow Poppies (2.56 MB)
The Report uses a practical methodology that defines the area of the State suited to poppy production and the annual sustainable area available for poppy culture. It also highlights the reasons given by farmers for them growing or not growing poppies.