The Tasmanian opium poppy farming industry was established in Tasmania in 1966.[1][2]
Farms in Tasmania produce about 50%[3] of the world's licit poppy straw that is later refined into opiates such as morphine and codeine.[4]
Tasmanian Alkaloids is Tasmania's largest corporate grower of opium poppies.[5]
Adowny mildew outbreak in the 2014 poppy-growing season led to one Tasmanian company to look into growing poppies in the Northern Territory and Victoria of Australia.[3]
