Australians are being hit with a potato shortage, with growers having experienced what they say has been one of the toughest seasons in a decade. 

Extreme weather is affecting crop yields and creating widespread shortages in South Australia, which grows about 80 per cent of the nation's potatoes.

It has led to a reduced supply on supermarket shelves.

Mitolo Family Farms is Australia's biggest potato producer with crops in the Riverland, Murray Mallee and Adelaide Plains regions.

It grows and supplies more than 200,000 tonnes of market-washed potatoes all year round, but has been facing difficulties in recent months.

According to today's Bureau of Meteorology's drought report, parts of South Australia saw some of the lowest rainfall on record between January 1 to September 30.

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