Victorian potato growers will no longer be required to regularly test soil for the pest potato cyst nematode (PCN) if they wish to trade interstate.
The Victorian Government says farmers have spent $2.7 million on soil testing for PCN since 1994, but as of next harvest, only those who've had an outbreak will need to test.
The new regulations will apply across the eastern states.
Thorpdale potato grower Des Jennings says farmers have been lobbying for a national approach to PCN for a long time.
"The fact that we now have interstate access, without all the interstate requirements - PCN requirements - the whole potato industry in Australia, apart from Western Australia, will operate under the same rules."
"It means that as long as we don't have a positive detection, we're free to trade anywhere in Australia." he said.