Which potato varieties are best for baking, boiling, salads and fries We often get questions about which variety of potato are best for baking, boiling, salads, fries etc. Most potatoes are either on the floury or waxy side, but what does that...
View moreWe are now selling seed potatoes online
We are now selling seed potatoes online We are pleased to announce that we have launched a range of our seed potatoes for purchase in 1kg and 5kg bags. As the largest seed potato producer in Australia we provide very large quantities of certified...
View moreTasmania’s technologically sophisticated coolstore grows
Agronico’s expanded cool store will hold almost 14 and a half thousand tonnes of seed potatoes, opening the service to more Tasmanian farmers. A 1.6 million federal government Regional Jobs & Investment Package Business Innovation Grant...
View moreSpring Planting and Lifetime Achievement Award for Julian
The seed potatoes planting season is going well With Spring almost complete, we are almost finished our spring planting. We have a small window of about 6 weeks to get a large number of seed potatoes in the ground. It was great to get the...
View moreFinal Preparations for the seed potato planting season
Final Preparations for the seed potato planting season With Spring almost upon us, we are in final preparations for our spring planting. We have a small window of about 6 weeks to get a large number of seed potatoes in the ground. Barry is...
View moreOur new coolstore build is on schedule
Well July has arrived and our team at Agronico are having some down time after a huge harvest. With over 10,000 tonnes of potatoes harvested, our new Coolstore was full to the brim in May. To plan for the future and ensure we always have enough...
View moreHarvesting our seed potatoes
It’s harvest time at Agronico and the team are working overtime to ensure we are harvesting seed potatoes from the paddock into the coolstore as quickly as possible. The new AVR twin row harvester has been a hit with a huge increase in...
View moreHappy New Year
Happy New Year Happy New Year from the team at Agronico. 2018 is going to be a bumper year for us with almost 9,000 tonnes of seed potatoes to be harvested in March-May. With planting successfully completed by early December, the fields are...
View moreWe’re planting our seed potatoes this month
This week our field team started planting seed potatoes (G1-G3) in DNA tested ground in the North of Tasmania. We DNA test all our soil using PREDICTA Pt. Reports are that the soil is very friable. Watch our planting video Agronico...
View moreThe new potato seed coolstore
With the potato seed coolstore officially opened for over 3 months now we have moved all of our potatoes in and we’ve noticed something very interesting. Our potatoes are giving off a lot more carbon dioxide than originally thought. The new...
View moreThe coolstore is open!
Yesterday, after 6 months building (and over 8 years in planning) over 60 of our customers, farmers and partners attended the launch of our new state of the art Agronico coolstore in Spreyton Tasmania. The coolstore will provide us with our own...
View moreThe Coolstore
Over the last few months, we have been working on creating the largest seed potato coolstore in Tasmania (and possibly the largest in Australia). Our friends at Bison constructions have been project managing the build and they have taken this...
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