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Construction of new coolstore sheds (Edition 27)

Happy Easter In our Autumn newsletter, Edition 27, we’d like to share with you our 2020 seed quality and yield report and updates on our new coolstore construction, a review of TSP field days in Ballarat and Tasmania, information regarding safety changes to operations at Cherry…

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Who are Tasmanian Seed Potatoes (Edition 26)

Who are Tasmanian SEED POTATOES Our Christmas newsletter, Edition 26, wishes you and your family a very Merry Christmas. We’d like to share with you our 2-tonne bin ventilation successes, Kevin Langmaid’s retrospective article on industry bodies and how they’ve shaped the potato industry, information…

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Poppy gets his own road (Edition 25)

POPPY’S ROAD Spring Edition 25 sets to warm you up with the new season, along with the latest developments for traffic flow onsite, launch of our new App, and our recent visit to McCain’s. Read on for these stories and more. The team at Cherry…

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Weighing in on new equipment (Edition 24)

WEIGHING IN ON ALL THINGS NEW Edition 24 catches you up with the new season, along with Kevin Langmaid reflecting on the new weighbridge and how weighing of seed potatoes has changed over the years, a new update on our 2-tonne bin ventilation system, and…

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We can hear the sleigh bells ringing (Edition 23)

‘TIS THE SEASON TO WISH YOU ALL JOY, LOVE AND PEACE – AND WONDERFUL CROPS! Edition 23 is as exciting as anything you will find under your Christmas tree. We share with you our overseas visits to Europe and China, update you on our 2-tonne…

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New systems create some hype (Edition 22)

With the excitement of footy finals over we’re still celebrating with the announcement of some great new systems. This edition is packed with exciting news and developments that are happening around Cherry Hill Coolstores. We’ve implemented a new automatic purging system of C02 throughout our…

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We’re in safe hands. To be sure

We are pleased to welcome Conor O’Doherty to the Cherry Hill team. Conor joins us as our new Business Development Manager. Originally from the beautiful town of Derry in Northern Ireland, Conor moved to Tasmania seven years ago. He moved for love and has fallen…

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Another innovation set for Cherry Hill (Edition 21)

CAN YOU BELIEVE WE ARE INTO MAY 2018. WE CAN’T! We’re starting to receive our seed from Simplot and we have a lovely testimony from one of our newest growers, Ryan Oliver, about his first year growing for them. We have exciting news too – we are…

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Kevin’s European Vacation! (Edition 19)

THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD AS SPRING FINALLY LOOKS LIKE IT’S DECIDED TO SHOW IT’S PRETTY FACE. In this edition we’ll update you how the cutting is going and let you know about the two Field Days we recently held for growers and field officers of…

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Bulk unloading and sizing machine

Boys and their toys – new machinery (Edition 18)

2017 IS MOVING FAST. Happy New Year (seems a while ago now) and welcome to our Autumn newsletter, the first for 2017. We’ve had a fabulous start to the year at Cherry Hill and are looking forward to telling you about it! We have a…

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A very Merry Christmas to you (Edition 17)

A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU. We’re not sure where you place with Santa but you are certainly on our good list! And for this we have a present – our December newsletter! It’s been a busy year and we’d like to update you on…

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Tasmanian landscape

An introduction to one tonne bins (Edition 16)

SEPTEMBER – SPRING! WHERE HAS 2016 GONE? We know what we’ve been up to! We’ve been busy at the farm and are pleased to share with you some stories on our very new coolstore and new seed intake machinery. Read about this below! Also Kevin…

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Curl up by the log fire for a good read (Edition 15)

ALTHOUGH WINTER MAKES US FELL LIKE STAYING INSIDE LOOK HOW GORGEOUS IT IS IF YOU VENTURE OUT! Pictured above is ‘Railton Frost’, courtesy of Tourism Tasmania and Kelly Slater. Isn’t it just stunning. This edition we’ve got some great stories that won’t make you feel…

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North West Seed Potato Tour (Edition 14)

WE KNOW EASTER IS EARLIER THIS YEAR BUT WE STILL CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S MARCH AND THAT RABBIT IS BUSY PREPARING HIS EGG DELIVERIES ALREADY! This edition Kevin Langmaid has written our feature article, on our recent seed tour in the North West. We were all…

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