Anna Young 🇦🇺

Potato and beef producer, Limestone Coast, South Australia. Volunteer ambulance officer in Penola.

[GB Potatoes @gb_potatoes]

The amazing spud, Join us in celebrating #InternationalDayofPotato
🥔 3rd most available food crop globally
🥔 159 countries cultivate it
🥔 5 000 varieties worldwide
🥔 8 000 years of story

[Produce Solutions @ProduceSolution]

~#InternationalDayofPotato - What's great about potatoes?
- Chips
- Fries
- Crisps
- Mash
- Roast potatoes
- New potatoes (fresh from ground with butter)
- Dauphinoise potatoes
- Baked potatoes

You just don't get that from a lettuce!

[Anna Young 🇦🇺 @Anna_Kate_Young]

@thecinemascene 😂

[PIRSA @SA_PIRSA]

As Australia’s largest producer of potatoes, we’re happy about the inaugural International Day of Potato. 🥔

Given our crops account for almost 30% of the country’s potatoes, it makes sense Adelaide is hosting the 12th World Potato Congress next month. https://t.co/VaszaiwC2J

[Anna Young 🇦🇺 @Anna_Kate_Young]

Happy World Potato Day. Here’s one I picked up this year. Not sure the processors would love it but at 3.6kg I think it’s pretty special!

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As we celebrate first the day of the potato 30/05/02024 I give you this video (best watched without sound😆) of seed potato pieces (dusted with lime) being deposited into the box that will take them to be planted

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@PVanderZaag Looking forward to June! 🥰

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@ramsaybaa Bestthe best we’ve had from Ivory is about 75 tonnes/Ha (only had 3.4Ha though) this is initially looking like about 66 but still early days. Last year was only 20 so should go much better than that!🥔🥔🥔💗

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Unpacking the boom of the harvester ready to start harvesting for 2023!

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The Double-L windrower does a pretty good job of removing tops and weeds from the spuds that are put in between the 2 rows that the harvester will dig.

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Because of the HUGE tyres on the Lockwood harvester we have to windrow 4 rows either side of the 2 the harvester will pick up to properly open the circle up.

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So I guess I was too optimistic yesterday. It’s 40°C and the pivot didn’t go round. No water to keep cool today. However new gear box on a wheel of the middle tower is on and all set to go. Fortunately we could walk it back to the track. 🥵☀️

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@thecinemascene Likewise! Cinemas are nicely air conditioned aren’t they. 😉

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The great thing about starting the pivot on a warm day is you can always cool down. Innovator at Glencoe 67 days after planting. Car said it was 33°C.

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It has been a cold start to spring/summer but now there warm weather is here the place to be is at the pool. 😝