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Approximately 1,900 hectares of beans is grown in Tasmania every year. Tasmania supplies 75% of the Australian frozen green bean market.
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Varieties - Montano and Flavour Sweet |
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Simplot Australia production areas: Tasmania – North east, North west and midlands
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Soil types – Red krasnozem, loam and sandy soils. The majority of production occurs on the fertile red ferrosol soils in the north-west of Tasmania. Production has also expanded into the light soils of the northern Midlands in recent years.
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Planting time from November to January
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Harvesting from February to April |
