Googa Farms Avocados

Thursday, December 8th, 2016 | crankit

Blackbutt, Queensland

First established in 1963 Googa Farm Organics is run by two brothers bringing diverse skills together. Anthony is the experienced farm manager and mechanic, while his brother David is a qualified Agricultural Scientist. Anthony is keen to tell aspiring farmers that if they work hard, do plenty of research and be persistent, farming is a very rewarding career.

Googa Farms is situated in the beautiful Googa region just out of Blackbutt, 150 kilometres north-west of Brisbane, on rich red basalt soil up to 20 metres deep. The 200-hectare farm consists of 7000 avocado trees with the rest being for broad-acre and vegetable farming. They produce quality certified organic avocados, snow peas, potatoes and zucchinis. Avocados – about 50,000 trays a year – are the farm’s core product. Fewer inputs are used, the soil is healthier and the trees last up to 30 years, a third longer than many conventionally grown trees.