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Tony Briscoe brings you rural news and events from Tasmania and a the nation.
Tasmanian Country Hour
English, Daily News, 1 season, 620 episodes, 6 days, 18 hours, 42 minutes
Tasmanian Country Hour
English, Daily News, 1 season, 620 episodes, 6 days, 18 hours, 42 minutes
Retired farmer sources tonnes of food for the needy
Retired farmer named as a finalist in the Senior Tasmanian of the year
10/25/2024 • 6 minutes, 43 seconds
Supreme alpaca turns heads at the Royal Hobart Show
Young alpaca takes top place at Royal Hobart
10/24/2024 • 8 minutes, 33 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
10/23/2024 • 54 minutes, 56 seconds
Planned expansion at Wasabi farm in north west Tasmania
Expansion plans for Wasabi grower
10/21/2024 • 5 minutes, 22 seconds
Concern over herbicide future and expansion plans for Wasabi farm
Herbicide concern and an expansion of a wasabi farm in Tasmania
10/21/2024 • 51 minutes, 52 seconds
A new vineyard for Jansz and new owners for Currawong Lakes
A new vineyard for a Tasmanian sparkling wine producer and new owners at Currawong Lakes
10/18/2024 • 52 minutes, 53 seconds
Brand new vineyard for a Tasmanian sparkling wine company
Tasmania's newest vineyard up and running
10/18/2024 • 7 minutes, 50 seconds
A Tasmanian Lake change for a Victorian farming couple
Tasmania is famous for its fly fishing and it attracts visitors from around Australia and the world.
10/18/2024 • 6 minutes, 36 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
10/17/2024 • 50 minutes, 30 seconds
Getting ready to pick the strawberries and raspberries in southern Tasmania
Tasmanian strawberries on the shelves soon
10/17/2024 • 6 minutes, 5 seconds
How can Tasmanian farmers save on energy costs
Tips for Tasmanian farmers to save money on energy costs on farm
10/14/2024 • 52 minutes, 13 seconds
Tips for Tasmanian farmers to save money on energy use on farm
Save money on energy use on farms
10/14/2024 • 9 minutes, 42 seconds
A big win for a Tasmanian food manufacturer
Transferring tomato paste from Victorian manufacturing to Tasmania
10/11/2024 • 10 minutes, 2 seconds
The two big supermarkets say suppliers are to blame for price increases at the checkout
Suppliers blamed for supermarket price increases
10/11/2024 • 7 minutes, 5 seconds
A lifetime of devotion to the Royal Agricultural Society in Tasmania
80 years of serviceto the Royal Hobart Show and the Agricultural Society
10/10/2024 • 12 minutes, 44 seconds
Helping small farms across the country with the right equipment
Helping small farms set up productive farming systems.
10/8/2024 • 6 minutes, 12 seconds
More calls for surety of irrigation in the Jordan River Valley
Cattle and sheep farmer in the Jordan River Valley calls for a decision on the completion of the Greater South East Irrigation Scheme
10/7/2024 • 4 minutes, 19 seconds
Tasmania firms as the capital of Pinot Wine in Australia
Tasmania wins the National Pinot Challenge again
10/4/2024 • 6 minutes, 2 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
10/4/2024 • 52 minutes, 17 seconds
Marketing Tasmanian produce to the online world
Marketing Tasmanian produce to the world
10/4/2024 • 7 minutes, 38 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
10/3/2024 • 52 minutes, 29 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Tasmania's largest farm for sale and tipped to attract a nine figure sum
10/2/2024 • 53 minutes, 40 seconds
Tasmanian Vinegar producer wins major award on the National stage
Awards sweet for vinegar and drinks maker from Tasmania
9/30/2024 • 11 minutes, 15 seconds
Interim report into the behaviour of supermarkets released
School students learn more about sheep and wool at the Merino challenge
9/27/2024 • 52 minutes, 48 seconds
School students learning more about the sheep industry
Tasmanian school students learn more about the sheep and wool industry
9/27/2024 • 8 minutes, 1 second
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
9/26/2024 • 52 minutes, 42 seconds
Ten years of irrigating Tasmania's Midlands
A decade of irrigation for the Midlands of Tasmania
9/26/2024 • 8 minutes, 2 seconds
Making Tofu on a daily basis
Producing Tofu made in Tasmania
9/26/2024 • 5 minutes, 6 seconds
Paddocks too wet so use a drone to spray
Using drones when the paddocks are too wet
9/20/2024 • 7 minutes, 12 seconds
Managing Botrytis in the vineyard
Successful first stage of a trial to manage botrytis in the vineyard
9/20/2024 • 5 minutes, 59 seconds
Four year research into Bumble bee behaviour
Finding out how bumble bees behave
9/19/2024 • 5 minutes, 10 seconds
The Community vegetable gardens at Tasmania's Government House
The vegetable gardens at Tasmania's Government House helping supply the community
9/19/2024 • 6 minutes, 48 seconds
Tasmanian produce to benefit from Free Trade Agreement with the United Arab Emirates
The behaviour of Tasmanian bumble bees will be monitored in a four year research program
9/19/2024 • 51 minutes, 56 seconds
Varroa mite will inevitably come to Tasmania according to a southern beekeeper
Tasmanian beekeepers are learning as much as possible about the varroa mite which has arrived in Victoria
9/18/2024 • 6 minutes, 52 seconds
Broadmarsh Hall a safe haven for the local rural community
Safe haven for rural communities in Tasmania's Jordan River Valley
9/16/2024 • 11 minutes, 38 seconds
Tasmanian farmer confidence back after the rain
The refurbished Broadmarsh Hall has become a safe haven for the local community
9/16/2024 • 53 minutes, 19 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
9/13/2024 • 51 minutes, 20 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
9/12/2024 • 52 minutes, 19 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
9/11/2024 • 52 minutes, 24 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
9/10/2024 • 51 minutes, 44 seconds
King Island locals react to the planned closure of the King Island Dairy
A King Island beef farmer says he believes history will repeat itself with the planned closure of the King Island Dairy.
9/6/2024 • 12 minutes, 22 seconds
Reaction to the planned closure of King Island Dairy
Calls to keep the King Island Dairy open
9/6/2024 • 52 minutes, 55 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
9/5/2024 • 51 minutes, 57 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
9/4/2024 • 51 minutes, 46 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
9/2/2024 • 53 minutes, 5 seconds
Is this the weirdest beer in the world?
Oysters mussels and seaweed are part of this beer brew
9/2/2024 • 11 minutes, 18 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
8/15/2024 • 51 minutes, 27 seconds
A warning for farmers to avoid accidents on farm
Avoiding accidents on farm
8/12/2024 • 7 minutes, 10 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
8/9/2024 • 51 minutes, 48 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
8/8/2024 • 51 minutes, 52 seconds
Niche Hobart food producer kicking micro goals
Sixteen years of producing micro herbs
8/5/2024 • 7 minutes, 40 seconds
Food Manufacturing in trouble in Australia
Warning from the boss of Cadbury about the future of the Claremont chocolate factory
8/5/2024 • 51 minutes, 27 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
8/2/2024 • 52 minutes, 15 seconds
Sniffing the soil to gauge soil health
Sniffing the soil to see how healthy the ground is
8/2/2024 • 5 minutes, 35 seconds
The love affair with Broccoli and other plants
This story is about a lasting romance with broccoli and other plants.
8/1/2024 • 11 minutes, 44 seconds
New Federal Agriculture Minister talks rural issues
Plenty of issues for the new Federal Agriculture Minister Julie Collins to tackle.
8/1/2024 • 51 minutes, 5 seconds
Tasmanian salad producer sheds jobs and as new owners prepare to take over
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
7/30/2024 • 54 minutes, 58 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
7/29/2024 • 51 minutes, 56 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
7/26/2024 • 52 minutes, 17 seconds
Controlling the feral cats
A trial is underway to control feral cats by getting rid of their main food source, wild rabbits.
7/23/2024 • 53 minutes, 4 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
7/22/2024 • 52 minutes, 16 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
7/16/2024 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
7/15/2024 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
7/12/2024 • 52 minutes, 44 seconds
Tasmanian award for Best Sparkling Winemaker
Tasmanian winemaker Ed Carr named the Sparkling Winemaker of the Year
7/11/2024 • 7 minutes, 40 seconds
Jumbo oysters the flavour of the markets
Jumbo oysters are proving popular at Salamanca markets
7/10/2024 • 9 minutes, 10 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
7/9/2024 • 52 minutes, 40 seconds
Record grape prices for latest Tasmanian vintage
Tasmania's wine industry is celebrating a big vintage this season with wine grape crush, up 36 per cent compared to the year before.
7/9/2024 • 8 minutes, 32 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
7/8/2024 • 52 minutes, 50 seconds
Former Chair of Tasmanian salad company details administration
Why Tasmanian salad company went into administration
7/5/2024 • 52 minutes, 7 seconds
What happened to Tasmania's favourite salad company?
Former chair of a Tasmanian salad company details voluntary administration
7/5/2024 • 14 minutes, 55 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
7/4/2024 • 52 minutes, 29 seconds
A Tasmanian dairy farmer who fell victim to a hay scam puts out a warning
Warning from a dairy farmer who fell victim to a hay scam
7/3/2024 • 52 minutes, 9 seconds
Rainfall predictions for Tasmania not good
The weather bureau says the next three months could bring lower than average rainfall to most of Tasmania
7/2/2024 • 52 minutes, 37 seconds
Wine grapes damaged by wasps
Grape crop destroyed by hungry wasps
7/2/2024 • 5 minutes, 26 seconds
Slightly below average rain predicted for Tasmania
Most of Tasmania can expect slightly below average rainfall over the next three months
7/2/2024 • 2 minutes, 48 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
7/1/2024 • 51 minutes, 55 seconds
North west Tasmanian farmers protest at planned Renewable Energy Zone
More than 100 people attended a meeting overnight in the north west of Tasmania to discuss a Renewable Energy Zone
6/28/2024 • 52 minutes, 20 seconds
Making approvals easier for farmers to develop Agritourism in Tasmania
New cellar door at Bream Creek proving a success
6/27/2024 • 15 minutes, 25 seconds
Huon Aquaculture invests over $100 million into land based farming
Huon Aquaculture continues multi million investment in Tasmania
6/27/2024 • 52 minutes, 26 seconds
Farmers caught up in hay scam
A number of Tasmanian farmers have lost thousands of dollars in an online scame over hay
6/25/2024 • 52 minutes, 34 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/24/2024 • 52 minutes, 26 seconds
Labor MP blindsided by his Government over money for a Tasmanian irrigation scheme
Lyons MP Brian Mitchell says he found out on Budget night that no money had been set aside for the Greater South East Irrigation Scheme
6/21/2024 • 52 minutes, 50 seconds
Tiger Fuji apples from Tasmania off to Taiwan
Two container loads of Tiger Fuji apples are being packed for shipment to Taiwan
6/21/2024 • 6 minutes, 38 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/20/2024 • 51 minutes, 31 seconds
Creditors meeting for Tasmanian salad leaf company
The first creditors meeting of a Tasmanian salad company will be held next week
6/19/2024 • 53 minutes, 1 second
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/14/2024 • 52 minutes, 25 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/13/2024 • 53 minutes, 36 seconds
Latest olive harvest a mixed result in Tasmania
A record yield for one olive grove in the state, but half of last year's result at a much bigger grove in the south.
6/12/2024 • 13 minutes, 29 seconds
Water surety needed for multi million dollar vineyard expansion
Vineyard expansions depend on water surety
6/11/2024 • 8 minutes, 59 seconds
Vineyard expansions depend on water surety
Two major vineyard expansions in Tasmania are reliant on surety of irrigation water
6/11/2024 • 52 minutes, 57 seconds
Latest Saputo results as farmers get less for their milk
Milk company Saputo says revenues for the fourth quarter were up but net earnings down
6/10/2024 • 53 minutes, 54 seconds
New Distillery in southern Tasmania starting to take shape
Whiskey barrels in new bond stores in the Coal River Valley
6/10/2024 • 7 minutes, 30 seconds
Women shearers making their mark in Tassie's wool sheds
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/7/2024 • 54 minutes, 58 seconds
Farmers want answers over Southern Tasmanian Irrigation scheme
No reasons have been given for the lack of funding in the Federal budget for the Greater South East Irrigation Scheme
6/6/2024 • 51 minutes, 3 seconds
Farmers want answers over Greater South East Irrigation Scheme
Why was the Greater South East Irrigation Scheme not included in the Federal Budget
6/6/2024 • 8 minutes, 10 seconds
Marketing wool in a traditional way
A traditional way to market wool
6/4/2024 • 6 minutes, 30 seconds
Wool Pool call in tough times for wool producers
AWI wants more wool producers to vote in this year's Wool Poll
6/4/2024 • 52 minutes, 3 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/3/2024 • 52 minutes, 43 seconds
Young Tasmanian fruit grower the Rising Star of the Australian Fruit Industry
The installation of a drip irrigation system on a Tasmanian orchard has helped a young fruit grower win the Apple and Pear Australia Rising Star Award, presented last night in Melbourne at the APAL Conference.
6/3/2024 • 5 minutes, 19 seconds
Tasmanian company wins three major medicinal cannabis awards
A Tasmanian company producing medicinal cannabis has won three major awards
6/3/2024 • 6 minutes, 31 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/31/2024 • 52 minutes, 4 seconds
Fonterra cuts upcoming milk price by more than 10 per cent
Milk giant Fonterra becomes first major processor to publish minimum milk price for next season.
5/30/2024 • 53 minutes, 34 seconds
Farmers seeking donations of feed as the dry continues in some areas
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/27/2024 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Apple growers struggle with prices from the major supermarkets
Apple growers in Tasmania have had a good harvest but the prices from the supermarkets are not expected to rise
5/24/2024 • 52 minutes, 37 seconds
Tasmanian apple growers look for better prices for their latest harvest
Tasmanian apple growers look at better prices
5/24/2024 • 15 minutes, 12 seconds
Sale of Fonterra assets criticised
Claims the Fonterra asset sale will not be good for dairy farmers, workers at the two Tasmanian factories and consumers
5/23/2024 • 51 minutes, 42 seconds
Criticism of planned Fonterra plant sales
Sale of Fonterra assets questioned
5/23/2024 • 8 minutes, 30 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/22/2024 • 52 minutes, 22 seconds
Cheese factory workers at Saputo continue industrial action over wage parity
Saputo workers at Burnie continue their industrial action over wage parity
5/21/2024 • 52 minutes, 28 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/20/2024 • 52 minutes, 3 seconds
New Primary Industries Minister Jane Howlett speaks about Tasmanian agriculture
Primary Industries Minister Jane Howlett on Tasmanian agricultural issues
5/17/2024 • 52 minutes, 16 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/16/2024 • 51 minutes, 27 seconds
Many Tasmanian dairy farmers expect a price drop for the new season
Over the next few weeks milk processors will start rolling out prices they'll pay farmers for the new milk season.
5/16/2024 • 16 minutes, 40 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/15/2024 • 52 minutes, 26 seconds
No money in the Federal Budget for much needed irrigation scheme in Southern Tasmania
No money for major irrigation scheme
5/15/2024 • 12 minutes, 34 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/14/2024 • 52 minutes, 20 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/13/2024 • 51 minutes, 33 seconds
Push to have more fresh Tasmanian produce on the menu in state institutions
Calls are growing for institutions like hospitals and aged care centres in Tasmania to have more fresh local produce on their menus.
5/10/2024 • 52 minutes, 10 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/9/2024 • 52 minutes, 8 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/8/2024 • 52 minutes, 28 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/7/2024 • 48 minutes, 32 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/6/2024 • 48 minutes, 34 seconds
Heavy fine for illegal land clearing at a Tasmanian farm
A decision to clear a wetlands and a melaleuca forest on a north west Tasmanian farm has proved costly for the property owners, a New South Wales based company.The Hobart Magistrates Court has convicted and fined the owners $120,000 for illegally clearing the land for agricultural use.
5/6/2024 • 5 minutes, 6 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/3/2024 • 52 minutes, 35 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/2/2024 • 52 minutes, 17 seconds
Farmers worried visa changes will decimate their workforce
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/1/2024 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/30/2024 • 50 minutes, 35 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Van Dairy sells the last slice of what was once Australia's largest dairy operation.
4/29/2024 • 52 minutes, 48 seconds
Hope that new fodder shipments from interstate will be on their way soon
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/26/2024 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Scientists survey recreational fishers about the depletion of sand flathead fishery
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/25/2024 • 54 minutes, 58 seconds
Waverley Woollen Mills turns 150
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/24/2024 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Burnie dairy workers call out the Canadian company, Saputo, for paying them less than their mainland counterparts
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/23/2024 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Sibling partnerships an 'easy' decision?
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/22/2024 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
King Island farmers want regular access to Victorian abattoirs
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/19/2024 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Native animals in the suburbs for food and water
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/18/2024 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Supermarkets grilled at the Senate Inquiry into pricing
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/16/2024 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Plant growers speak out against Bunnings
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/15/2024 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tassie's big vegie grower talks, carrots, tech and supermarkets
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/11/2024 • 54 minutes, 41 seconds
Tas Farmers on a mandatory code of conduct for supermarkets
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/10/2024 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
The medicinal cannabis industry calling for more support
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/9/2024 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Belle Binder, crowned Tasmanian Rural Woman 2024
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/5/2024 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmania experiences driest March on record
King Island misses out on recent rain and farmers can't get the feed on vessels fast enough
4/4/2024 • 52 minutes, 15 seconds
Mega droughts predicted in the future
Mega droughts in the past and the future
4/3/2024 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Relief for farmers as rain falls across Tasmania
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/2/2024 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Delays sending livestock to interstate abattoirs
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/28/2024 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmania's honey harvest down
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/27/2024 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Water contracts extended because of dry
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/25/2024 • 54 minutes, 58 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/21/2024 • 52 minutes, 36 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/20/2024 • 51 minutes, 31 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/18/2024 • 52 minutes, 32 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/15/2024 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/13/2024 • 52 minutes
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/12/2024 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/4/2024 • 54 minutes, 58 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/28/2024 • 52 minutes, 39 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Warm weather triggers one of the states earliest ever vintages
2/27/2024 • 51 minutes, 52 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/23/2024 • 54 minutes, 49 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Tassie's wine industry bucking an interstate trend of low wine grape prices, with demand for cool climate grapes keeping prices high and scientists working on a half a million dollar project to reduce the growth time of one of pyrethrum.
2/22/2024 • 54 minutes, 56 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
The Country Hour visits one of Tasmania's prized cropping and livestock estates, Vaucluse and we talk to a farmer managing Glencoe and Enstone Park stations as big rains hit Tasmania's North East.
2/21/2024 • 54 minutes, 57 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/20/2024 • 49 minutes, 38 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/19/2024 • 53 minutes, 18 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/15/2024 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Can Tas Irrigation get its re-designed scheme for the Tamar Valley over the line second time around ?
2/14/2024 • 53 minutes, 39 seconds
Meet the women from Bougainville who are among the first to come to Australia under the PALM scheme
Many people familiar with the Pacific would associate Bougainville with the island region's struggle for independence and years of conflict - and perhaps not so much as a place to source horticultural workers.
2/13/2024 • 7 minutes, 15 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Farm thefts on the up, and celebrating Tasmania's women in STEM
2/12/2024 • 52 minutes, 38 seconds
Tasmania's Avebury Nickel Mine closes as price crashes, 200 workers left uncertain
Flood of cheaper Indonesian nickel triggers closure of yet another Australian mine
2/8/2024 • 5 minutes
Tasmanian Country Hour
Nickel mine folds under price pressure, dairy giants axe milk deal
2/8/2024 • 55 minutes, 1 second
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/7/2024 • 39 minutes, 28 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/6/2024 • 52 minutes, 20 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Inclement weather holding up the harvesting of commercial alkaloid poppies
2/5/2024 • 50 minutes, 6 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
1/31/2024 • 53 minutes, 44 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
After a brush with melanoma two Tasmanian farmers want to spread the word about the importance of sun protection
1/30/2024 • 55 minutes
Tasmanian Country Hour
Wildlife carers are seeing Tasmanian devil roadkill on the rise in the states north west
1/29/2024 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Supermarkets under scrutiny as ACCC announces inquiry into pricing practices
1/26/2024 • 54 minutes, 39 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Tasmania's gentle giants under threat, and an agricultural focus for the Bureau of Metrology
1/25/2024 • 55 minutes, 2 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
1/24/2024 • 53 minutes, 36 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Grain harvest is underway in Tasmania with early wheat quality looking good
1/23/2024 • 53 minutes, 37 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Onion exporters gearing up to send produce to Europe can expect an extra two weeks on the water to reach their final destination.
1/22/2024 • 53 minutes, 20 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
1/19/2024 • 53 minutes, 55 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
1/18/2024 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
1/16/2024 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
1/12/2024 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
1/10/2024 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
1/9/2024 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
1/8/2024 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Tasmanian Quality Meats (TQM) given the green light to continue processing lamb for the domestic and export market and the cherry season expected to be one of Tasmania's biggest.
12/22/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Retired farmer, local politician, agricultural stalwart Rick Rockliff dies age 79
A long standing pillar of Tasmania's agricultural community has passed away.
11/29/2023 • 6 minutes, 26 seconds
Seismic overload in Bass Strait and cherries galore at Jericho
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
11/22/2023 • 50 minutes, 33 seconds
Claims of seismic overload for Bass Strait
For years the Bass Strait has been blasted and drilled by multinational companies, hoping to make a buck out of the precious energy sources buried under the sea floor.
11/22/2023 • 5 minutes, 16 seconds
New Simplot storage sheds for fresh potatoes
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
11/20/2023 • 50 minutes, 59 seconds
Huge new potato storage sheds for Simplot
Do you remember the infamous chip shortage of 2022, when take away outlets had no fried and supermarket freezers lay bare for months?
11/20/2023 • 6 minutes, 56 seconds
Red meat outlook shows good signs for beef but lamb prices will take longer to rise
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
11/16/2023 • 52 minutes, 24 seconds
Some positive signs for the recovery of the beef market
After a long downward spiral this year for beef and lamb prices, could be there light at the end of the tunnel for red meat markets?
11/16/2023 • 7 minutes, 47 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
11/15/2023 • 51 minutes, 53 seconds
Dairy Farmer makes good his promise to retire
These days millenials are known as the job-hopping generation, but if you were born before 1980, having the one career is more the norm.
11/15/2023 • 6 minutes, 47 seconds
Meeting tougher environmental and climate regulations for Irish farmers
Regulations aimed at protecting the environment appear to be getting much tougher in Europe.
11/14/2023 • 7 minutes, 19 seconds
New CEO for the TFGA and the pretty north west farm
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
11/14/2023 • 51 minutes, 26 seconds
Elders and Saputo see drops in Australia in latest financial results
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
11/13/2023 • 50 minutes, 17 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
11/10/2023 • 52 minutes, 37 seconds
Tough year for silage in Tasmania
While it's certainly drying off in some parts of Tasmania, there's still a nice green hue around dairy and beef farmland in the north-east.
11/9/2023 • 10 minutes, 49 seconds
Silage shortage and what now for King Island Dairy
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
11/9/2023 • 10 minutes, 49 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
11/8/2023 • 51 minutes, 26 seconds
US consumers love Tasmanian lamb and beef
Tasmania's largest lamb processor has increased shifts at its Cressy plant to accommodate larger numbers of lamb and mutton.
11/8/2023 • 13 minutes, 39 seconds
International Wind Farm Conference begins in Hobart
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
11/7/2023 • 50 minutes, 55 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
11/6/2023 • 52 minutes, 4 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
11/1/2023 • 52 minutes, 8 seconds
Local weather network growing in Tasmania
For the last year, a private, hyper-local weather station network has been springing up across Northern Tasmania, from King Island to the East Coast and down to Bothwell.
11/1/2023 • 6 minutes, 4 seconds
Huge new growing area for medicinal cannabis in Tasmania
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
10/31/2023 • 45 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
10/30/2023 • 52 minutes, 5 seconds
Do you want a used shearing shed?
One large beef cattle producer on Tasmania's east coast is taking recycling to a new level when it comes to unwanted sheds on the St Marys property.
10/30/2023 • 8 minutes, 44 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
10/27/2023 • 52 minutes, 39 seconds
Royal Hobart Show underway and the fight against botrytis
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
10/26/2023 • 51 minutes, 49 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
10/24/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
A multi million new project for the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture
The Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture has unveiled plans for new research facilities at the Newnham Campus worth $26 million.
10/24/2023 • 6 minutes, 28 seconds
Some good weekend rainfall and saving a unique eucalyptus tree
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
10/23/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Some of the lowest cattle prices seen in two decades
Tasmanian livestock producers are still scratching their heads trying to remember when the cattle prices were as low as those seen at the latest store cattle sale at Powranna.
10/20/2023 • 10 minutes, 45 seconds
Glut of blueberries affecting the price of fresh strawberries
The new harvest of strawberries is underway in Tasmania but one big grower says the amount of blueberries in the supermarkets will affect the price of the berries.
10/20/2023 • 5 minutes, 59 seconds
Keeping the nasty bugs out of berry crops
Keeping the nasties away from the berry crops is an on going job, and a number of people involved in Tasmania's berry industry gathered at Cressy yesterday for a special field day.
10/19/2023 • 5 minutes, 55 seconds
Under payment of Agricultural workers and good turn out at a berry field day
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
10/19/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Business case for new irrigation scheme and dairy pasture trials
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
10/18/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Getting the most out of dairy pastures and fertiliser inputs
Tasmania's famous rolling green hills dotted with dairy cows may look pretty
10/18/2023 • 5 minutes, 16 seconds
Plenty of water for sale in a new watered down irrigation scheme
One of Tasmania's biggest planned Irrigation Schemes has been greatly reduced, and will be around half of the original design.
10/18/2023 • 6 minutes, 32 seconds
Forty years of building agricultural machinery
Forty years ago this year, a husband and wife team started fixing and building farm machinery from a small shed near Ulverstone
10/17/2023 • 6 minutes, 43 seconds
Successful Tasmanian Landcare Conference
Landcare held their State Conference on the weekend with over 200 people attending, at Spring Bay on Tasmania's East Coast.
10/16/2023 • 10 minutes, 23 seconds
Plenty of connections at the well attended Tasmanian Landcare Conference
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
10/16/2023 • 54 minutes, 45 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
10/10/2023 • 54 minutes, 42 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
10/9/2023 • 54 minutes, 30 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
10/6/2023 • 54 minutes, 41 seconds
Super and pension funds purchase Tasmanian forest management company
The largest private forest management company in Tasmania has new owners, including an Australian Super fund.
10/5/2023 • 15 minutes, 16 seconds
Largest forest management company in Tasmania sold
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
10/5/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
10/4/2023 • 54 minutes, 44 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Changes in the trucking industry a win for Australia's motorists, fire permits required from October 3rd, fine wool producer and wine grape grower, Anna Cotton, wins a Nuffield Scholarship and they say never work with animals or children, but stick them together, and you've got some unforgettable school lessons.
10/2/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
The race to tap into the additive market, to help farmers reduce methane output from their livestock, onion demand is strong, perhaps it's because they're healthy for you and have you tried white asparagus, it is supposed to be more earthy in flavour than green asparagus, now is your time to buy.
9/28/2023 • 54 minutes, 52 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Farmers under pressure as mutton markets crash, a Queensland grazing couple has broken the record for the largest allocation of Australian Carbon Credits creating a million dollar income stream and about 70 school children involved in the The Tasmanian Merino Wether Challenge.
9/27/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
A national project paying farmers to look after biodiversity, Launceston textile business Waverley Mills has new management joining its ranks and Maurice Baldock's, Mountain Mist Stud at Nook in the State's north west has won Supreme champion at the Elite White Suffolk Show in Bendigo.
9/26/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
As threats to Australia's bee population from things like varroa mite increase, a fly is emerging as a top alternative pollinator, the development of the Bryn Estyn water treatment plant, what does that mean for farmers? and an outback pub that dishes up burgers so ridiculously huge, they're quite literally served on a door, the whole community pitches in to serve its customers.
9/22/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Tassie milk wins a major award, is it the best milk in Australia?Our oceans are expected to warm significantly again this summer, perhaps a repeat of 2016 when the oyster industry was devastated by the Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome; will it affect our local industry and the Christmas table this year?
9/14/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Nikki Davey, a flower farmer from Victoria, has been named the 2023 Rural Woman of the Year, the fertiliser industry preparing to bring in measure to curb it's own green house gas emissions and Nuffield scholarships awarded to three Tasmanians, Dave Roberts-Thompson will be investigating soil health.
9/13/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
9/12/2023 • 54 minutes, 44 seconds
Old farmhouse saved in new Distillery project
The latest state of the art Whiskey Distillery in Tasmania is starting to take shape on a farm halfway between Cambridge and Richmond.
9/12/2023 • 7 minutes, 28 seconds
Young couple Cam and Shona Wilson kick dairy goals on their journey to farm ownership
Let's head out the back of Burnie to a calving shed on a dairy farm at Natone.
9/12/2023 • 7 minutes, 24 seconds
Scottsdale High celebrates 25 years of Cattle handling
The spring agricultural show season is about to kick off in Tasmania.
9/11/2023 • 7 minutes, 57 seconds
School celebrates 25 years of showing cattle
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
9/11/2023 • 54 minutes, 40 seconds
Students vie for Ag Science awards at Burnie
Could you imagine winning $1000 as a teenager?
9/11/2023 • 3 minutes, 49 seconds
Recycling water for farmers at Smithton
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
9/8/2023 • 54 minutes, 47 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
9/6/2023 • 54 minutes, 44 seconds
Food processor Simplot on top of potatoes
For some, it was tough to get your hands on certain veggies last year.
9/6/2023 • 11 minutes, 42 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
9/5/2023 • 54 minutes, 57 seconds
Preparing the bulls for the spring sale
North east Tasmanian farmer Trevor Hall is being kept busy at the moment preparing Angus bulls for the annual Spring sale at his Waterhouse Farm.
9/5/2023 • 4 minutes, 58 seconds
Jump in the number of exploration applications in Tasmania
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
9/4/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
New liquid coating for fertiliser pellets
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
9/1/2023 • 54 minutes, 40 seconds
Liquid coating for fertiliser
Incitec Pivot is spending nearly $1.5 million on new liquid coating technology that'll boost production at its four plants in the state.
9/1/2023 • 6 minutes, 7 seconds
Drier spring season forecast for Tasmania
Tasmanian farmers looking for extra rain this spring will receive no comfort from the Weather Bureau with the latest Climate Outlook for the season.
9/1/2023 • 4 minutes, 26 seconds
Vegetable growers having a tough time in parts of Tasmania
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
8/31/2023 • 54 minutes, 41 seconds
Rising fuel costs hitting the transport industry
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
8/30/2023 • 54 minutes, 51 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
8/29/2023 • 54 minutes, 58 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
8/28/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
8/23/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Coles Billion dollar plus profit
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
8/22/2023 • 54 minutes, 42 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
8/21/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Chemical ban on fruit fly product could hit Tasmanian consumers
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
8/18/2023 • 54 minutes, 42 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
8/17/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
8/16/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
8/15/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Saputo happy with first quarter results
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
8/14/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
8/11/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
8/10/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
8/9/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
8/8/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
8/7/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
8/4/2023 • 54 minutes, 44 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
8/3/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
8/2/2023 • 54 minutes, 44 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
8/1/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
7/31/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
7/28/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Big contract awarded to regional Tasmania
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
7/27/2023 • 54 minutes, 13 seconds
Positive Fruit Fly Symposium
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
7/26/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Finalist in the winemaker of the year
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
7/25/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
7/24/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Tasmanian recreational fishers want no change to calamari catch
Recreational fishers are lobbying for no change to their calamari catch limits, amid proposals to stop a decline in calamari numbers around the State.
7/24/2023 • 6 minutes, 19 seconds
Environment plan for Bass Strait seismic testing open for comment
Australia's offshore energy regulator NOPSEMA has released the Environment Plan for Seismic Testing in waters to the west of King Island in Bass Strait.
7/24/2023 • 8 minutes, 40 seconds
ACCC investigates Coles over Saputo purchase
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
7/21/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
7/20/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Restrictions on calamari fishing
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
7/19/2023 • 54 minutes, 44 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
7/18/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Can you extend the life of coir for growing berries?
Right now tens of thousands of strawberries are being planted into bags filled with coconut fibre or coir, for the next commercial berry season in Tasmania.
7/18/2023 • 10 minutes, 46 seconds
Australian farmers leading the way in traceability of produce
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
7/17/2023 • 54 minutes, 44 seconds
Tracing wool from sheep to garment
As consumers demand to know more about what they eat and wear, Agricultural Companies are getting pretty clever with tech to show them.
7/17/2023 • 11 minutes, 4 seconds
Damning review of the APVMA
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
7/14/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Protecting names like Fetta and Prosecco
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
7/13/2023 • 54 minutes, 41 seconds
Wine grape gold in Tasmania
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
7/12/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
How much is a Tasmanian wine grape worth compared to a mainland grape?
The latest vintage report for Tasmania reveals a record price per tonne for grapes grown in the cool climate region, after a drop in production of 1 per cent.
7/12/2023 • 8 minutes, 25 seconds
Clever ways for farmers to fight energy price increases
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
7/11/2023 • 54 minutes, 57 seconds
Energy price rises questioned by farmers
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
7/10/2023 • 54 minutes, 42 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
7/7/2023 • 54 minutes, 44 seconds
American company set to takeover Costa Group
The Costa Group, Australia's largest fresh fruit and vegetable grower, could be in American hands within months following a takeover bid by Paine Schwartz Partners.
7/5/2023 • 6 minutes, 59 seconds
One of Tasmania's newest vineyards
A desire for a tree change, prompted lawyer and teacher James and Karen Stewart to set up a vineyard in the Coal Valley near Richmond.
7/5/2023 • 6 minutes, 5 seconds
The Costa Group set for a takeover by an American company
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
7/5/2023 • 54 minutes, 44 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
7/4/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Below average rain forecast for parts of Tasmania
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
7/3/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Coal River Valley winemaker in line for big award
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/30/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/29/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/28/2023 • 54 minutes, 44 seconds
Cute mini goats in high demand
Mini animals can be big business
6/28/2023 • 6 minutes, 36 seconds
Fruit Growers Tasmania CEO slams higher energy costs
The Tasmanian Fruit Growers Association has joined other representative bodies in condemning the State Government over the increase in electricity charges beginning Saturday.
6/28/2023 • 7 minutes, 42 seconds
Fonterra lifts milk price again ahead of the new season
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/27/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Mineworkers on strike at Grange Resources
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/26/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Strike action at Tasmania's largest mining operation
Hundreds of workers at Tasmania's largest mining company have begun their third day of striking.
6/26/2023 • 7 minutes, 20 seconds
Why are the cattle prices dropping?
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/23/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Why are the cattle prices dropping?
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/23/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/22/2023 • 54 minutes, 44 seconds
Research on many insects which can be used for pollination
Insect pests often get a bad rap for the damage they can cause to food crops.
6/22/2023 • 11 minutes, 2 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/22/2023 • 54 minutes, 44 seconds
Research on many insects which can be used for pollination
Insect pests often get a bad rap for the damage they can cause to food crops.
6/22/2023 • 11 minutes, 2 seconds
Revegetating the Leven River banks on one farm
Another round of Landcare grants has opened.
6/21/2023 • 7 minutes, 35 seconds
Huge growth in Australia's cattle herd
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/21/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Huge growth in Australia's cattle herd
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/21/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Revegetating the Leven River banks on one farm
Another round of Landcare grants has opened.
6/21/2023 • 7 minutes, 35 seconds
UK Merino Superfine wool grower
Australia exports all sorts of things to the UK like wine, lead and gold.
6/20/2023 • 6 minutes, 56 seconds
From adult fiction and engineering to sheep farm
What happens when you stick a young adult fiction writer and an engineer on an isolated sheep farm?
6/20/2023 • 10 minutes, 7 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/20/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
UK Merino Superfine wool grower
Australia exports all sorts of things to the UK like wine, lead and gold.
6/20/2023 • 6 minutes, 56 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/20/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
From adult fiction and engineering to sheep farm
What happens when you stick a young adult fiction writer and an engineer on an isolated sheep farm?
6/20/2023 • 10 minutes, 7 seconds
New campaign for the Tasmanian Trucking Industry
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/19/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
New campaign for the Tasmanian Trucking Industry
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/19/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/16/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Pacific Island worker issues discussed at conference
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/16/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Tasmanian Fruit Growers Conference underway
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/15/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Tasmanian Fruit Growers Conference underway
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/15/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Retired farmers decide to buy back their farm
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/14/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Retired farmers decide to buy back their farm
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/14/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Record fourth quarter for Saputo
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/13/2023 • 54 minutes, 39 seconds
Record fourth quarter for Saputo
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/13/2023 • 54 minutes, 39 seconds
Farmer concerned visa changes will restrict business growth
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/12/2023 • 54 minutes, 46 seconds
Farmer concerned visa changes will restrict business growth
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/12/2023 • 54 minutes, 46 seconds
Tasmanian farmers showcasing produce at the Dark Mofo, Winter Feast
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/9/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian farmers showcasing produce at the Dark Mofo, Winter Feast
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/9/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Community olive oil processing
Have you got an olive tree in your backyard ?
6/8/2023 • 12 minutes, 47 seconds
Community olive pressing popular
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/8/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Community olive oil processing
Have you got an olive tree in your backyard ?
6/8/2023 • 12 minutes, 47 seconds
Community olive pressing popular
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/8/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Concerns over Australian wool from Italian mills
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/7/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Italian mills shying away from Australian wool
There's growing pressure from Italian fabric makers on Australia's wool industry to show how sustainable it is.
6/7/2023 • 10 minutes, 20 seconds
Italian mills shying away from Australian wool
There's growing pressure from Italian fabric makers on Australia's wool industry to show how sustainable it is.
6/7/2023 • 10 minutes, 20 seconds
Concerns over Australian wool from Italian mills
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/7/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/6/2023 • 54 minutes, 41 seconds
Farming couple's extraordinary journey from security guards and sharefarmers, to chicken empire overlords and wedding planners
Have you ever met those amazing people that seem to have lived a thousand different lives?
6/6/2023 • 10 minutes, 5 seconds
A very busy north west Tasmanian farm
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/6/2023 • 54 minutes, 41 seconds
Farming couple's extraordinary journey from security guards and sharefarmers, to chicken empire overlords and wedding planners
Have you ever met those amazing people that seem to have lived a thousand different lives?
6/6/2023 • 10 minutes, 5 seconds
Most valuable fleece at Campbell Town Show
A lot of hard work and many years experience is needed to grow superfine wool that is amongst the best in the world.
6/5/2023 • 5 minutes, 42 seconds
Tasmania wool growers the stars of the Zenga awards
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/5/2023 • 54 minutes, 44 seconds
Most valuable fleece at Campbell Town Show
A lot of hard work and many years experience is needed to grow superfine wool that is amongst the best in the world.
6/5/2023 • 5 minutes, 42 seconds
Tasmania wool growers the stars of the Zenga awards
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/5/2023 • 54 minutes, 44 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/2/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
The finest wool on display at the Campbell Town Show
Some of the finest wool in Australia, lots of happy sheep and a group of healthy rams were feature attractions at the annual Campbell Town Show which began today.
6/2/2023 • 25 minutes, 33 seconds
The finest wool on display at the Campbell Town Show
Some of the finest wool in Australia, lots of happy sheep and a group of healthy rams were feature attractions at the annual Campbell Town Show which began today.
6/2/2023 • 25 minutes, 33 seconds
Campbell Town Show underway
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
6/2/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Giving back to the land after a lifetime of farming
For decades the Houston family have been associated with growing lettuce in southern Tasmania.
5/31/2023 • 6 minutes, 39 seconds
Confidence in the dairy industry
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/31/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Giving back to the land after a lifetime of farming
For decades the Houston family have been associated with growing lettuce in southern Tasmania.
5/31/2023 • 6 minutes, 39 seconds
Confidence in the dairy industry
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/31/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Biochar field day attracts visitors from around the world
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/30/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Biochar field day attracts visitors from around the world
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/30/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/29/2023 • 54 minutes, 42 seconds
More funding to expand Agritourism in Tasmania
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/29/2023 • 54 minutes, 42 seconds
Mixed reaction from the Ag Sector to the State Budget
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/26/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Mixed reaction from the Ag Sector to the State Budget
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/26/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/25/2023 • 54 minutes, 42 seconds
A close look at Carbon Farming
Carbon farming i certainly a hot topic amongst farmers across the country but how much do farmers really know.
5/25/2023 • 11 minutes, 38 seconds
A close look at Carbon Farming
Carbon farming i certainly a hot topic amongst farmers across the country but how much do farmers really know.
5/25/2023 • 11 minutes, 38 seconds
The pros and cons of Carbon Farming
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/25/2023 • 54 minutes, 42 seconds
Tasmanian poppy farmers receive an increase in pay and hectares grown
Tasmania's poppy processors have released details of their contracts for the coming season.
5/24/2023 • 11 minutes, 45 seconds
Price increases for Tasmanian poppy growers
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/24/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Price increases for Tasmanian poppy growers
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/24/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Tasmanian poppy farmers receive an increase in pay and hectares grown
Tasmania's poppy processors have released details of their contracts for the coming season.
5/24/2023 • 11 minutes, 45 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/23/2023 • 54 minutes, 44 seconds
Biological additives more and more popular with farmers
More and more farmers in Tasmania are using specialist natural products to improve the health of their soil, according to several people who sell those products.
5/23/2023 • 10 minutes, 54 seconds
Aussie beekeepers okay to use the "Manuka" word
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/23/2023 • 54 minutes, 44 seconds
Biological additives more and more popular with farmers
More and more farmers in Tasmania are using specialist natural products to improve the health of their soil, according to several people who sell those products.
5/23/2023 • 10 minutes, 54 seconds
The unique Tasmanian woollen blankets
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/22/2023 • 54 minutes, 44 seconds
The unique Tasmanian woollen blankets
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/22/2023 • 54 minutes, 44 seconds
Cows love new dairy
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/19/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Cows love new dairy
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/19/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Timber exports to China resume
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/18/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Timber exports to China resume
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/18/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/17/2023 • 54 minutes, 44 seconds
Rebuilding the native oyster reefs
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/17/2023 • 54 minutes, 44 seconds
Huon turns its back on fin fish industry in the west
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/16/2023 • 54 minutes, 57 seconds
Huon turns its back on fin fish industry in the west
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/16/2023 • 54 minutes, 57 seconds
From dairy to beef cattle
Fancy yourself a morning person?
5/15/2023 • 5 minutes, 43 seconds
An electronic nose to smell the soil
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/15/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Electronic nose smells the soil to see how healthy it is
You can understand a lot about soil, just by sniffing it.
5/15/2023 • 5 minutes, 55 seconds
Electronic nose smells the soil to see how healthy it is
You can understand a lot about soil, just by sniffing it.
5/15/2023 • 5 minutes, 55 seconds
An electronic nose to smell the soil
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/15/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
From dairy to beef cattle
Fancy yourself a morning person?
5/15/2023 • 5 minutes, 43 seconds
Plenty of flowers for mum
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/12/2023 • 54 minutes, 42 seconds
Plenty of flowers for mum
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/12/2023 • 54 minutes, 42 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/11/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Cattle Australia needs more information about the Biosecurity levy
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/11/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Budget reaction and unique succession plan
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/10/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Two new Tasmanian irrigation schemes approved in the Federal Budget
Two new Tasmanian Irrigation schemes have been approved in the Federal Budget and allocated funding of more than $170 million.
5/10/2023 • 4 minutes, 21 seconds
Budget reaction and unique succession plan
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/10/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Two new Tasmanian irrigation schemes approved in the Federal Budget
Two new Tasmanian Irrigation schemes have been approved in the Federal Budget and allocated funding of more than $170 million.
5/10/2023 • 4 minutes, 21 seconds
More room for the pigs to move
The owners of a free range piggery on Tasmania's east coast have doubled the size of their farm.
5/9/2023 • 6 minutes, 17 seconds
Family food processing company expanding
A Hobart family food processing company started back in the 1950's is continuing expansion plans and making inroads into mainland markets.
5/9/2023 • 3 minutes, 31 seconds
Happy pigs have more land to explore
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/9/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Happy pigs have more land to explore
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/9/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Family food processing company expanding
A Hobart family food processing company started back in the 1950's is continuing expansion plans and making inroads into mainland markets.
5/9/2023 • 3 minutes, 31 seconds
More room for the pigs to move
The owners of a free range piggery on Tasmania's east coast have doubled the size of their farm.
5/9/2023 • 6 minutes, 17 seconds
Agriculture expansion ahead of schedule
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/8/2023 • 54 minutes, 42 seconds
Agriculture expansion ahead of schedule
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/8/2023 • 54 minutes, 42 seconds
How strawberries helped one weather forecaster through studies
Matthew Thomas from the Weather Bureau in Tasmania has a strong rural background and grew up on a Yarra Valley property.
5/5/2023 • 2 minutes, 45 seconds
Tasmanian farmer has an unusual hobby
Many Australian farmers have a range of hobbies and pastimes to while away the time away from the daily grind of farming.
5/5/2023 • 6 minutes, 2 seconds
Good crowds turn out at Agfest on Day two
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/5/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian farmer has an unusual hobby
Many Australian farmers have a range of hobbies and pastimes to while away the time away from the daily grind of farming.
5/5/2023 • 6 minutes, 2 seconds
Good crowds turn out at Agfest on Day two
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/5/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
How strawberries helped one weather forecaster through studies
Matthew Thomas from the Weather Bureau in Tasmania has a strong rural background and grew up on a Yarra Valley property.
5/5/2023 • 2 minutes, 45 seconds
Agfest 2023 underway under blue skies
Agfest 2023 brings blue skies
5/4/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Agfest 2023 underway under blue skies
Agfest 2023 brings blue skies
5/4/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Tasmanian farmers investing in their farming operations
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/3/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Tasmanian farmers investing in their farming operations
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/3/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Tests to see if heritage cider apples are correctly named
Some Australian apple varieties being grown for cider may be incorrectly named.
5/2/2023 • 5 minutes, 46 seconds
Heritage Cider Apples under research for correct names
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/2/2023 • 54 minutes, 44 seconds
Tests to see if heritage cider apples are correctly named
Some Australian apple varieties being grown for cider may be incorrectly named.
5/2/2023 • 5 minutes, 46 seconds
Potato farmer plants a million trees
To the Derwent Valley and the story of a potato and garlic farmer who's also growing a million trees, many of which will end up in Northern Tasmania and on the east coast.
5/2/2023 • 9 minutes, 55 seconds
Heritage Cider Apples under research for correct names
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/2/2023 • 54 minutes, 44 seconds
Potato farmer plants a million trees
To the Derwent Valley and the story of a potato and garlic farmer who's also growing a million trees, many of which will end up in Northern Tasmania and on the east coast.
5/2/2023 • 9 minutes, 55 seconds
Tasmanian lamb for American consumers
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/1/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Tasmanian lamb headed to the United States
Restaurants in LA in southern California could soon be serving up racks of Tasmanian lamb to their customers.
5/1/2023 • 5 minutes, 18 seconds
Tasmanian lamb for American consumers
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
5/1/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Tasmanian lamb headed to the United States
Restaurants in LA in southern California could soon be serving up racks of Tasmanian lamb to their customers.
5/1/2023 • 5 minutes, 18 seconds
Vet shortage hits home
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/28/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Vet shortage hits home
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/28/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Harvesting the vegetable seeds
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/27/2023 • 54 minutes, 42 seconds
Harvesting the vegetable seeds
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/27/2023 • 54 minutes, 42 seconds
Helping farmers to predict drought
A program helping Tasmanian farmers make better decisions around preparing for drought continues to expand across the state.
4/26/2023 • 12 minutes, 5 seconds
Program on drought preparations expands to more farms
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/26/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Helping farmers to predict drought
A program helping Tasmanian farmers make better decisions around preparing for drought continues to expand across the state.
4/26/2023 • 12 minutes, 5 seconds
Program on drought preparations expands to more farms
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/26/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
The Northern Tasmanian Lighthorse Troop on Anzac Day
In past conflicts Animals have played a cruical role in the war effort, carrying food, water, medical supplies and ammunition.
4/25/2023 • 6 minutes, 55 seconds
Remembering the horses on Anzac Day
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/25/2023 • 54 minutes, 15 seconds
Remembering the horses on Anzac Day
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/25/2023 • 54 minutes, 15 seconds
The Northern Tasmanian Lighthorse Troop on Anzac Day
In past conflicts Animals have played a cruical role in the war effort, carrying food, water, medical supplies and ammunition.
4/25/2023 • 6 minutes, 55 seconds
Cherry exports from Tasmania down this season
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/24/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Cherry exports from Tasmania down this season
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/24/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Major improvements to five sawmills in Tasmania
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/21/2023 • 54 minutes, 44 seconds
Lobster man back in port with a good catch
Lobster man Brendan "Squizzy" Taylor is back on dry land after the latest foray into the Southern Ocean to catch lobsters and film the TV Show Aussie Lobster Men.
4/21/2023 • 5 minutes, 7 seconds
Major improvements to five sawmills in Tasmania
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/21/2023 • 54 minutes, 44 seconds
Lobster man back in port with a good catch
Lobster man Brendan "Squizzy" Taylor is back on dry land after the latest foray into the Southern Ocean to catch lobsters and film the TV Show Aussie Lobster Men.
4/21/2023 • 5 minutes, 7 seconds
Big boost for the Australian timber industry
The federal government has announced more than 100 million dollars in grants for timber manufacturing companies across the country including 5 sawmills in Tasmania.
4/20/2023 • 6 minutes, 3 seconds
Over $100 million for the forestry industry
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/20/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Big boost for the Australian timber industry
The federal government has announced more than 100 million dollars in grants for timber manufacturing companies across the country including 5 sawmills in Tasmania.
4/20/2023 • 6 minutes, 3 seconds
Over $100 million for the forestry industry
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/20/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Long time farmer changes the way he farms...for the better
Sometimes when people have kids it sparks a pretty big life change - maybe they decide to get their health in check, change jobs, quit smoking.
4/19/2023 • 5 minutes, 16 seconds
Changing farm practises for the better
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/19/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Long time farmer changes the way he farms...for the better
Sometimes when people have kids it sparks a pretty big life change - maybe they decide to get their health in check, change jobs, quit smoking.
4/19/2023 • 5 minutes, 16 seconds
Changing farm practises for the better
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/19/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Big draw down of water at Lake Barrington for Irrigation work
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/18/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Big draw down of water at Lake Barrington for Irrigation work
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/18/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Tasmanian Farmers urged to register their planned burns
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/17/2023 • 54 minutes, 42 seconds
Tasmanian Farmers urged to register their planned burns
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/17/2023 • 54 minutes, 42 seconds
New lottery style system proposed for Pacific Island workers
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/14/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
New lottery style system proposed for Pacific Island workers
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/14/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
The long grain harvest in Tasmania comes to a close
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/13/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Pear Harvest almost done
Fresh pears are in the shops in Tasmania, with most coming from orchards on the Tasman Peninsula.
4/13/2023 • 6 minutes, 9 seconds
The long grain harvest in Tasmania comes to a close
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/13/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Pear Harvest almost done
Fresh pears are in the shops in Tasmania, with most coming from orchards on the Tasman Peninsula.
4/13/2023 • 6 minutes, 9 seconds
Lark Distillery to have a new look and increased production
The Southern Midlands Council in Tasmania has approved a multi million rebuild of the Lark Distillery at Pontville on the Shene Estate site.
4/12/2023 • 8 minutes, 18 seconds
New Distillery approved for historic Tasmanian site
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/12/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Lark Distillery to have a new look and increased production
The Southern Midlands Council in Tasmania has approved a multi million rebuild of the Lark Distillery at Pontville on the Shene Estate site.
4/12/2023 • 8 minutes, 18 seconds
New Distillery approved for historic Tasmanian site
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/12/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
China agrees to review tariffs on Australian barley
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/11/2023 • 54 minutes, 41 seconds
China agrees to review tariffs on Australian barley
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/11/2023 • 54 minutes, 41 seconds
Star gazing as part of a Tasmanian Agritourism business
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/10/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Star gazing as part of a Tasmanian Agritourism business
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/10/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
90 sheep stolen from a Tasmanian property
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/6/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
90 sheep stolen from a Tasmanian property
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/6/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Potato virus found in four Tasmanian paddocks
The Potato virus Y necrotic strain PVY has been detected in several potato crops along Tasmania's east coast and in the Northern Midlands.
4/5/2023 • 6 minutes, 42 seconds
Potato virus found at four locations in Tasmania
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/5/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Potato virus found in four Tasmanian paddocks
The Potato virus Y necrotic strain PVY has been detected in several potato crops along Tasmania's east coast and in the Northern Midlands.
4/5/2023 • 6 minutes, 42 seconds
Potato virus found at four locations in Tasmania
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/5/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Mechanical grape harvesting on the rise on Tasmania
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/4/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Mechanical grape harvesting on the rise on Tasmania
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/4/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Below average rainfall predicted for parts of Tasmania
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/3/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
Below average rainfall predicted for parts of Tasmania
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
4/3/2023 • 54 minutes, 43 seconds
First harvest of new apple variety in Tasmania
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/31/2023 • 54 minutes, 41 seconds
Excellent pens of Hereford cattle highlight the latest Powranna weaner sale
A couple of high quality pens of Hereford cattle attracted excellent bids at the latest Powranna Weaner sale.
3/31/2023 • 6 minutes, 57 seconds
Excellent pens of Hereford cattle highlight the latest Powranna weaner sale
A couple of high quality pens of Hereford cattle attracted excellent bids at the latest Powranna Weaner sale.
3/31/2023 • 6 minutes, 57 seconds
First harvest of new apple variety in Tasmania
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/31/2023 • 54 minutes, 41 seconds
The rise of Agritourism in Tasmania
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/30/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
The rise of Agritourism in Tasmania
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/30/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Successful wave energy trial off King Island ends
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/29/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Successful wave energy trial off King Island ends
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/29/2023 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
Lower water sales than expected for major irrigation scheme
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/28/2023 • 0
Irrigation scheme remodelled after lower water sales
The Greater South East Irrigation Scheme in Tasmania has had to be remodelled after a big drop in water sales compared to the expressions of interest from farmers in the scheme.
3/28/2023 • 6 minutes, 29 seconds
Lower water sales than expected for major irrigation scheme
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/28/2023 • 0
Irrigation scheme remodelled after lower water sales
The Greater South East Irrigation Scheme in Tasmania has had to be remodelled after a big drop in water sales compared to the expressions of interest from farmers in the scheme.
3/28/2023 • 6 minutes, 29 seconds
Visa changes hit strawberry expansion plans
One farmers' expansion plans on hold as his international student workforce faces visa changes.
Consumers driving the winners of the Sustainable Seafood Awards 2023.
Industry body, Wool Producers, talk about how they'll use a 800 thousand dollar Federal Government grant to investigate more wool processing in Australia.
3/27/2023 • 0
Visa changes hit strawberry expansion plans
One farmers' expansion plans on hold as his international student workforce faces visa changes.
Consumers driving the winners of the Sustainable Seafood Awards 2023.
Industry body, Wool Producers, talk about how they'll use a 800 thousand dollar Federal Government grant to investigate more wool processing in Australia.
3/27/2023 • 0
Growing Pine nuts in Tasmania? You have to be patient!
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/23/2023 • 0
Growing Pine nuts in Tasmania? You have to be patient!
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/23/2023 • 0
Tasmanian record bull sale smashed
A Tasmanian bred bull has smashed the previous record price paid for a bull in the state at the Landfall Angus Autumn sale at Dilston in the Tamar Valley.
3/22/2023 • 6 minutes, 16 seconds
Tasmanian record bull sale smashed
A Tasmanian bred bull has smashed the previous record price paid for a bull in the state at the Landfall Angus Autumn sale at Dilston in the Tamar Valley.
3/22/2023 • 6 minutes, 16 seconds
Dairy farmers happy with Fonterra profit
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/17/2023 • 0
Dairy farmers happy with Fonterra profit
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/17/2023 • 0
Strong profit result for dairy company Fonterra
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/16/2023 • 0
Strong profit result for dairy company Fonterra
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/16/2023 • 0
A touch of Ireland in the Tasmanian potato harvest
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/15/2023 • 0
A touch of Ireland in the Tasmanian potato harvest
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/15/2023 • 0
Big clean up job for two new farmers
If you've ever bought a cheap 'fixer-upper' house and poured a lot of time and money into making it liveable, imagine having to fix not only a house, but hectares of overgrown farmland covered in rubbish.
3/14/2023 • 6 minutes, 58 seconds
One of the smallest poppy harvests since the 80's
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/14/2023 • 0
Big clean up job for two new farmers
If you've ever bought a cheap 'fixer-upper' house and poured a lot of time and money into making it liveable, imagine having to fix not only a house, but hectares of overgrown farmland covered in rubbish.
3/14/2023 • 6 minutes, 58 seconds
One of the smallest poppy harvests since the 80's
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/14/2023 • 0
Tasmanian apples harvest gets underway for another year
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/13/2023 • 0
Tasmanian apples harvest gets underway for another year
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/13/2023 • 0
Strong demand for sea urchin roe
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/10/2023 • 0
Strong demand for sea urchin roe
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/10/2023 • 0
The Hop Harvest finally underway
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/9/2023 • 0
The Hop Harvest finally underway
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/9/2023 • 0
Celebrating women in Agriculture
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/8/2023 • 0
Celebrating women in Agriculture
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/8/2023 • 0
Record time for Australian farmers
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/7/2023 • 0
Record time for Australian farmers
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/7/2023 • 0
Tasmanian truck movements and the collapse of Scotts Logistics
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/6/2023 • 0
Tasmanian truck movements and the collapse of Scotts Logistics
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/6/2023 • 0
The sterile fight to get rid of codling moth
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/2/2023 • 0
The sterile fight to get rid of codling moth
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/2/2023 • 0
Keeping the cows out of creeks and waterways
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/1/2023 • 0
Keeping the cows out of creeks and waterways
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
3/1/2023 • 0
Commercialising Tasmania's seaweed industry
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/28/2023 • 0
Commercialising Tasmania's seaweed industry
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/28/2023 • 0
Organic Bridport blueberries a taste treat
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/27/2023 • 0
Organic Bridport blueberries a taste treat
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/27/2023 • 0
Garlic tasting
Judging food or wine competitions can be a pleasurable experience....
2/24/2023 • 6 minutes, 58 seconds
The quest for the gold garlic statue
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/24/2023 • 0
The quest for the gold garlic statue
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/24/2023 • 0
Garlic tasting
Judging food or wine competitions can be a pleasurable experience....
2/24/2023 • 6 minutes, 58 seconds
Vignerons coping with changing weather patterns
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/23/2023 • 0
Vignerons coping with changing weather patterns
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/23/2023 • 0
Multi-million dollar fishing industry left treading water despite major port overhaul
Overcrowding at the Port of Devonport has reached breaking point, says a group of fishers who have been waiting nearly 40 years for an upgrade.
2/22/2023 • 15 minutes, 10 seconds
Commercial fishers look for a new home in Devonport
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/22/2023 • 0
Multi-million dollar fishing industry left treading water despite major port overhaul
Overcrowding at the Port of Devonport has reached breaking point, says a group of fishers who have been waiting nearly 40 years for an upgrade.
2/22/2023 • 15 minutes, 10 seconds
Commercial fishers look for a new home in Devonport
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/22/2023 • 0
Research into seaweed use as food for humans
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/21/2023 • 0
Research into seaweed use as food for humans
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/21/2023 • 0
Call to fast track visas for agriculture
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/20/2023 • 0
Call to fast track visas for agriculture
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/20/2023 • 0
Day two of the National Dairy Conference in Hobart
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/17/2023 • 0
Day two of the National Dairy Conference in Hobart
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/17/2023 • 0
Dairy Conference an udder success!
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/16/2023 • 0
Dairy Conference an udder success!
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/16/2023 • 0
The robot picking your strawberry
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/15/2023 • 0
The robot picking your strawberry
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/15/2023 • 0
Plantation fire believed to be arson
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/14/2023 • 0
Plantation fire believed to be arson
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/14/2023 • 0
Disjointed cherry season in Tasmania
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/13/2023 • 0
Disjointed cherry season in Tasmania
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/13/2023 • 0
Predictions of where next season's milk price may end up
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/10/2023 • 0
Predictions of where next season's milk price may end up
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/10/2023 • 0
Bobby Calf warning from Dairy Australia
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/8/2023 • 0
Bobby Calf warning from Dairy Australia
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/8/2023 • 0
Would you like to shear an alpaca?
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/7/2023 • 0
Would you like to shear an alpaca?
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/7/2023 • 0
The Tasmanian poppy crop this season is expected to be the smallest on record
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/6/2023 • 0
The Tasmanian poppy crop this season is expected to be the smallest on record
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/6/2023 • 0
Longtime cattle farmer turns to sheep
A lifelong stalwart of the cattle industry in Tasmania says he's just about finished dispersing his cattle and instead will put all his efforts into sheep.
2/3/2023 • 7 minutes, 15 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/3/2023 • 0
Tasmanian Country Hour
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
2/3/2023 • 0
Longtime cattle farmer turns to sheep
A lifelong stalwart of the cattle industry in Tasmania says he's just about finished dispersing his cattle and instead will put all his efforts into sheep.
2/3/2023 • 7 minutes, 15 seconds
Tasmanian farmers nervous about Meadowbank Lake levels dropping
A group of Derwent Valley irrigators are looking at a vastly different late summer /autumn growing season this year and are hoping for a good autumn break.
2/2/2023 • 7 minutes, 30 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
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2/2/2023 • 0
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2/2/2023 • 0
Tasmanian farmers nervous about Meadowbank Lake levels dropping
A group of Derwent Valley irrigators are looking at a vastly different late summer /autumn growing season this year and are hoping for a good autumn break.
2/2/2023 • 7 minutes, 30 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
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2/1/2023 • 0
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2/1/2023 • 0
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1/31/2023 • 0
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1/31/2023 • 0
Horseriding changes lives for disabled people at Wynyard riding school
Riding instructor Virginia Turner loves watching people with disabilities and new adult riders blossom in the presence of her horses, at Wynyard in Tasmania.
1/30/2023 • 8 minutes, 18 seconds
Horseriding changes lives for disabled people at Wynyard riding school
Riding instructor Virginia Turner loves watching people with disabilities and new adult riders blossom in the presence of her horses, at Wynyard in Tasmania.
1/30/2023 • 8 minutes, 18 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
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1/30/2023 • 0
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1/30/2023 • 0
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1/27/2023 • 0
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1/27/2023 • 0
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1/26/2023 • 0
Tasmanian Country Hour
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1/26/2023 • 0
Dr Graeme Stevenson OAM recognised for a lifetime of Landcare work with dung beetles, earthworms and soil
Among those awarded an Order of Australia Medal is someone who is often spotted digging in Tasmanian paddocks, wearing a hat decorated with dung beetles and breaking into song.
1/26/2023 • 4 minutes, 31 seconds
Dr Graeme Stevenson OAM recognised for a lifetime of Landcare work with dung beetles, earthworms and soil
Among those awarded an Order of Australia Medal is someone who is often spotted digging in Tasmanian paddocks, wearing a hat decorated with dung beetles and breaking into song.
1/26/2023 • 4 minutes, 31 seconds
Tasmanian Country Hour
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1/25/2023 • 0
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1/25/2023 • 0
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1/24/2023 • 0
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1/24/2023 • 0
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1/23/2023 • 0
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1/23/2023 • 0
Tasmanian Country Hour
potato supplies are still a little low and that's likely to continue for some time, although it's not just bad weather that's caused the shortage of frozen chips.
fresh spuds are back in the supermarkets.
the grain season is well underway with processors running out of room for the bumper crop.
1/19/2023 • 0
Tasmanian Country Hour
potato supplies are still a little low and that's likely to continue for some time, although it's not just bad weather that's caused the shortage of frozen chips.
fresh spuds are back in the supermarkets.
the grain season is well underway with processors running out of room for the bumper crop.
1/19/2023 • 0
Tasmanian Country Hour
Tasmania's cherry season is in full swing, with exports ramped up to meet Chinese New Year demand.
lower milk supplies reduces the amount of butter production.
a push for students to consider an agricultural science degree at the University of Tasmania.
1/17/2023 • 0
Tasmanian Country Hour
Tasmania's cherry season is in full swing, with exports ramped up to meet Chinese New Year demand.
lower milk supplies reduces the amount of butter production.
a push for students to consider an agricultural science degree at the University of Tasmania.
1/17/2023 • 0
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1/6/2023 • 0
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1/4/2023 • 0
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1/3/2023 • 0
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1/2/2023 • 0
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12/30/2022 • 0
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12/23/2022 • 0
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12/22/2022 • 0
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12/21/2022 • 0
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12/20/2022 • 0
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12/19/2022 • 0
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12/16/2022 • 0
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12/15/2022 • 0
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12/14/2022 • 0
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12/13/2022 • 0
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12/12/2022 • 0
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12/9/2022 • 0
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12/8/2022 • 0
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12/7/2022 • 0
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12/6/2022 • 0
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12/5/2022 • 0