Retired farmer named as a finalist in the Senior Tasmanian  of the year

Young alpaca takes top place at Royal Hobart

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Expansion plans for Wasabi grower

Herbicide concern and an expansion of a wasabi farm in Tasmania

A new vineyard for a Tasmanian sparkling wine producer and new owners at Currawong Lakes

Tasmania's newest vineyard up and running

Tasmania is famous for its fly fishing and it attracts visitors from around Australia and the world.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Tasmanian strawberries on the shelves soon

Tips for Tasmanian farmers to save money on energy costs on farm

Save money on energy use on farms

Transferring tomato paste from Victorian manufacturing to Tasmania

Suppliers blamed for supermarket price increases

 80 years of serviceto the Royal Hobart Show and the Agricultural Society

Helping small farms set up productive farming systems.

Cattle and sheep farmer in the Jordan River Valley calls for a decision on the completion of the Greater South East Irrigation Scheme

Tasmania wins the National Pinot Challenge again

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Marketing Tasmanian produce to the world

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Tasmania's largest farm for sale and tipped to attract a nine figure sum

Awards sweet for vinegar and drinks maker from Tasmania

School students learn more about sheep and wool at the Merino challenge

Tasmanian school students learn more about the sheep and wool industry

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

A decade of irrigation for the Midlands of Tasmania

Producing Tofu made in Tasmania

Using drones when the paddocks are too wet

Successful first stage of a trial to manage botrytis in the vineyard

Finding out how bumble bees behave

The vegetable gardens at Tasmania's Government House helping supply the community

The behaviour of Tasmanian bumble bees will be monitored in a four year research program

Tasmanian beekeepers are learning as much as possible about the varroa mite which has arrived in Victoria

Safe haven for rural communities in Tasmania's Jordan River Valley

The refurbished Broadmarsh Hall has become a safe haven for the local community 

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

A King Island beef farmer says he believes history will repeat itself with the planned closure of the King Island Dairy.

Calls to keep the King Island Dairy open

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Oysters mussels and seaweed are part of this beer brew

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Avoiding accidents on farm

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Sixteen years of producing micro herbs

Warning from the boss of Cadbury about the future of the Claremont chocolate factory

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Sniffing the soil to see how healthy the ground is

This story is about a lasting romance  with broccoli and other plants.

Plenty of issues for the new Federal Agriculture Minister Julie Collins to tackle.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

A trial is underway to control feral cats by getting rid of their main food source, wild rabbits.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Tasmanian winemaker Ed Carr named the Sparkling Winemaker of the Year

Jumbo oysters are proving popular at Salamanca markets

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Tasmania's wine industry is celebrating a big vintage this season with wine grape crush, up 36 per cent compared to the year before.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Why Tasmanian salad company went into administration

Former chair of a Tasmanian salad company details voluntary administration

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Warning from a dairy farmer who fell victim to a hay scam

The weather bureau says the next three months could bring lower than average rainfall to most of Tasmania

Grape crop destroyed by hungry wasps

Most of Tasmania can expect slightly below average rainfall over the next three months

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

More than 100 people attended a meeting overnight in the north west of Tasmania to discuss a Renewable Energy Zone

New cellar door at Bream Creek proving a success

Huon Aquaculture continues multi million investment in Tasmania

A number of Tasmanian farmers have lost thousands of dollars in an online scame over hay

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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

Two container loads of Tiger Fuji apples are being packed for shipment to Taiwan

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

The first creditors meeting of a Tasmanian salad company will be held next week

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.

Vineyard expansions depend on water surety

Two major vineyard expansions in Tasmania are reliant on surety of irrigation water

Milk company Saputo says revenues for the fourth quarter were up but net earnings down

Whiskey barrels in new bond stores in the Coal River Valley

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

No reasons have been given for the lack of funding in the Federal budget for the Greater South East Irrigation Scheme

Why was the Greater South East Irrigation Scheme not included in the Federal Budget

A traditional way to market wool

AWI wants more wool producers to vote in this year's Wool Poll

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.

A Tasmanian company producing medicinal cannabis has won three major awards

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Milk giant Fonterra becomes first major processor to publish minimum milk price for next season.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Apple growers in Tasmania have had a good harvest but the prices from the supermarkets are not expected to rise

Tasmanian apple growers look at better prices

Claims the Fonterra asset sale will not be good for dairy farmers, workers at the two Tasmanian factories and consumers

Sale of Fonterra assets questioned

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Saputo workers at Burnie continue their industrial action over wage parity

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Primary Industries Minister Jane Howlett on Tasmanian agricultural issues

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Over the next few weeks milk processors will start rolling out prices they'll pay farmers for the new milk season.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

No money for major irrigation scheme

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Calls are growing for institutions like hospitals and aged care centres in Tasmania to have more fresh local produce on their menus.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Van Dairy sells the last slice of what was once Australia's largest dairy operation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

King Island misses out on recent rain and farmers can't get the feed on vessels fast enough

Mega droughts in the past and the future

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Warm weather triggers one of the states earliest ever vintages

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.

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.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Can Tas Irrigation get its re-designed scheme for the Tamar Valley over the line second time around ?

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.

Farm thefts on the up, and celebrating Tasmania's women in STEM

Flood of cheaper Indonesian nickel triggers closure of yet another Australian mine

Nickel mine folds under price pressure, dairy giants axe milk deal

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Inclement weather holding up the harvesting of commercial alkaloid poppies

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

After a brush with melanoma two Tasmanian farmers  want to spread the word about the importance of sun protection

Wildlife carers are seeing Tasmanian devil roadkill on the rise in the states north west

Supermarkets under scrutiny as ACCC announces inquiry into pricing practices

Tasmania's gentle giants under threat, and an agricultural focus for the Bureau of Metrology 

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Grain harvest is underway in Tasmania with early wheat quality looking good 

Onion exporters gearing up to send produce to Europe can expect an extra two weeks on the water to reach their final destination.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.

A long standing pillar of Tasmania's agricultural community has passed away.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Do you remember the infamous chip shortage of 2022, when take away outlets had no fried and supermarket freezers lay bare for months?

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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?

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.

Regulations aimed at protecting the environment appear to be getting much tougher in Europe.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Tasmania's largest lamb processor has increased shifts at its Cressy plant to accommodate larger numbers of lamb and mutton.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

The Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture has unveiled plans for new research facilities at the Newnham Campus worth $26 million.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.

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.

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.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Tasmania's famous rolling green hills dotted with dairy cows may look pretty 

One of Tasmania's biggest planned Irrigation Schemes has been greatly reduced, and will be around half of the original design.

Forty years ago this year, a husband and wife team started fixing and building farm machinery from a small shed near Ulverstone

Landcare held their State Conference on the weekend with over 200 people attending, at Spring Bay on Tasmania's East Coast.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

The largest private forest management company in Tasmania has new owners, including an Australian Super fund.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

The latest state of the art Whiskey Distillery in Tasmania is starting to take shape on a farm halfway between Cambridge and Richmond.

Let's head out the back of Burnie to a calving shed on a dairy farm at Natone.

The spring agricultural show season is about to kick off in Tasmania.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Could you imagine winning $1000 as a teenager? 

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

For some, it was tough to get your hands on certain veggies last year.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Incitec Pivot is spending nearly $1.5 million on new liquid coating technology that'll boost production at its four plants in the state.

Tasmanian farmers looking for extra rain this spring will receive no comfort from the Weather Bureau with the latest Climate Outlook for the season.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Recreational fishers are lobbying for no change to their calamari catch limits, amid proposals to stop a decline in calamari numbers around the State.

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.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

As consumers demand to know more about what they eat and wear,  Agricultural Companies are getting pretty clever with tech to show them.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.

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.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Mini animals can be big business

The Tasmanian Fruit Growers Association has joined other representative bodies in condemning the State Government over the increase in electricity charges beginning Saturday.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Hundreds of workers at Tasmania's largest mining company have begun their third day of striking.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Insect pests often get a bad rap for the damage they can cause to food crops.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Insect pests often get a bad rap for the damage they can cause to food crops.

Another round of Landcare grants has opened.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Another round of Landcare grants has opened.

Australia exports all sorts of things to the UK like wine, lead and gold.

What happens when you stick a young adult fiction writer and an engineer on an isolated sheep farm?

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Australia exports all sorts of things to the UK like wine, lead and gold.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

What happens when you stick a young adult fiction writer and an engineer on an isolated sheep farm?

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Have you got an olive tree in your backyard ?

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Have you got an olive tree in your backyard ?

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

There's growing pressure from Italian fabric makers on Australia's wool industry to show how sustainable it is.

There's growing pressure from Italian fabric makers on Australia's wool industry to show how sustainable it is.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Have you ever met those amazing people that seem to have lived a thousand different lives?

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Have you ever met those amazing people that seem to have lived a thousand different lives?

A lot of hard work and many years experience is needed to grow superfine wool that is amongst the best in the world.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

A lot of hard work and many years experience is needed to grow superfine wool that is amongst the best in the world.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.

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.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

For decades the Houston family have been associated with growing lettuce in southern Tasmania.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

For decades the Houston family have been associated with growing lettuce in southern Tasmania.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Carbon farming i certainly a hot topic amongst farmers across the country but how much do farmers really know.

Carbon farming i certainly a hot topic amongst farmers across the country but how much do farmers really know.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Tasmania's poppy processors have released details of their contracts for the coming season.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Tasmania's poppy processors have released details of their contracts for the coming season.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Fancy yourself a morning person?

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

You can understand a lot about soil, just by sniffing it.

You can understand a lot about soil, just by sniffing it.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Fancy yourself a morning person?

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Two new Tasmanian Irrigation schemes have been approved in the Federal Budget and allocated funding of more than $170 million.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Two new Tasmanian Irrigation schemes have been approved in the Federal Budget and allocated funding of more than $170 million.

The owners of a free range piggery on Tasmania's east coast have doubled the size of their farm.

A Hobart family food processing company started back in the 1950's is continuing expansion plans and making inroads into mainland markets.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

A Hobart family food processing company started back in the 1950's is continuing expansion plans and making inroads into mainland markets.

The owners of a free range piggery on Tasmania's east coast have doubled the size of their farm.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Matthew Thomas from the Weather Bureau in Tasmania has a strong rural background and grew up on a Yarra Valley property.

Many Australian farmers have a range of hobbies and pastimes to while away the time away from the daily grind of farming.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Many Australian farmers have a range of hobbies and pastimes to while away the time away from the daily grind of farming.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Matthew Thomas from the Weather Bureau in Tasmania has a strong rural background and grew up on a Yarra Valley property.

Agfest 2023 brings blue skies

Agfest 2023 brings blue skies

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Some Australian apple varieties being grown for cider may be incorrectly named.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Some Australian apple varieties being grown for cider may be incorrectly named.

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.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Restaurants in LA  in southern California  could soon be serving up racks of Tasmanian lamb to their customers.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Restaurants in LA  in southern California  could soon be serving up racks of Tasmanian lamb to their customers.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

A program helping Tasmanian farmers make better decisions around preparing for drought continues to expand across the state.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

A program helping Tasmanian farmers make better decisions around preparing for drought continues to expand across the state.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

In past conflicts Animals have played a cruical role in the war effort, carrying food, water, medical supplies and ammunition.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

In past conflicts Animals have played a cruical role in the war effort, carrying food, water, medical supplies and ammunition.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

 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.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

 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.

The federal government has announced more than 100 million dollars in grants for timber manufacturing companies across the country including 5 sawmills in Tasmania.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

The federal government has announced more than 100 million dollars in grants for timber manufacturing companies across the country including 5 sawmills in Tasmania.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Fresh pears are in the shops in Tasmania, with most coming from orchards on the Tasman Peninsula.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Fresh pears are in the shops in Tasmania, with most coming from orchards on the Tasman Peninsula.

The Southern Midlands Council in Tasmania has approved a multi million rebuild of the Lark Distillery at Pontville on the Shene Estate site.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

The Southern Midlands Council in Tasmania has approved a multi million rebuild of the Lark Distillery at Pontville on the Shene Estate site.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

The Potato virus Y necrotic strain PVY has been detected in several potato crops along Tasmania's east coast and in the Northern Midlands.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

The Potato virus Y necrotic strain PVY has been detected in several potato crops along Tasmania's east coast and in the Northern Midlands.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

A couple of high quality pens of Hereford cattle attracted excellent bids at the latest Powranna Weaner sale.

A couple of high quality pens of Hereford cattle attracted excellent bids at the latest Powranna Weaner sale.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.

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.

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.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.

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.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Judging food or wine competitions can be a pleasurable experience....

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Judging food or wine competitions can be a pleasurable experience....

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.

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.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Riding instructor Virginia Turner loves watching people with disabilities and new adult riders blossom in the presence of her horses, at Wynyard in Tasmania.

Riding instructor Virginia Turner loves watching people with disabilities and new adult riders blossom in the presence of her horses, at Wynyard in Tasmania.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.

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.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.