Despite a rally of farmers with their tractors at Deloraine, the stand off in negotiations with potato growers and Simplot over contract negotiations continues today.
Farmers across Tasmania are being urged to carry out more burn offs prior to summer as concern mounts about fuel loads in many areas.
Tasmania's wild fallow deer deer population has increased by 6 per cent year on year according to the latest aerial survey done twelve months ago.
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
A major report into Tasmanian Agriculture has been released by Rabobank, thirty years after the Bank became part of the agriculture sector in the state.
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
Tasmanian scientists believe their close to a breakthrough that reduces the spread of powdery scab, a common soil pathogen that's also a carrier for the potato mop top virus.
Tony Briscoe speaks to general manager of Biosecurity Tasmania Rae Burrows for an update on bird flu preparations and the latest on the mop-top issue.
A Tasmanian agricultural researcher has been elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE), a select group of scientists working to address the Australia's most urgent challenges . Professor Matthew Harrison is a farming systems scientist at the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA) and a leading expert in sustainable agriculture.
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
Tasmanian Midlands potato farmer Grant Wilson is taking no chances with the Mop Top Virus preparing a paddock that hasn't been used for potatoes for three decades.
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
A detailed study of Tasmanian Leatherwood Honey has found a dozen compounds that were never previously detailed, and two of those will mean any fake leatherwood honey will be easy to detect.
Spring bull sales across the state are in full swing and with beef markets climbing, and the season turning a corner, farmers are more prepared to open their wallets and invest in new genetics.
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
Potato growers in Tasmania are dealing with the spread of Mop Top virus, now in fresh potatoes, and stalled pay negotiations with Simplot.