Farm Features | Tasmanian Country Newspaper

Nuffield scholars share ideas

SOME of agriculture’s most passionate and motivated people have gathered in Launceston this week for the Nuffield Australia national conference.

Iain Field

Salute to a local treasure

THE last soldier settler’s wife and King Island’s oldest resident, Margaret Perry, turned 99 years last week.

Margaret Perry

Keep a lookout for the Brown's stellar cider

A CONVERSATION about old-fashioned cider making was the catalyst for what has become a unique boutique cider business in Tasmania’s Tamar Valley.

Chris at the cellar door

70 years of Gardening Pride

THE Longford Garden Club is everyone’s perennial favourite – its glorious, colourful characters are passionate about gardening and on August 12 the club proudly reached its 70th anniversary.

Longford Garden Club president Toni Burton, life members Ann Wing and Evelyn McNeair and life member and patron Lee de Bruyn with the 70th birthday cake.

Hatching a brilliant idea

WHAT started out with just 20 chickens has grown into a thriving pastured egg business for a Northern Tasmanian family.

Nigel and Nick Aylott from Western Tiers Pastures

Traditional wool property at centre of agricultural evolution in the Midlands

ORIGINALLY a wool growing property in a region renowned for fine wool, Stewarton Farm has diversified into viticulture.

James Walch, owner of Stewarton farm

Secrets of the island cheese to please

Glen Huon Dairy is the farm suppling unique milk for Bruny Island Cheese Company.

Deep Water Farm Manager Ajun Shaju with farm hand Callum Robbie

Tractor tragic's jack of all trades

LEO Barwick got his first toy tractor at five years of age – and it started a lifelong interest in machinery.

Leo Barwick with one of the latest additions to his tractor collection.

The stories of our rural women

THE voices of 1000 rural women are being sought for a groundbreaking new documentary on Australia’s rural, regional and remote women.

Danielle McAlpine Johnson, producer, director and writer of documentary Rural Daughters

Tree day is a winner with the kids

Students from the Bothwell District School recently got out their shovels to take part in the annual Schools Tree Day.

Bothwell district high school