Farm Features | Tasmanian Country Newspaper

Trials and tribulations of a pepper picker

Chris and Anna purchased a mountain top with the goal of expanding their pepperberry business Wild Pepper Isle.

Chris Chapman

Family's mission to find a better way

A DESIRE to be self-sufficient initially drove Thomas and Nanette Botha to Apinoka farm in the Huon Valley.

Botha Family at Appinoka

OIL’s well for couple who bought back the olive farm

TASMANIA’S olive harvest is in full swing and this season growers are benefiting from the combination of bumper yields and excellent quality.

Carol and Tony O'Neil

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Couple on bold quest to regenerate eco-system

Beaupre farm is a Boer goat stud with a purpose: regenerative farming and restoring land function.

Christine Bishop with a baby goat

Olives kissed by the ocean mist

Marco and Vicki Linardi have been cultivating cool climate olives by the sea for the last three decades.

Marco and Vicki Linardi at their property surrounded by open ocean.

Top award for son-of-a-gun winemaker

PASSION for quality vines and wines is a trait that runs in one Tasmanian wine-making family.

Winemaker Marco Lubiana

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High praise for the humble spud

FRESH from the 12th annual World Potato Congress in Adelaide, American potato expert Dick Okray is touring Tassie this week, giving freely his knowledge to some of the state’s top growers.

American potato expert Dick Okray, right, with Tasmanian farmers Hayden Richardson, left, Lauchie Gleeson, Will Wishaw, Flynn Tueon and Paul Woodward at Carrick on Friday.

Tea for two a tasty Tassie mission

A MOVE from Sydney to green hills of Allens Rivulet in then Huon Valley suited Gordon and Jane Brown to a T.

Charlotte Brown of Tassie-T at Allens Rivulet

War on gorse curse

A field day in the Northern Midlands has shared the results of a three-year gorse trial.

Maitland owner John Atkinson, left, NRM Consultant Mel Fazackerley, Bicton farm manager George Gatenby and Enviro-dynamics consultant Stuart Rose.

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King Island’s big bold and beefy Angus take top award

RAFF Angus King Island steers crossed Bass Strait and travelled more than 2000km to claim first place in class 40A for the Highest Individual Weight Gain in the RNA paddock to palate JBS Beef City competition, boasting a daily weight gain of 2.79kg.

Raff Angus