When Yum Tasmanian Gourmet Potatoes founder Terrance Rattray started using manure that had been stuffed in cow horns and buried for six months as fertiliser for the soil on his farm in the North East, he says the benefits were immediate.

Rural Youth’s home base as Quercus Park, Carrick, will be looking a million bucks for Agfest next year - because that’s what the organisation has invested in impressive new headquarters.

Trout anglers reported mixed results last week and ongoing issues with water levels have influenced fishing and access to some areas.

Tasmanian wine producers have returned from hosting an inaugural masterclass for Singaporean wine trade and media with the relationship set to continue into the future.

The announcement that potato mop-top virus has been discovered in Tasmania is a timely reminder of the risks the state’s primary producers need to take on and manage when growing produce in the state.

Tasmanian rural women wanting to travel to Queensland for the Motherland National Conference in 2026 who are experiencing financial and personal hardship can do so through a new scholarship program.

Potato mop-top virus has been detected in the state for the second time, less than two weeks after Biosecurity Tasmania revealed the first case of the disease in Australia had been found at a North West farm.

The world’s greasy wool markets resumed this week with auctions held in all three Australian selling centres, plus South Africa where the price action mirrored that of the Australian market.

It won’t be easy for Midland Hunt Club Master Brad Mitchell to part with his beloved hounds, but after fulfilling the role for the past nine years the Blessington sheep and cattle farmer is ready to simply run with the field.

A major revitalisation of a heritage orchard at the University of Tasmania's Newnham campus is continuing, with agricultural scientists from the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture boosting the efforts by contributing their expertise to help return the orchard to its former glory.