Precision thinning of apple trees using chemicals is essential to achieve the right crop load with minimal need for expensive hand thinning.

An app developed by a Tasmanian dairy farmer, the Knowby Pro app, has won at the 2025 Telstra Best of Business Awards.

Life before Rural Youth was pretty quiet for Westbury builder Jesse MacDonald.

Buscombe's Restaurant head chef James Miller only has to open the back door of the venue's kitchen to find fresh produce for his dishes.

Tasmanian potato farmers have accepted a revised offer from Simplot after months of negotiations that culminated in spud growers staging a large protest last week.

The Koonya Garlic Festival will be held next year on February 28, despite organisers initially cancelling the event due to a lack of volunteers.

National wine industry leaders had the opportunity to sip Tasmania’s top whites, reds and bubbles as part of a trade visit.

Frustrated spud farmers have been urged to consider growing poppies, with Extractas Bioscience targeting potato producers as price negotiations with processor Simplot drag on.

Residents east of Midway Point will be able to ditch their cars and catch the bus into Hobart by the end of this month.

More than 150 local farmers and members of the agricultural community joined Rabobank in Launceston to celebrate the specialist agribusiness bank’s 30th anniversary in Tasmania.