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TasFarmers Matters - Irrigation returns a priority

Tasmania's next round of irrigation projects has been dropped from the national infrastructure priority list, raising serious questions about why the Commonwealth would sideline one of Australia’s most productive agricultural investments.

All the results from campdrafting at the Hamilton Show

HAMILTON Show was the venue for Campdrafting Tasmania’s latest competition with riders travelling from across the state to add to the show atmosphere and entertainment.

Matthias Badstuebner from Mole Cree

General biosecurity direction issued in effort to combat potato mop-top virus

New biosecurity rules are in place for potato growers to help stop the spread of mop-top virus.

Potatoes with mop-top virus

Quoll e-nose now the responsibility of TIA

The development of a new soil-sensing technology has been handed over to the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA).

2026_Soil CRC quoll ag tech with Shane Powell TIA, Mike Rose TIA, Dr Paul Greenfield (Soil CRC Board Chair), Michael Crawford (Soil CRC CEO), Brett Harris InVENT_Peter W Allen

Seeds of success sown at Cressy

Two Tasmanian-bred grass varieties have topped national rankings that have literally put them a cut above the rest.

UMS Cressy Research Station manager Tim Smallbon and director and founder Stewart Sutherland look at some of the new seed varieties being developed in one of their plots.

40 years later still taking the high ground

The 40th anniversary of the Tasmanian Mountain Cattlemen’s Association was celebrated at the Meander Hall.

Foundation members of TMCA

Testing delay on seed

The loss of a key seed test at Tasmania’s only internationally accredited seed testing laboratory has come at a busy time for the state’s contract seed growers.

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Call for fuel quarantine for farmers

Some of the country’s fuel reserves should be set aside for agriculture to ensure there are no food shortages, according to Tasmania’s peak farming body.

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Sillwood Spry’s offspring on offer

A FEATURE of the Sillwood Poll Shorthorn bull sale this year is the first offering of bulls in Tasmania by Sprys Down Under S77, purchased in conjunction with Heinwaka Shorthorns in New Zealand for $70,000 at the 2023 Sprys Bull Sale.

Sprys Down Under S77

Mayor Dracoulis with Premier Jeremy Rockliff and his wife Sandra Knowles (left), Her Excellency Ingrid Dahl-Madsen, Ambassador of Denmark to Australia, and Kath Morgan-Wicks DPAC Secretary.

New Norfolk hosts the Royals

The Derwent Valley and New Norfolk received a royal treat today with the King and Queen of Denmark paying a visit to the Agrarian Kitchen in New Norfolk.

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Fertiliser scarcity in Tasmania amid Middle East conflict

Tasmania has received its last shipment of urea-based nitrogen fertiliser for the foreseeable future and within four days the 7000-tonne shipment was sold.

Company hoping to transport freight across Bass Strait with drones

A Tasmanian startup says it is exploring a new approach to freight delivery across Bass Strait using long-range cargo drones, with King Island identified as a core part of the proposed network.

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