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Agri-tourism wins exemption from short stay levy

BREAKING: The agri-tourism sector has won an exemption from the State Government's short-stay levy

12,000 visitors to day 1 of Agfest

Agfest chair Jesse McDonald and president Amber Bramich welcomed throngs of field day fanatics through the gates of Quercus Park with the enthusiasm of a couple of kelpies rounding up some sheep.

Mia and Averie Lambert of Railton ready for a day at Agfest with mum.

Speak up, get banned: the law that could bar councillors from running for office

Tasmanian local government councillors can already be suspended for causing "offence or embarrassment." Now unelected bureaucrats could gain the power to ban them from nominating for election for up to seven years.

Free speech

New fertiliser technology trialled at Longford property

NEW fertiliser technology capable of producing nitrogen from air, water and renewable electricity will be trialled on a farm near Longford in northern Tasmania from August.

PlasmaLeap Technologies’ Enfix unit, a containerised system designed to produce nitrogen fertiliser on-farm

$10 billion fuel security package welcomed

The upcoming federal budget will include a $10 billion Australian Fuel Security and Resilience package.

Fuel

Pasture 365 pasture mixes trial progressing

The progress of the Pasture 365 pasture mixes trial at Hagley Farm School has been outlined to local and interstate stakeholders by Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture Senior Research Fellow in Pasture and Forage Science Dr Rowan Smith.

Dr Rowan Smith

Carbon Forestry 101

Flannies as abundant as fish at Lake Leake

Flannie Day was a huge success, but there's more exciting changes to come at Lake Leake Inn.

Flannie Day

Poppy prices and plantings to rise

Westbury processor recognises difficulties farmers face with cost of inputs

Poppies in a field

Further delays to Rushy Lagoon decision

Farmers are demanding answers after the Foreign Investment Review Board granted a third extension to the review of its sale.

Rushy Lagoon

Mary Sotheron and Thatlldo Blanch competing last year at Agfest.

Sheepdogs cast out of Agfest arena

One of Agfest’s much-loved exhibits, the working sheepdogs, will be absent for the first time in decades.

Flinn Design stockyards

Flinn channels animal instinct

Flinn Design are redefining what it means to create high-quality stockyards and shearing sheds.

Council backflip: Bushy Park swimming pool won't reopen

In a backflip, the Derwent Valley Council has announced that the Bushy Park swimming pool won't reopen.

Bushy Park Pool