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Jacob Hall with bull rider Josh Clark

Cowboys riding for a cause

Island Stampede cowboys have called into the Launceston General Hospital Children’s Ward ahead of tonight and tomorrow night’s indoor professional bullride at the Silverdome.

Historic homestead to open its doors to the public

Many curious eyes have fallen on Lonsdale homestead near Kempton and wondered what stories lie behind its classic Georgian façade and the chunky stone of its outbuildings, still standing after nearly 200 years

Lonsdale House

Preservation Matters - Visionary in the power game

Askin Morrison was one of Tasmanian’s oldest colonists who perhaps did more than any other man to advance the commercial interests of early Tasmania.

Aveling and Porter restored at Perns

Campbell Town rises to Merino wether challenge

Campbell Town District High School is celebrating its first overall win in the Tasmanian Merino Wether Challenge.

Merino wether challenge

City kids get a taste of hi-tech agricultural tools

Students at Kings Meadows High School had a taste of life on the land through an innovative project that connected them with the latest farming technology in a learning environment.

Kings Meadows High School students Baxter Manshanden, Bryce Austin, Gypsy Fitzallan and Olive Keating watch on as Kings Meadows High assistant principal Brendan Poke, Hagley Agriculture Learning Centre co-ordinator Liam Fox and Ag Logic field officer Chelsea McDonald demonstrate the weather station

Councillor decrease not addressing farmer rates issue

Proposale fails to address red tape and rates, according to TasFarmers

Land rates

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Nuffield Scholarship 2026 recipient Penny Hooper

Longford's Penny Hooper receives Nuffield Scholarship for 2026

Penny Hooper, Tasmania’s sole Nuffield Scholarship recipient for 2026, plans to use her funds to study how to make livestock and dairy farming compatible with a sustainable work-life balance.

Artist impression of the new Longford ambulance station.

Longford ambulance station tenders called

A greenfield site has beenchosen for a new ambulance station at Longford.

The Jim Osborne Memoirs - I have had a truly wonderful life

Read the final instalment of the Jim Osborne Memoirs.

Jim Osborne and his wingman Mick Boyd

The Jim Osborne Memoirs - Who's who of new settlers

Read the latest instalment of the Jim Osborne Memoirs.

Woolmers Cottage

Carol-Anne has a yarn to tell

Carol-Anne Morrison has put a new spin on the wool from some of the oldest breeds of sheep in the world at her hobby farm in Loira, West Tamar.

Carol-Anne Morrison

The Jim Osborne Memoirs - Soldier settlers get to work

Read the latest instalment of the Jim Osborne Memoirs.

Farming at Cressy

Climate resilience plan formalised

The Northern Midlands Council has formally adopted its Climate Resilience Strategy 2025-2028.

Climate resilience

The Jim Osborne memoirs - Postpone the lambing, there’s a road to build

Read the latest instalment of the Jim Osborne memoirs.

Soilder settler tractor

Red meat industry challenges addressed

One of the State's biggest livestock industry forums is currently underway in Launceston. LANA BEST reports.

Red Meat Updates

Anglers ready for start of trout season

Time is ticking for the start of the Brown Trout fishing season so get your gear sorted.

Brown trout

Rare breeds fluffed up for poultry show

There was a stunning array of backyard birds at the Tasmanian Rare Breeds Poultry Club Rare Breeds and Rare Varieties show. Read the highlights and results.

Andrew Pritchett, from Burnie

Satellite SMS a plus for farm safety and business

The Northern Midlands Business Association has joined Telstra in testing and launching the new Telstra Satellite Messaging service.

Telstra

Perth Lions making a difference

The latest news from Perth Lions Club

Perth Lions