Ignoring a plea from police to leave tractors at home, Tasmanian farmers and around 500 supporters have descended on Parliament Lawns

STEVE Martin travelled from Balbari, Queensland, to FarmX and also visited farms to talk about horticulture

Farmers say they will not be deterred by a Police directive to leave their tractors at home for tomorrow’s “Right to Farm” rally on Hobart’s Parliament Lawn at 11am.

An indigenous organisation is calling on the Dorset Council to reject a proposal for a development application for a sand mine at Rushy Lagoon.

BACK in mid-August, good mate Joe Hooker and I fished a weekend up at Lake Sorell.

Customised software has Tassie business leading the way in technology

Labor has accused Primary Industries Minister Gavin Pearce of privately telling Gresham House that he supported its proposal for Rushy Lagoon, believed that landowners should be able to use their property as they saw fit, and even gave them his personal phone number so he could help troubleshoot any problems.

Elton Vale at Chudleigh is one of the growing number of Tasmanian dairy farms using technology and automation in their operations.

THE decades-long era of dairying at Rushy Lagoon in Tasmania’s North East has come to an end.