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Uproar at Derwent Valley Council meeting

Derwent Valley Council is to consider new guidelines for dealing with disruptive behaviours by the public at council meetings.

Derwent Valley Council chambers

TasFarmers backs sheep export ban angst

TASMANIA’S peak farming body has thrown its support behind producers across the country who will be impacted by the Federal Government’s decision to push through the ban on live sheep exports.

Live sheep exports are to end

Concern at union’s Saputo cheese boycott call

UNIONS representing Tasmanian Saputo workers and the dairy giant are being urged to settle their dispute.

King Island cheese

Gloomy weather outlook

UPDATED: After a record dry summer and autumn in many parts of Tasmania the latest long range forecast is not good news for the state’s farmers.

A full dam at Cressy

Big freeze hits statewide

WINTER chill has hit throughout Tasmania with widespread frost, icy roads and snow falling below 1000 metres.

Frosty farm fence

Applications open for supercharged agriculture funding

Applications for the latest supercharged round of the Tasmanian Government’s Strategic Industry Partnership Program (SIPP) are now open.

Irrigator in Northern Tasmania

Drought assistance extended

The Tasmanian Government has announced it is extending its existing drought hardship grants until 31st August.

Stock feed is short in drought conditions. Picture: MICHAEL LASKEY

Avian influenza vigilance call

AS AN island off an island, Tasmania sometimes has more influence or control over what enters the state.

Chooks

Rural sector welcomes tough supermarket code

SUPERMARKETS across the country will be subject to a mandatory code of conduct after the Federal Government’s decision to accept all 11 recommendations from an independent review.

Groceries

Tasmanian farmers urged to beware of hay scammers

SOME Tasmanian farmers have lost thousands of dollars as scammers take advantage of producers desperate to find fodder.

Hay bales