Tasmania’s agricultural sector is more than a backdrop to our postcard landscapes.

For many Australian families, the classic “meat and three veg” dinner has long been a symbol of home, heritage and hard work.

When Tasmanian natives James and Karen Stewart used to come back home to visit and drive through the Richmond and Coal Valley area, they would always look up at a hill and tell themselves, “if that land ever comes up for sale, we will buy it”.

Thousands of tonnes of ryegrass seed is being dumped on the ground on farms and headers could be forced to stop harvesting some specialty crops with the state’s seed storage facilities now at capacity.

Buyers and sellers are upbeat about cattle prices following the latest store cattle sale

Fresh peas and broccolini and home-grown lamb are summer staples for the Clutterbuck family of Hagley.

High levels of lead have been found in samples of water from old bathtub troughs with damaged enamel coating and farmers are being warned to check the condition of any on their property.

The state’s greyhound industry has launched a new website as part of a campaign aimed at reversing the decision to end the industry.

A new $5 million wine processing facility will come online this week in Launceston – just in time to fill a void that could have left some wineries without anywhere to crush their grapes.