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Richmond Walnuts for sale

The 48-hectare farm produces around 60 to 70 tonnes of walnuts each year.

Richmond Walnuts

Spud growers stand up to Simplot

Hundreds of potato growers met at Deloraine today and vowed to stay united to fight Simplot on price and individual contracts

Potato growers Trevor Hall of Scottsdale, Stuart Appleby of Gawler, Ricky Elias of Bishopsbourne and TasFarmers COO Neil Grose with Simplot's rejected contract.

Tasmania yet to commit to national gun buyback scheme

The state government is remaining tight-lipped on a joint gun-buyback scheme with the Commonwealth.

Hunting

JCLM Farming expands its strawberry propagation facility at Ouse

A strawberry propagation facility at Ouse has doubled its annual plug plant capacity to five million after an $80,000 expansion.

Premier Jeremy Rockliff planting some strawberries at JCLM Farming.

TasFarmers Matters - Who stands up for Tassie?

WHAT is Tasmanian Labor doing to stand up for Tasmania in Canberra?

Comalco Aluminium at Bell Bay

Consultation closes on proposed new guns laws

Consultation on new gun laws has closed, with the state government receiving more than 600 submissions.

Hunting

Danantara Investment Management buys 25 per cent stake in JBS

Indonesia’s sovereign wealth fund now has a 25 per cent stake in the Australian and New Zealand arm of JBS.

JBS

Tas Farm Innovation Hub to host panel at Farmx

The TAS Farm Innovation Hub hopes to teach FarmX attendees how to better future-proof their agricultural operations.

FarmX

Kate Bucknell relishing role as Rural Youth CEO

Rural Youth CEO Kate Bucknell started her new role the same week as Agfest, the organisation’s flagship event and the largest annual event in Tasmania.

Kate Bucknell

Second case of bird flu detected in Tasmania on King Island

A Crested Tern collected from the coast near Currie on King Island yesterday tested positive for H5 Bird Flu overnight.

A Crested Tern