RURAL Youth Tasmania is gearing up to celebrate its 75th anniversary and celebrate three-quarters of a century of empowering young Tasmanians in rural communities.

SMALL poultry producers say they have had to stop producing chicken meat due to a lack of processing facilities in the state.

Authorities have seized more than 200 tonnes of firewood and laid charges against nine people following a joint operation between Tasmania Police and Sustainable Timber Tasmania.

ANOTHER positive week with most cattle prices showing some improvement after some good rains statewide and more rain in the North on Monday where there were falls of 20-25mm.

Among the lush, rolling hills of traditional cattle and cropping country at Riana in North-West Tasmania, a new trout venture is making a splash in a farmer’s dam.

NORTHERN Midlands farmer Ben Tait moved from New Zealand to Tasmania for one primary reason: water security

King Island freight service users have repaid almost a third of the capital cost of TasPorts’ new freight model through levies.

Harvest Moon CEO and Managing Director Mark Kable has won the Hort Innovation Exporter of the Year Award

Victoria Lang left her cushy job as a clerk in Hobart’s Supreme Court six year ago for the greasy, physical, fast-paced world of wool handling.

The majority of Tasmanians are frustrated and angry by the dysfunction and waste plaguing our State Parliament as we head to our fourth election in just seven years.