If a fire or other emergency breaks out at Quercus Park, there will be ample water available to respond.

It is hoped that a new project will help sheep producers increase, measure, and manage their environmental sustainability, enabling them to increase productivity, improve on-farm environmental credentials, and strengthen access to key markets.

Agfest chair Jesse McDonald and president Amber Bramich welcomed throngs of field day fanatics through the gates of Quercus Park with the enthusiasm of a couple of kelpies rounding up some sheep.

Tasmanian local government councillors can already be suspended for causing "offence or embarrassment." Now unelected bureaucrats could gain the power to ban them from nominating for election for up to seven years.

NEW fertiliser technology capable of producing nitrogen from air, water and renewable electricity will be trialled on a farm near Longford in northern Tasmania from August.

The upcoming federal budget will include a $10 billion Australian Fuel Security and Resilience package.

The progress of the Pasture 365 pasture mixes trial at Hagley Farm School has been outlined to local and interstate stakeholders by Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture Senior Research Fellow in Pasture and Forage Science Dr Rowan Smith.

Flannie Day was a huge success, but there's more exciting changes to come at Lake Leake Inn.

Westbury processor recognises difficulties farmers face with cost of inputs