King Island will still go to the polls in October to choose its mayor and deputy mayor, despite only five people nominating for the seven councillor positions.

A King Island farming enterprise built property by property over almost four decades and two generations is entering a new chapter, with the Sutton family’s Darlot Downs, Summerfields, Millstone and Bokara properties being offered for sale.

More public land has been opened to recreational hunters as the government aims to reduce the wild fallow deer population.

Not everyone can imagine 12 hours a day in a tractor drilling onions, with not even a radio on for company.

When Lion announced that it would close the 145-year-old James Boags Brewery in Launceston, alarm bells rang.

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The Tasmanian government and farming groups are concerned about the Commonwealth’s planned limits on how many backpackers can enter Australia.

Farmers need to be vigilant and proactive when it comes to protecting their assets to complement Tasmania Police officers targeting rural crime, according to Inspector Craig Fox.

Beaufront and Mt Morriston Merinos among the livestock for sale this week.

Landowners are being urged to take extra caution against bushfire risks this weekend, with elevated fire dangers forecast across much of the state on Sunday.