A key figure in New Zealand’s response to mop-top virus has urged the state’s potato industry not to panic in the wake of Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales introducing import restrictions on unprocessed spuds from Tasmania.

Some regions are shaping up very well, while much of the south of the state is still in desperate need of rain.

Spring bull sales are hoping to achieve good prices on the back of a buoyant beef market and long-awaited rain bringing confidence in feed supplies through summer.

A beautiful 6ha crop of broccoli to be harvested this week is the latest successful rotation of food grown on the rich, productive land owned by the Parker family at Milton Farm, Don.

Penny Hooper, Tasmania’s sole Nuffield Scholarship recipient for 2026, plans to use her funds to study how to make livestock and dairy farming compatible with a sustainable work-life balance.

A future where dairy farmers no longer have to use high levels of nitrogen on their pastures could become a reality as a three-year research project by the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA) enters its final 12 months.

In decades past, it was quite common to see smoke rising from fuel reduction burns on private land during late winter, early spring, and late autumn.

The Tasmania State Emergency Service (SES) is calling on community-minded Tasmanians to step forward and volunteer, as part of its latest recruitment campaign.

Bitwise Agronomy founder Fiona Turner says she hopes her company becomes the “Google of the forecasting world” and helps every berry farmer increase their yield.

Once again, the Australian wool market moved forward on the back of low supply, outweighing concerns about the current lack of demand or maybe more of an optimistic feeling that demand will eventually catch up.