Tasmanian Country Hour

Organic practises are paying dividends for one family farm at Mountain River in Southern Tasmania.

A bale of super fine Tasmanian wool has sold for top dollar at the Melbourne markets.

Cattle judging is underway at the Royal Hobart show and will continue tomorrow at the Showgrounds at Glenorchy.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

A 13 month old Suffolk ewe from Campania has taken out the prestigious Supreme Exhibit Award at the Royal Hobart Show beating a pretty good ram in the win.

Farmers in Tasmania will be able to cash in on money from the federal government via Landcare to restore their dams.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Biosecurity in the state has been boosted by a new position created by the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture and the Tas Farm Innovation Hub.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Two sisters run the historic sheep farm Torwood in the Coal River Valley and have seen the farmscape change dramatically over the past decade.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Tasmanian potato growers have accepted a new offer from processing company Simplot over contract prices for the new season crop.

The home of a former Tasmania Premier, and a Melbourne Cup winning horse, and the location of an international movie gives this historic property near Oatlands a rich history of stories.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

20-year-old Griffin Smith leads a busy life, caring for a garden on a beautiful North-West Coast farm/luxury accommodation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Moves are underway to try and re-open the Cradoc Hill Abattoir in Tasmania's south as local farmers there continue the struggle to get their animals processed.

Federal Government commissions review into Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

A farming couple at Penna in the south of the state run a very labour intensive operation, and are kicking goals with vegetable boxes and restaurants in the Hobart area.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Despite a rally of farmers with their tractors at Deloraine, the stand off in negotiations with potato growers and Simplot over contract negotiations continues today.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Farmers across Tasmania are being urged to carry out more burn offs prior to summer as concern mounts about fuel loads in many areas.

Tasmania's wild fallow deer deer population has increased by 6 per cent year on year according to the latest aerial survey done twelve months ago.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

A major report into Tasmanian Agriculture has been released by Rabobank, thirty years after the Bank became part of the agriculture sector in the state.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Tasmanian scientists believe their close to a breakthrough that reduces the spread of powdery scab, a common soil pathogen that's also a carrier for the potato mop top virus.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

A Tasmanian agricultural researcher has been elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE), a select group of scientists working to address the Australia's most urgent challenges .  Professor Matthew Harrison is a farming systems scientist at the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA) and a leading expert in sustainable agriculture.

Tony Briscoe speaks to general manager of Biosecurity Tasmania Rae Burrows for an update on bird flu preparations and the latest on the mop-top issue.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Tasmanian Midlands potato farmer Grant Wilson is taking no chances with the Mop Top Virus preparing a paddock that hasn't been used for potatoes for three decades.

Spring bull sales across the state are in full swing and with beef markets climbing, and the season turning a corner, farmers are more prepared to open their wallets and invest in new genetics.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

A detailed study of Tasmanian Leatherwood Honey has found a dozen compounds that were never previously detailed, and two of those will mean any fake leatherwood honey will be easy to detect.