Tasmanian Country Hour

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Tasmania's newest shearing shed with a world first inclusion has passed its first ever test by shearers with a big tick of approval.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

When the Callington flour mill in Oatlands closed six years ago , the demand for quality local flour remained.  

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Calls for wider testing of potato mop top virus on the mainland

The feature cattle at the Royal Hobart Show this year were Highland cattle. 

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

If you've built a business, literally from the ground up, it's no easy thing to hand over the reigns.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

News has come through that after years of negotiations, the government and hundreds of landholders across the north of the state have come to an agreement on how much they will be compensated each year for transmission lines crossing their properties

The owners of around forty vineyards in the south of the state are hoping the weather holds out for the next few days as they prepare to open the gates for the annual Spring in the Vines.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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.