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Tony Briscoe brings you rural news and events from Tasmania and a the nation.

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    • Oct 24, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Latest episodes from Tasmanian Country Hour

    Organic practises at a very diverse Tasmania farm

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2025 8:18


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

    Bale of fine Tasmanian wool fetches amazing price

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2025 5:44


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

    Cattle judging at Royal Hobart Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2025 7:06


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

    Cattle judging at the Royal and a fine wool bale fetches a big price

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2025 52:05


    A Supreme Ewe

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2025 5:07


    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.

    Landcare Tasmania to help restore farm dams in the state

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2025 7:17


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

    Bushfire threat at Kellevie eases

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2025 52:26


    Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

    Tasmanian Country Hour

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 51:19


    Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

    Boost for Biosecurity in Tasmania

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2025 5:31


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

    Biosecurity boost for Tasmania

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2025 51:15


    Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

    Tasmanian sisters love the life on their sheep farm next door to a Zoo

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2025 7:33


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

    Celebrating the work of rural women

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2025 52:11


    Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

    Tasmanian Country Hour

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2025 51:59


    Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

    Farmers and Simplot agree on price and damage to southern berry farm

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2025 52:13


    Farmers and Simplot come to an agreement over new season contract prices

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2025 5:46


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

    Agri tourism venture with colourful history

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2025 8:06


    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.

    Damaging wind gusts hit Tasmanian farms

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2025 50:39


    Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

    Griffin finds confidence and purpose caring for a farm garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2025 5:39


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

    Hopes for southern abattoir and weather affects poppy sowing

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2025 51:21


    Hopes an important abattoir in the Huon Valley will re-open

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2025 7:55


    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.

    Tasmanian Country Hour

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2025 51:11


    Federal Government commissions review into Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme

    Tasmanian Country Hour

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2025 51:51


    Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

    Rewards from labour intensive farm

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2025 6:47


    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.

    Wool price surge continues and small Tasmanian farm kicking big goals with consumers

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2025 52:02


    Price negotiations for potato growers still at a stalemate despite tractor rally

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 13:38


    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.

    Potato price negotiation stall and a call for more burn offs on farm

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 53:23


    Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

    Farmers urged to plan more fuel reduction burns as summer approaches

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 8:28


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

    Wild fallow deer numbers on the rise

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2025 11:35


    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.

    Tractor rally underway and wild fallow deer numbers increase

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2025 51:58


    Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

    Tasmanian Country Hour

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2025 52:39


    Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

    Rabobank study shows the importance of Tasmanian Agriculture

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2025 10:36


    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.

    Agriculture helping to power the Tasmanian economy.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2025 51:31


    Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

    Winning the fight against Powdery Scab in potatoes

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2025 7:20


    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.

    Farmers concern about food processing in Australia

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2025 51:52


    Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

    Mop Top update and reward for a Tasmanian agricultural scientist

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2025 52:50


    Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

    Tasmanian agricultural researcher rewarded on a national scale for his work

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2025 7:20


    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.

    Mop-top update and dire warning regarding bird flu

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2025 8:16


    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.

    Tonnes of seed potato to be destroyed because of Mop Top Virus

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2025 52:00


    Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

    Preparing the paddock for a potato crop with a young helper

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2025 14:49


    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.

    Angus bull fetches huge price

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 7:34


    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.

    Vegetable processor Simplot responds to Tasmanian potato growers

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 52:21


    The secrets of leatherwood honey uncovered

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 6:39


    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.

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