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

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    Discussion paper released on the Tasmanian Wine Industry as harvest begins

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2026 10:30


    It's a busy time of the year for the wine industry in Tasmania with the latest vintage underway.

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    No trip to West Coast for Tasmanian Honey Producer and Discussion Paper on the Wine Industry

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2026 50:19


    Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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    Tasmanian honey producer avoids the west coast leatherwood trees

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2026 6:29


    It's been a bittersweet season for many beekeepers chasing leatherwood

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    Tasmanian Cider company turns gold at an international event

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2026 6:39


    We know the Brits love to drink tea, nearly as much as they love their cider

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    From the Air Force to a cattle farm in Bothwell

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2026 9:56


    After a career of more than two decades in the Royal Australian Air Force, a Central Highlands farmer is back on the farm helping his dad take care of a unique breed of cattle.

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    First grapes of the season picked in Tasmania

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2026 6:32


    As predicted, a late start for the 2026 Tasmanian wine grape vintage with harvest getting underway this week.

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    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2026 52:36


    Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2026 52:03


    From bovine waste to wellness, how one company plans to cash in on collagen.

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    Record Irrigation supplied to Tasmanian farmers

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2026 52:15


    Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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    Tasmanian Irrigation delivers a record amount of water to farmers

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2026 8:34


    We've been talking about how dry it's been for the start of the new year so far in Tasmania,  one of the 10 driest 1st month of the year on record according to the Bureau.

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    New Wine making facility opened in Northern Tasmania

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2026 10:39


    A shortage of contract wine making facilities has led to a new venture in the states north, opening just in time for vintage.

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    New Winery in Northern Tasmania and CWA celebrates 90 years of service

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2026 51:40


    Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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    Major Milestone for Country Women's Association in Tasmania

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2026 8:03


    The Country Womens Association turns 90 this weekend and women are gathering in Launceston from all around the State to celebrate.

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    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2026 51:47


    Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2026 51:39


    Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2026 51:56


    Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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    Tasmanian tomato lovers will miss out on the purple GMO tomato

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2026 7:07


    Tasmanian tomato lovers will have to go interstate to taste the GMO Purple variety, which has been given the go ahead to be grown and sold on the mainland.

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    No GM Purple Tomato for Tasmania and producing superfine wool

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2026 51:59


    Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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    Producing superfine Tasmanian wool

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2026 7:29


    Local woolgrowers are gearing up for the Tasmanian feature wool sale in Melbourne next week.

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    New life to an old Woolshed at a Central Highlands farm

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2026 6:14


    The owners of an agribusiness  in Hollow Tree are celebrating 10 years of bringing people to the historic farm from around the world.

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    First harvest at large Blueberry Farm in Tasmania

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2026 51:45


    Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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    Cooling the dairy cows in a heatwave

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2026 50:58


    Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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    Keeping the cows cool on a very hot day

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2026 7:37


    Dairy farmers in the Derwent Valley in Tasmania are taking precautions with temperatures of up to 39 degrees predicted for the area.

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    Bill Lark named in the Australia Day Awards for his service to Whiskey Distilling

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2026 16:50


    *The man known as the Father of the modern Whiskey Industry in Australia Bill Lark has been made a Member of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day Awards

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    Bill Lark named in the Australia Day Awards for his services to the Whiskey Industry

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2026 51:54


    Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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    Farming sheep alongside Hazelnuts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2026 9:36


    It's Hampshire Down heaven at one sheep farm high above Franklin in the Huon Valley.

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    Refining the amazing Kangaroo Paw plant at a Tasmanian farm

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2026 6:30


    Angus Stewart is passionate about native plants, but particularly kangaroo paw.

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    Working on Kangaroo Paw and opening a new butcher shop

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2026 50:40


    Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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    The heady scent of lavender as the harvest begins

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2026 5:29


    Let's head to the Tasman Peninsula now where it's harvest time at one of the most popular flower farms for tourists.

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    Lavender harvest underway on the Tasman Peninsula

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2026 51:45


    Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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    Learning more about cherries

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2026 6:59


    Marine electrician Rohan Clifford has been trying his hand at farming, in part prompted by his dad's recent purchase of a cherry orchard in the Derwent ValleyHe's been in the business six months and says so far all good and despite an unusually cold spring and some irrigation issues

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    New farmers kicking goals at two Tasmanian properties

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2026 51:57


    Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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    New farmers thriving at Tasmanian vineyard

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2026 7:06


    The next couple you're about to meet had never been to Tasmania, let alone worked in wine, before they bought a winery in the states oldest wine region.

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    Well known Whiskey Distillery gets a new life

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2026 7:25


    A Bothwell farmer says there are many good reasons to add a well known whisky distillery to their farming business plan.

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    Well known farming family buys historic distillery at Bothwell

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2026 52:21


    Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2026 52:22


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    Diverse farming operation a big success for one couple

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2026 5:46


    Denis Buchanan, a chemical engineer turned farmer, has lived with his wife Ann at Eureka Farm at Scamander for around 35 years, after they sailed to Tasmania from the mainland in 1991.

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    Cherry launch in Asia as twenty buyers converge on Tasmania

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2026 51:58


    Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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    The pink mushroom is a winner on this Tasmanian farm

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2026 6:59


    If you're farming on a small scale, having diverse income streams is a big part of running a sustainable business.

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    The launch of the cherry harvest in Asia as the harvest gets into full swing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2026 10:35


    King Rock Cherries are now picking the fruit after a late start to the season because of the weather through spring.

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    Keeping the family tradition of growing grapes alive

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2026 5:25


    Just a few minutes drive out of the main town at St Helens on Tassie's east coast, there is a small vineyard with a few rows of apples for cider.

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    AI Cameras to fight bushfires and local St Helens vineyard proving popular

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2026 52:41


    Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

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