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No GM Purple Tomato for Tasmania and producing superfine wool

2026/02/02

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Producing superfine Tasmanian wool

2026/02/02

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

Tasmanian tomato lovers will miss out on the purple GMO tomato

2026/02/02

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.

First harvest at large Blueberry Farm in Tasmania

2026/01/30

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

New life to an old Woolshed at a Central Highlands farm

2026/01/30

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

Cooling the dairy cows in a heatwave

2026/01/27

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Keeping the cows cool on a very hot day

2026/01/27

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

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

2026/01/26

*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

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

2026/01/26

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Farming sheep alongside Hazelnuts

2026/01/23

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

Refining the amazing Kangaroo Paw plant at a Tasmanian farm

2026/01/22

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

Working on Kangaroo Paw and opening a new butcher shop

2026/01/22

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Lavender harvest underway on the Tasman Peninsula

2026/01/20

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

The heady scent of lavender as the harvest begins

2026/01/20

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

Learning more about cherries

2026/01/19

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