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Jim Osborne and his wingman Mick Boyd

The Jim Osborne Memoirs - I have had a truly wonderful life

Read the final instalment of the Jim Osborne Memoirs.

Deer hunters looking to match-up with farmers

A “matchmaking service” for recreational hunters and property owners is being developed by the State Government in consultation with game hunting advisory bodies to provide more opportunities for the growing number of recreational hunters willing to assist in the management of deer and wallaby populations.

Shannon Vince

Farm machinery to go under the hammer for charity

It will be a bitter sweet moment when Peter Kurrle sells his Kiote tractor in the Ulverstone Lions Club “Every Move Matters” auction at Sprent Recreation Ground on October 18.

Lions Club of Ulverstone member Butch Hamilton, president Gus Gleeson, membership director Peter Kurrle and vice president Bill Mann

Store-bought potatoes among new mop-top detections

A pair of potatoes bought as fresh produce from retail stores, along with a spud from a processing facility in the north of the state, are the latest to have been found to have mop-top virus.

A potato with mop-top virus

Orford and Triabunna water supply pipeline completed

A new 886-metre underwater pipeline going across Spring Bay has been completed.

Spring Bay pipeline

'Don't Panic': New Zealand's message to Tasmanian potato growers

A key figure in New Zealand’s response to mop-top virus has urged the state’s potato industry not to panic in the wake of Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales introducing import restrictions on unprocessed spuds from Tasmania.

Potatoes

Nutrien Ag Solutions

Rob's shattered dream springs back into life

Rob Mather suffered a major setback in 2021, more than two years after he first bought Valley Fresh Farm.

Valley Fresh Farm owner Rob Mather

Market Talk - Cattle prices staying on the upward trend

Some regions are shaping up very well, while much of the south of the state is still in desperate need of rain.

Cattle

Spring cattle market set to fire

Spring bull sales are hoping to achieve good prices on the back of a buoyant beef market and long-awaited rain bringing confidence in feed supplies through summer.

Michael and Sarah Mather with their daughter Poppy, 2, on their New River Angus stud at Ringarooma

Randal Parker and his son Jacob in a crop of broccoli grown at Don for Harvest Moon

Water is key for Randall the broc-star

A beautiful 6ha crop of broccoli to be harvested this week is the latest successful rotation of food grown on the rich, productive land owned by the Parker family at Milton Farm, Don.

Nuffield Scholarship 2026 recipient Penny Hooper

Longford's Penny Hooper receives Nuffield Scholarship for 2026

Penny Hooper, Tasmania’s sole Nuffield Scholarship recipient for 2026, plans to use her funds to study how to make livestock and dairy farming compatible with a sustainable work-life balance.

Fishing - Rain and snow to make for good trout catches

September is a great time of the year, it's a time for football finals and it's usually one of the best times of a season to be trout fishing.

Mitchell Hall with a Striped Trumpeter he caught off the South Coast recently