The Department Of State Growth has advised that they've temporarily re-opened the closed lane on the Lyell Highway at Plenty for the Christmas and New Year period.

Border Disease, also known as “hairy shaker disease”, has been detected for the first time in Tasmanian lambs.

There’s estimated to be six jobs to every agricultural science graduate in Australia – this is especially true in Tasmania with 80 per cent of Bachelor of Agricultural Science students graduating in Launceston last week having jobs lined up in the industry, with many receiving multiple offers of employment.