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Greyhound racing to be banned in Tasmania

Greyhound racing will be banned in Tasmania from 2029.

Jockey, farmer and champion: Life's good for Rod

Rod Summers took a ute-load of Hampshire Down ewes to Powranna saleyards last week and the tops fetched a new Tasmanian price record of $272.

Rod Summers

Market Talk - Processors bid to keep up flow

Lamb and mutton processors are desperately trying to keep their kill floors going at a reasonable level.

Lamb

Ram prices jump by more than 12,000% in a few months

Fierce bidding at Powranna on Tuesday saw record mutton prices and top dollar paid for lambs, but it was the price of rams that had livestock producers talking.

Powranna yard sale

Gavin Pearce takes on agricultural minister role

Former federal MP Gavin Pearce is Tasmania’s new Primary Industries and Water Minister.

Gavin Pearce

It's deja vu all over again

Tasmania's latest political situation reminds of the shenanigans of 1989.

Former Tasmanian Premier, Robin Gray

"Abosolute nonsense" - TasFarmers slam No Co

TasFarmers President Ian Sauer says the likelihood of a no-confidence motion being moved when parliament returns on August 19 is “absolute nonsense” and has concerns about how a future minority government will impact the state’s agricultural sector.

TasFarmers President, Ian Sauer

Fruit growers blast payroll tax grab

Fruit Growers Tasmania wants to see the state’s payroll tax rate for the agricultural industry align with regional Victoria.

Berried in Tas Managing Director Richard Winspear

The lesson of Tree Day

Students from Bothwell District High School have rolled up their sleeves, picked up the shovels and planted seedlings as part of the annual Schools Tree Day.

Bothwell District High School students

Premier Jeremy Rockliff

Rockliff to be recommissioned; future of his govt in hands of indies

THE Rockliff Government is expected to be recommissioned today, and its future will be confirmed one way or another by five key crossbench MPs when Parliament returns.

Kylie Price with the 2.9 kg or 6.6 lb brown trout she caught from the Huon River.

Fishing - Big buck anglers out in force for start of trout season

Anglers were out in force for the opening of the 2025-26 Tasmanian Brown Trout fishing season last Saturday morning.

Expo shaping future of farming

Tasmania’s inaugural FarmX agriculture expo and conference is shaping up to be an enlightening event for the wider farming community when it is held on August 21 at Woolmers Estate, Longford.

FarmX signage