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October temperature records broken amid concerns over soil moisture levels

Seventeen Tasmanian weather stations had their highest October mean maximum temperature on record this year.

Boomer Creek Vineyard in Little Swanport hosts Catchment Connect project

A half-day crash course at Boomer Creek Vineyard in Little Swanport gave East Coast farmers firsthand insight into how farm dam improvements can support water security, stock health, productivity, and biodiversity.

Attendees at the Catchment Connect project farm dam enhancement day

Locals miss the boat

Tasmanian businesses are being dudded by the Government's so-called "buy local" policy, Brad Stansfield argues.

The Spirt of Tasmania III

Tasmania Natural Asset Trust begins work at Rushy Lagoon

Rushy Lagoon’s new owners have been planting potatoes and calving cows under lease as they prepare to convert around 10,000 of the farm's 22,000 hectares into plantation.

Machinery at work at Rushy Lagoon

GO.FARM cashes in one of state's biggest vineyard developments

One of Tasmania’s largest-scale commercial vineyard enterprises is on the market.

Tasmanian Premium Land vineyard

Fishing - Trout catch at Lake Leake earns Andrew Rolls $5K

Andrew Rolls with the $5000 tagged brown trout he caught at Lake Leake.

Andrew Rolls' winning tagged trout.

Farming figures honoured at 2026 Tasmanian Agricultural Productivity Group awards

Some of the figures striving to improve the state’s agricultural industry have been honoured at the 2026 Tasmanian Agricultural Productivity Group (TAPG) awards.

2026 TAPG Award Winner Doug Green with Mark Kable and Gavin Pearce.

New mayor looks for pledge of respect

The Northern Midlands municipality has continued a tradition of supporting female leadership with the election of Alison Andrews as mayor.

Alison Andrews

TasFarmers Matters - Our farmers backing the state

There's a future in agriculture, for those willing to look at the opportunity and assess the risks.

There is useful work happening in the farm sector.

Pine Park Charolais after winning Supreme Beef Exhibit at the Royal Hobart Show. Pictured with beef cattle judges Harris Thompson, Charlton Skriving and William Fergusson

GALLERY - 2026 Royal Hobart Show

Pine Park Charolais has dominated the beef cattle section at the 2026 Royal Hobart Show.

Felix Ellis

Forest Practices Authority could lose income from fines

The Tasmanian government is considering legislation that would direct all out-of-court fines collected by the Forest Practices Authority for unauthorised land clearing back into government coffers rather than to the authority.

In the Moo'd for a day of fun with agriculture

Circular Head celebrated its superb agriculture and aquaculture industries last weekend at the fourth annual Moo’d event.

Highland cattle