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Record price paid for Tasmanian yearling

Grenville Stud at Whitemore has sold a colt by Too Darn Hot for $1.3 million at the Sydney Easter Sale.

Sydney Easter Sale

Construction beginning at Earthworks Academy

Work has begun on the construction of the Earthworks Academy at Quercus Park, Carrick, a new training facility that will deliver critical civil construction skills to hundreds of Tasmanians each year.

The Earthworks Academy site

Amy Vickers wins Rural Women's Award

Champion of service women takes out prestigious title and will represent Tasmanian in Canberra.

Amy Vickers

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Hey! Hay season comes to an end

Huge stacks of hay are now safely stashed in the corners of paddocks and in sheds with a healthy supply available from a kind season.

Hay stack

Abattoir investigation closed without charges laid

Biosecurity Tasmania has closed its investigations into five abattoirs, saying that no further regulatory action was required.

TQM

TasFarmers Matters - Don't break out the prosecco

TasFarmers has been raising concerns since Australia rejected the proposed Australian–European Union (EU) Free Trade Agreement in 2023.

Farming

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Fuel excise halved and heavy road user charge reduced to zero

The fuel excise will be halved, resulting in petrol prices being slashed by 26 cents a litre.

Refueling

Bull sales deliver strong returns for Tasmanian studs

STUDS across the state are seeing increased prices for their bulls following the first of the autumn sales.

: The $19,000 top-priced bull by Tolivar Angus, Lulworth, with Colin Hill and Hayden Harper, Tolivar Angus, and Nutrien Stud Stock Tasmania agent Cooper Lamprey.

Final showdown for campdrafting locked in

The calibre of competition at the weekend’s final draft of the season shows that horses and riders are well prepared for the approaching finals action.

Brianna Doohan on Jetstar

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Women in agriculture celebrate achievements

Tasmanian Women in Agriculture’s Gathering at Mole Creek lifted up women on the land.

Amanda Bond, Cressy, Lydia Colvin, Noswick, with five month-old Charles, host Helen Baille, Cec Cameron and Georgie Gunn with Kit Gunn, 2, of Wesley Dale.