Nominations are now open for the 2025 Tasmanian AgriFutures Rural Women's Award, and close on 9 October 2024. If someone you know is making a difference in Australia’s rural and emerging industries, businesses and communities, then we want to hear from you.
(24/9/2024)
The fourth annual Agribusiness Insights Report has been released, providing a snapshot of Tasmania’s agricultural sector.
(23/9/2024)
'FOGO' processing plant opens in Tasmania's north-west in a bid to keep food and garden waste out of landfill
(12/7/2024)
Australia's oldest commercial walnut orchard on Tasmania's east coast has been snapped up by Western Australia's largest wine producer.
(19/6/2024)
While more than half of all Australian households buy sweet potatoes, the range of varieties and colours available other than the popular gold version may come as a surprise to some
(19/6/2024)
Growing jobs in the wool industry will be made easier with the establishment of Tasmania’s first shearing and wool handling innovation centre.
(3/6/2024)
There is a range of support and other resources available to King and Flinders Island primary producers, as well as those on mainland Tasmania, who have been impacted by dry and drought conditions.
(31/5/2024)
Using a community development and partnership approach regional partners are coming together to develop Regional Drought Resilience Plans for the south, north and north west of Tasmania.
(16/4/2024)
Spring and summer are the peak seasons for fruit fly activity on mainland Australia, meaning it is also a time of increased risk for Tasmania. That's why Biosecurity Tasmania is asking all Tasmanians to be on the lookout for anything unusual they may find in fruit.
(5/2/2024)
On 24 January 2024, Minister for Primary Industries and Water, Jo Palmer was made aware of the detection of a Red Imported Fire Ant (RIFA) at a parcel centre in the state’s south.
(29/1/2024)
The Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA) has commenced a $800,000 research project to help Australian apple and pear growers stay at the leading-edge by better understanding the connection between healthy soils and productive orchards.
(12/1/2024)
With the arrival of summer, Biosecurity Tasmania is urging visitors, and all Tasmanians to remember the Biosecurity Basics – Come in Clean, Check your Bags, Stay on the Path, and Report anything Unusual!
(20/12/2023)
China's appetite for Australian goat meat is growing rapidly with exports rising more than 4,000 per cent since the beginning of the year.
(7/12/2023)
Six of the world’s biggest dairy companies have committed to reducing, and publicly disclosing, their methane emissions as part of a new global alliance launched at COP28.
(7/12/2023)
Over the coming weeks, Biosecurity Tasmania will be implementing a new online portal to assist beekeepers with managing their registrations.
(13/11/2023)
The headers are out and harvest has started, with some farmers in Western Australia reporting their earliest start to harvest ever.
(1/11/2023)
A new mobile application, MyPestGuide® Trees, is now available to industry, government, and citizen scientists, empowering them to mitigate the impact of invasive pests and diseases on our forests.
(31/10/2023)
Women weren't legally considered farmers until 1994 and, while progress has been made, they are still under-represented in leadership roles.
(17/10/2023)
Australian farmers have produced their most valuable year yet, growing $90 billion worth of food and fibre, and pushing average yearly farm incomes to between $370,000 and $665,000 depending on the sector.
(17/10/2023)
New dairy technology allowing farmers to remotely herd cows has become commercially available in Australia after years of waiting — but it is banned in three major states.
(27/9/2023)