4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (620+ words) An indigenous organisation is calling on the Dorset Council to reject a proposal for a development application for a sand mine at Rushy Lagoon. The development application for the project, which will be on Rushy Lagoon’s land, has not yet…...

5+ day, 24+ min ago   (225+ words) Labor has accused Primary Industries Minister Gavin Pearce of privately telling Gresham House that he supported its proposal for Rushy Lagoon, believed that landowners should be able to use their property as they saw fit, and even gave them his…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (271+ words) Hundreds of farmers and other members of the public are expected to descend on Parliament Lawns on Thursday for a rally against what primary producers say are overbearing regulations and red tape from the Forest Practices Authority. The Farmers and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (415+ words) A report has found that Tasmania’s sand flathead fishery has failed to be properly managed by the state government. The House of Assembly Standing Committee on Government Administration B conducted an inquiry into the south-east sand flathead fishery closure. The…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (266+ words) The Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania and WorkSafe Tasmania are offloading Safe Farming Tasmania and have put out a tender for a non-government organisation to deliver the program. Safe Farming aims to reduce the incidence of work-related death,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (612+ words) An increasing area of Tasmanian farmland is being planted with trees as farmers and investors look to make money from carbon credits as well as forestry. But what is a carbon credit, and how can planting trees generate an income?...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (756+ words) TASMANIAN farmers are approaching spring with a mixed seasonal outlook, as improved winter rain lifts soil moisture across much of the state while warmer and potentially drier conditions threaten to reopen feed and water deficits in exposed districts. The Bureau…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (826+ words) Nearly 80 percent of the state’s potato growers met at Deloraine today and unanimously rejected individual, incomplete contracts offered by Simplot and demanded the frozen chip processor return to the negotiating table. About 200 farmers were briefed by TasFarmers’ Simplot Potato Committee…...