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New operator for New Norfolk Market
2+ hour, 3+ min ago (312+ words) The Derwent Valley and Central Highlands Tourism Association has announced that the organisation is formalising an agreement with the Derwent Valley Council to own the 2026/27 license to host and run events in High Street High Street New Norfolk. This follows…...
Organisations unite against florfenicol use in Tasmanian salmon farms
6+ hour, 48+ min ago (278+ words) A trio of organisations has joined forces to oppose the use of florfenicol in Tasmanian waters. The Tasmanian Rock Lobster Council, Tasmanian Abalone Council and Tasmanian Commercial Divers Association have voiced their concern about the antibiotic. Tasmanian aquaculture companies used…...
Poultry lovers flock to rare breeds display
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (887+ words) Peter Mountney has 39 Call Ducks and he proudly showed off the best of his birds at the 20th Anniversary Rare Breeds Poultry Club Annual Show at Longford on Saturday. His ducks were among a fine display of chickens, turkeys, ducks and…...
Finalists chosen for 2026 Woolworths Tasmanian Young Farmer of the Year Competition
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (313+ words) Thirty young farmers from across the state took to the fields of Quercus Park at Carrick on Saturday for the 2026 Woolworths Tasmanian Young Farmer of the Year Competition Runoffs, with the finalists now progressing to the State Final on August…...
Call for Rushy reversal by opposition leader
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (943+ words) Opposition leader Angus Taylor was joined by Liberal senators Wendy Askew and Richard Colbeck in Scottsdale this morning to lend weight to ongoing protests from north-east farmers and the wider agriculture community against a land use change at Rushy Lagoon....
Good numbers of quality store cattle
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (645+ words) Last week agents yarded 1,504 store cattle at Powranna in the July store sale. Numbers were good for this time of the year and in general the quality was also good for the time of the year. Although few big lines,…...
Land of plenty where eagles fly
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (263+ words) A substantial Midlands grazing property combining scale, seclusion and long-term development potential has come to market about 30km east of Oatlands. Known as Goat Gully/Old Hut Hill, the holding covers about 1194ha and sits between Marshall’s Tiers and Rises Sugarloaf in…...
Holding firm but are we at the peak?
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (930+ words) THE Australian wool market was slightly firmer again in USD, but the vagaries of the currency market meant that prices were down slightly in local currency terms as the Aussie Dollar firmed against the Greenback. In a small East Coast-only…...
Targa Tasmania to return to Derwent Valley
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (32+ words) Tasmanian Country Targa Tasmania to return to Derwent Valley Targa Tasmania is set to return to the Derwent Valley and New Norfolk later in 2026....
Best poppy growers honoured at Extractas Bioscience awards | Tasmanian Country Newspaper
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (483+ words) In only his second year of growing poppies Will Gibson at Native Point, Perth, has hit the jackpot with a quality paddock of the Eve variety that has produced the second highest reading of Oripavine in the midlands and south…...