Tasmanian Agribusiness Rural Co announced a shakeup and acquisition when reporting their 16 per cent lift in profit to the Stock Exchange yesterday.

Liberal Senator Jonathan Duniam is standing by his support for the states salmon industry, in spite of the EPA report released yesterday.

A Tasmanian abalone farm is one of four across three states to have amalgamated under the one name... to become the largest abalone producer in the southern hemisphere.

Tasmania's Small Business Council has just released a report which claims small business is paying $10 million a year more in power prices than they should.

Some of the world's best cool climate wheat and barley varieties are being grown and shown on-farm in Tasmania tomorrow

Dairy farmers have told Senators at the Senate Economic References Committee they're renting out rooms on their properties and cutting the size of their herds to keep their heads above water following price cuts earlier this year.

Agricultural services group Ruralco has told the stock exchange its Tasmanian subsidiary, Roberts Limited is poised to acquire competitor, TP Jones.

The announcement was included in Ruralco's 2016 financial year results presented to shareholders this morning.

Farmers around the world are all asking the same question, what will a Donald Trump presidency mean for trade?

For dairy farmers, a change to US relationships with Mexico and China could radically alter the global market.

President elect Trump's promise to tear up the free trade deal with Mexico, is creating some uncertainty about beef trade.

Forestry Tasmania has achieved its first certification in the world's most recognised forest management standard. The Government owned eucalypt plantations have received the Forest Stewardship Council's entry level standard, that's called Controlled Wood.

From January, the world's largest container shipping line will be calling in weekly to Tasmania. The Danish multinational, the Maersk Line is adding Bell Bay to its Sydney, Melbourne and New Zealand port circuit.

Dr Bill Cotching, from the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture says the damage to the soils after the recent rain events, and the stress put on soils by planting and harvesting in wet weather will cause damage that will take years to recover.

The dairy industry in Tasmania has set out a five year plan for farmers to get back to profitability after a tough 12 months.

The Dairy Tas board elected Simon Elphinstone of Flowerdale, who has been a director for a year, as the new chair.

Biosecurity Tasmania and the Tasmanian Beekeepers Association are clamping down on queen bee imports into Tasmania.

Tasmania remains free of the small hive beetle and a parasitic mite, varroa jacobsoni.

Forth farmer Michael Badcock has been named the inaugural Rural Community Leader of the Year at the Australian Farmer of the year awards in Canberra.

A long time promoter of the Tasmanian vegetable industry Michael Badcock has been heavily involved in various community groups in the north west.

After a tough 12 months dairy farmers from around the state have gathered at Circular Head for the annual general meeting of Dairy Tas.

In north eastern Tasmania a community group is looking at a new use for sawdust waste from the region's sawmills.

A delegation from the Vanuatu Government is in Tasmania to talk to fruit growers and the state government to increase that countries involvement in the Pacific Seasonal Workers Program.

As uncertainty continues over the backpacker tax the delegation from Vanuatu says it wants to increase the number of workers from Vanuatu to come to Tasmania and work in agriculture.

The backpacker tax issue remains unresolved and is yet to go through the Senate where the Government plan to institute a 19 per cent tax looks likely to be defeated.

One of the themes emerging at the Tasmanian Institute of Agricultures vegetable research open day today include calls to strengthen communication between R & D organisations and farmers.

The Federal Labor party finally declares its stand on the backpacker tax rate, pushing for a 10 and half cents in the dollar rate.

Labor will also oppose the increase to the Passenger Movement Charge when the tax changes go before the Senate.

Tasmania's 2016 poppy plantings are now complete, with the smallest area sown for almost a decade.

The area sown to poppy crops in Tasmania this season is down below 10 thousand hectares.

Farmers might have slammed a milk deal between Victoria's peak farm lobby group and supermarket giant Coles, but it didn't stop more than 600 from applying for the grants that came out of it.

A number of eligible dairy farmers in Tasmania applied for the grants, but none were successful in the first round where 60 farmers received financial help from the program.

The modelling of climate and bushfire risk in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area is showing fire and and fire weather will change greatly over the next 80 years or so.

This week five Tasmanians will be graduating from a national leadership program designed to foster the next crop of industry leaders.

Close to 1000 sites across the country, including a number in Tasmania, have been chosen for next year's release of a new virus that kills pest rabbits.

The national wool market stabilized this week after tight offerings at the start of the season caused prices to surge to 16 month highs.

Biotoxins from algae at several sites along Tasmania's east coast have been a major talking point at the latest round of cray fishers port meetings this month.

A line of tractors are making their way to Westbury from all corners of Tasmania to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the iconic tractor brand Massey Fergusson.

Westbury based poppy processor Tas Alkaloids will cut around 20 contractor workers at the plant because of the world poppy market.

The move comes as farmers sow fewer hectares if poppies in Tasmania because of the world over supply of morphine.

Primary Employers Tasmania is confident the changes to the backpacker tax will not go ahead after the Senate hearing in Launceston.

The Tasmanian Secretary of the Fire Fighters Union has defended the actions of the Tasmanian Fire Service during the wilderness bushfires last summer.