Tasmania has the highest percentage rate of foreign ownership of agricultural land compared to all other states.

The Register of Foreign Ownership of Agricultural Land shows 21 point 8 per cent of agricultural land in Tasmania is foreign owned.

Latest figures show Tasmania's milk production for July was down nineteen point six percent on last year.

A long-term landcarer is using National Landcare week to call for a total overhaul of the Australian Government's natural resource management programs

The Federal Government has been given a strong message to scrap the backpacker tax at a consultation in Hobart.

Dairy farmers who remain with dairy processor Murray Goulburn could be slugged even more when paying back the company provided loan.

Forestry Tasmania is still looking for a new operating model where it can be financially sustainable and build industry confidence.

The Royal Show Societies and the Country Shows have voted to form one overarching national show body.

A workshop is underway in Tasmania today as part of the review into the backpacker tax, as the State Government says it is against the tax.

Glynn Williams from Primary Employers Tasmania says the plan to tax backpackers should be scrapped to maintain the much needed workforce.

The Tasmanian Government says it is open to the idea of shellfish testing being done in Tasmania and not on the mainland.

A national tree nut conference in northern Tasmania was told nut exporters were frustrated with the lack of marketing support for nut exports outside Asia.

A Glamorgan Spring Bay councillor who is heavily involved in the fishing industry believes the east coast of Tasmania is now off limits for commercial scallops.

Debbie Wisby the CEO of Aqua Marine Tasmania says paralytic shellfish toxin is disrupting scallop fishing more and more each year.

A Victorian dairy company has had its license to export to China suspended over concerns to do with shelf life of its milk.

Tasmanian and Victorian potato growers are uniting to push for $30 dollars a tonne more from processor McCain.

The CEO of Hydro says they have plans in place to maintain Hydro dam levels throughout the summer period.

Steve Davy says the plan is to maintain dam levels at 40 per cent well into the summer period to ensure energy security.

Farmers in the Ouse area say they should be eligible for emergency assistance after the June floods.

Tasmania can expect a delayed but normal bushfire season according to the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC.

The Productivity Commission hearing in Hobart has been told the numbers don't stack up for an end to the GM moratorium in the state.

Red Meat Industry Council Chair Brett Hall told the hearing Tasmanian beef has access to markets it wouldn't have if the GM free status was lifted.

Commercial fishermen say their boat fees could increase tenfold when a new national regulatory system is rolled out.

Gwendolyn Adams, one of the founders of Tasmanian Women in Agriculture is one of three finalists in the Bob Hawke Landcare Award.

Victorian farmers have welcomed today's decision by the Victorian government to permanently ban fracking.

Agricultural machinery sales are up across Australia and about one in ten farms will take home a new tractor this year.

A survey commissioned by The Australia Institute has found 70 per cent of respondents want greater independent scrutiny of salmon farming.

Never in human history has there been such an abundance of food, and yet many in cities are unaware of how it lands on the plate.

That's the message from Professor Louise Fresco who has given the John Crawford Memorial Address in Canberra.

Dairy farmers could find their industry less profitable by the year 2040 if they continue to farm exactly as they do today.

Australia's gold production has hit a 15 year high with 292 tonnes of the precious metal pulled from the ground in the last financial year.

Landholders are hoping to take advantage of cool, still conditions to safely reduce fuel loads before summer allows.

The Victorian government has been accused of being self centred over its decision to make electronic ear tags for sheep and goats mandatory from January.

It's lambing time in Tasmania and it's turning out to be a good one on the Hume property Arundel at Macquarie Plains in the Derwent valley.

Dairy farmers in Tasmania have been asked if they wish to join a class action against the two big dairy companies.

Six dairy farmers met with a Melbourne lawyer to discuss the milk price drop and the demand farmers pay back money received.

Mining company Grange Resources say their Tasmanian iron ore operations are performing strongly in the first half of this year.

The Tasmanian grains industry is expecting production to be 50 per cent below average this year, as crops struggle with too much moisture.

Stakeholders in the dairy industry are hopeful today's symposium will mean a better future for dairy farmers.

Tasmanian dairy farmer Andrew Lester attended the meeting which he says was a positive step for the industry.

The weather bureau says there is no firm indication whether rainfall for spring will be above or below average.

And a Tasmanian company will trial seaweed farming adjacent to oyster and salmon leases.