Tasmanian egg farmer Danny Jones says the new regulations around free range eggs will give the industry a clear path for future planning.

Rural reporter Cassandra Steeth goes inside one of just three opiate factories in the country to learn how the process works.

The long run of strong lamb prices is set to continue throughout most of 2016, despite a minor dip in March.

Fiona Stocker is a rare breed pig farmer and writer from the Tamar Valley, and another finalist in the Tasmanian Rural Woman of the Year Awards.

State and territory ministers have signed off on a new national code to label free range eggs.

The Ministers have agreed that farms with up to 10-thousand birds per hectare can be called free range.

Talks will begin shortly on the amount of poppies to be grown next season in Tasmania.

New Zealand potato growers say they may revive their application to import fresh potatoes for processing into Australia if the demand warrants it.

The University of Tasmania is now ranked among the top 100 best universities in agriculture out of over 4 thousand universities in the world.

The viability of Australia's vegetable industry is under threat from cheap imports, according to the industry body AUSVEG.

Global demand for bauxite, needed to make aluminium, is on the way up, good news for a Tasmanian bauxite miner waiting for a buyer.

A Tasmanian entrepreneur says there is a market for locally grown herb crops destined for the teacup.

Australia's vegetable grower group Ausveg is welcoming news that Potatoes New Zealand is withdrawing it's application to import fresh potatoes for processing into Australia.

The ceo of Verdantec, Dr Davina Gregory-Dunsmuir believes Tasmania could become a world player in the supply of medicinal cannabis.

Launceston based Verdantec is a privately owned company set up to look at the cultivation, processing and supply of medicinal cannabinoids to researchers and when legalised, patients.

There has been a shake up at Australian Wool Innovation with seven positions slashed including some of their most experienced staff.

Ups and downs in the dairy market are nothing new for the industry, but the current slump is particularly harsh.

The weather bureau has predicted above average rainfall for parts of Tasmania for the three month period April through June.

The state's latest irrigation scheme at Upper Ringarooma has been officially opened today delivering water to around 40 farmers.

Tasmanian Irrigation new CEO Nicola Watson says they're looking at new schemes for Tranche 3 of the irrigation roll out.

24 year old farmer William Baxter has been named winner of Greenham's Agri-Tas scholarship.

Australian Wool Innovation is restructuring, ending the contracts of some highly experienced staff like Jimmy Jackson and Rob Langtry.

Former trade minister Andrew Robb, says that trying to get a free trade deal done with India will be a challenge.

Serve Ag, a provider of agricultural products and agronomy advice, will be taken over by E. E. Muir and sons, a Melbourne-based agribusiness.

Ability Tasmania is looking for more farmers in Tasmania to hire workers with an intellectual disability.

Tasmanian oyster farmers have put their case for immediate financial support and long term concessional loans to help the industry survive POMS.

Tasmanian labor Senator Anne Urquhart says the review of the backpacker tax needs to be comprehensive but not rushed.

The start of the regeneration burn season is causing some concerns for winemakers in the Derwent Valley who are busy picking the grapes.

The bullish global demand for beef and bearish demand for dairy products is changing livestock breeding trends.