Rosemary Grant

Rose reports on primary production in northern Tasmania.

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• Senator Richard Colbeck image

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  ABC Rural

  Posted February 21, 2014 13:08:28 | Updated February 21, 2014 13:11:35

  Topics: agricultural-policy, forth-7310

• Australian delays as US legislates for hemp Audio

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  ABC Rural

  4min 42sec

  Posted February 21, 2014 13:08:28 | Updated February 21, 2014 13:11:35

  EcoFibre managing director, Philip Warner and Parliamentary secretary to federal Agriculture Minister, Senator Richard Colbeck outline their positions

  Topics: agribusiness, oilseeds, agricultural-policy, rural, launceston-7250

• Philip Warner, Ecofibre Industries managing director image

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  ABC Rural

  Posted February 21, 2014 13:08:28 | Updated February 21, 2014 13:11:35

  Topics: oilseeds, textiles, building-and-construction, trade, agricultural-policy, launceston-7250

• Australia lags as hemp takes off in the US (audio)

  ABC Rural

  By Rosemary Grant

  Posted February 21, 2014 13:08:28 | Updated February 21, 2014 16:41:05

  This month, the United States has lifted a ban on growing industrial hemp for human consumption. In Australia, a ban remains.

  Topics: agribusiness, oilseeds, textiles, building-and-construction, trade, agricultural-policy, launceston-7250, united-states, canada, uruguay

• Reviving the Tasmanian Tiger in a crop of sorghum (audio) (photos)

  ABC Rural

  By Rosemary Grant

  Posted February 20, 2014 16:09:10 | Updated February 21, 2014 09:10:49

  The sighting of a Tasmanian Tiger in a Hagley farm paddock in Northern Tasmania has amazed locals.

  Topics: rural, environment-education, contemporary-art, internet-technology, agricultural-crops, hobart-7000

• Fish feed formulations are changing image

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  ABC Rural

  Posted February 19, 2014 18:42:11

  Topics: agribusiness, animal-nutrition, fishing-aquaculture, grain, cambridge-7170

• Fish feed breakthrough lifts salmon profits Audio

  Audio
  ABC Rural

  5min 56sec

  Posted February 19, 2014 18:42:11

  Fish nutritionists, Dr Jenna Bowyer and Dr Rhys Hauler from Skretting Australia

  Topics: agribusiness, animal-nutrition, fishing-aquaculture, grain, cambridge-7170, launceston-7250

• Fish feed breakthrough lifts salmon profits (audio)

  Tas Country Hour

  By Rosemary Grant

  Posted February 19, 2014 18:42:11

  Tasmania's Atlantic salmon companies are saving on the cost of fish food and increasing their profits from a breakthrough in fish nutrition.

  Topics: agribusiness, animal-nutrition, fishing-aquaculture, grain, cambridge-7170, launceston-7250

• Fish nutritionists, Jenna Bowyer and Rhys Hauler image

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  ABC Rural

  Posted February 19, 2014 18:42:11

  Topics: agribusiness, animal-nutrition, fishing-aquaculture, grain, cambridge-7170

• Carrot seed is one of the top priorities image

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  ABC Rural

  Posted February 19, 2014 16:48:06

  Topics: grain, pasture, crop-harvesting, agribusiness, powranna-7300, whitemore-7303, carrick-7291, launceston-7250

• Clean ryegrass seed ready for bagging image

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  ABC Rural

  Posted February 19, 2014 16:48:06

  Topics: grain, pasture, crop-harvesting, agribusiness, powranna-7300, whitemore-7303, carrick-7291, launceston-7250

• Seeds, cereals and success down south Feature (audio)

  Tas Country Hour

  By Rosemary Grant

  Posted February 19, 2014 16:48:06

  Tasmanian seed and cereals growers are snatching the chance to bag a crop before the weather breaks.

  Topics: agribusiness, grain, pasture, crop-harvesting, agribusiness, launceston-7250, whitemore-7303, carrick-7291

• Mathew Dents' certified seed cleaning plant image

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  ABC Rural

  Posted February 19, 2014 16:48:06

  Topics: grain, pasture, crop-harvesting, agribusiness, powranna-7300, whitemore-7303, carrick-7291, launceston-7250

• Improvised washing line at Tasmanian grain store image

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  ABC Rural

  Posted February 19, 2014 16:48:06

  Topics: grain, pasture, crop-harvesting, agribusiness, powranna-7300, whitemore-7303, carrick-7291, launceston-7250

• Quality is a key in Mathew Dent's seed cleaning image

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  ABC Rural

  Posted February 19, 2014 16:48:06

  Topics: grain, pasture, crop-harvesting, agribusiness, powranna-7300, whitemore-7303, carrick-7291, launceston-7250

• A handful of ryegrass image

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  ABC Rural

  Posted February 19, 2014 16:48:06

  Topics: grain, pasture, crop-harvesting, agribusiness, powranna-7300, whitemore-7303, carrick-7291, launceston-7250

• Revenue wheat sample ready for testing image

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  ABC Rural

  Posted February 19, 2014 16:48:06

  Topics: grain, pasture, crop-harvesting, agribusiness, powranna-7300, whitemore-7303, carrick-7291, launceston-7250

• Moving pallets for harvest at Mountainview Seeds image

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  ABC Rural

  Posted February 19, 2014 16:48:06

  Topics: grain, pasture, crop-harvesting, agribusiness, powranna-7300, whitemore-7303, carrick-7291, launceston-7250

• Seeds of success from new cleaning line Audio

  Audio
  ABC Rural

  5min 8sec

  Posted February 19, 2014 16:48:06

  Mathew Dent from Mountainview Enterprises is growing with Tasmania's speciality seed sector

  Topics: rural, grain, pasture, crop-harvesting, agribusiness, launceston-7250, whitemore-7303

• Theo Cresswell's truck on TAP Agrico's weighbridge image

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  ABC Rural

  Posted February 19, 2014 16:48:06

  Topics: grain, pasture, crop-harvesting, agribusiness, powranna-7300, whitemore-7303, carrick-7291, launceston-7250

• Wheat crop near Tunbridge in Tasmania image

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  ABC Rural

  Posted February 19, 2014 16:48:06

  Topics: grain, pasture, crop-harvesting, agribusiness, powranna-7300, whitemore-7303, carrick-7291, launceston-7250

• Agricultural competitiveness inquiry talks start Audio

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  ABC Rural

  2min 33sec

  Posted February 18, 2014 10:43:04

  Senator Colbeck is in Tasmania for the first face-to-face discussions on the federal government's Agriculture Competitiveness White Paper

  Topics: rural, agribusiness, agricultural-policy, devonport-7310

• Talks start in agricultural competitiveness inquiry (audio)

  Tas Country Hour

  By Rosemary Grant

  Posted February 18, 2014 10:43:04 | Updated February 18, 2014 12:20:28

  Face-to-face discussions on the Federal Government's Agriculture Competitiveness White Paper started in Tasmania today.

  Topics: agribusiness, agricultural-policy, devonport-7310

• Chinese buyers buoy Tasmanian thoroughbred sale (audio)

  Tas Country Hour

  By Rosemary Grant

  Posted February 14, 2014 09:56:35 | Updated February 14, 2014 10:11:40

  Tasmania's annual thoroughbred yearling sale at Inveresk in Launceston grossed more than $1 million, with prices 12 per cent up on last year.

  Topics: agricultural-prices, horse-racing, equine-production, inveresk-7248, china

• Tasmania's thoroughbred yearling sale image

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  ABC Rural

  Posted February 14, 2014 09:56:35 | Updated February 14, 2014 10:11:40

  Topics: agricultural-prices, horse-racing, equine-production, inveresk-7248

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