10/03/2010
With an increasing number of Tasmanian poppy growers paying levies to the Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association, the peak farmers’ body today, at the request of members, have formed a poppy committee to represent their interests.
10/03/2010
Tasmania’s peak farming body, the Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association (TFGA), today released the results of an independent audit of responses by the three major political parties to a TFGA questionnaire on agricultural policy for the March 20 election.
25/02/2010
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has made a draft decision to reauthorise collective bargaining arrangements for Tasmanian vegetable growers....
24/02/2010
In one of the toughest years for Tasmanian farmers, their peak farming body, the Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association (TFGA), managed to more than balance its budget for 2009.
24/02/2010
Tasmania’s vegetable growers, who face strong international competition to secure contracts with processors, today called for substantially increased State Government funding....
23/02/2010
The Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association today continued its sponsorship of the Rural Alive and Well program when it handed over another Mitsubishi Outlander to replace the first vehicle it gave 18 months ago.
08/02/2010
Tasmanian farmers today issued the state’s three major political parties with a 15-part questionnaire on their agricultural policies in the lead-up to the March 20 election...
04/02/2010
The Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association today welcomed the announcement by livestock agents Elders and Roberts that they will upgrade the Powranna and Bothwell saleyards to include weighing facilities....
01/02/2010
The chief executive of the Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association Chris Oldfield is to leave that position at the end of April, having decided not to seek a renewal of his contract.
17/12/2009
Tasmanian farmers were warned today that their window of opportunity to develop additional agricultural land is quickly closing....
08/12/2009
Six weeks after it opened, a dairy support grant program in Tasmania has been fully subscribed, with 40 farmers receiving grants of $5000 each to assist with recovery from recent problems in the dairy industry....
03/12/2009
The Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association has been increasingly concerned about the lack of progress in negotiations between the CBG and National Foods over its milk prices....
27/11/2009
Tasmanian farmers are on the threshold of revolutionary changes to their work and to their lifestyles to the extent that the practices of farming will never be the same again.....
24/11/2009
The TFGA is calling for livestock agents throughout the state to implement the displaying of liveweights of store cattle prior to sale....
20/11/2009
Tasmania’s peak farming body, the Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association (TFGA), says it is appalled both at the decision by McCain Foods to close its Smithton vegetable processing plant...
16/11/2009
Responding formally to Minister Wong’s announcement yesterday that agriculture would not be covered under the CPRS, but farmers would able to be part of the solution....
12/11/2009
Tasmanian farmers put a water efficiency plan to the State Government today as part of a seven-point proposal for it to underpin support for the rural sector in next year’s Budget....
11/11/2009
Sarah Gatenby, only the second woman to be named Tasmanian Young Farmer of the Year, this week joined the Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association in a new policy and commodities role....
10/11/2009
Beef producers have only until next Tuesday (November 17) to vote for the retention of the $5 cattle transaction levy....
05/11/2009
At a meeting held today between the Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association and the Tasmanian Suppliers Collective Bargaining Group, it was agreed....