Tasmanian Country Hour
Headlines for Tuesday, December 2, 2008
- Rate of climate change now the issue
- No government handout says wine industry
- Innovation part of the solution for the wine industry
- Barley crop in track to meet state's beer needs
- Carbon tax of forestry to hurt agriculture
- New export rules to boost cherry exports to Japan
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Tasmanian Features
Shearing history in treasured Christmas pudding recipe
In the case of Roger Swain's Christmas pudding, simple things really are the best. It's a shearer's pudding with a practical and simple recipe handed down from a special source.
A devilish diary! Dispatches from the secret Sitwell saga
What does it take to raise a tiny orphan that's naked and crying through the first weeks of life? Wildlife carer John Hayward knows, and he shares the journey with his latest arrivals, three tiny Tasmanian devils.
Simulating is so stimulating for forest jobs
Tasmania's forest industry is trying to recruit and retain more skilled workers with the aid of a simulator.
It's part of a Forest Contractors Association plan to change perceptions the industry is dull, dirty and dangerous with a new careers program.
Research proves race horses have it easy
You might be surprised to learn most race horses are quite sedentary and don’t move far at all.
Tasmania's biggest chainsaw
New irrigation infrastructure is being layed down in record time in northern Tasmania by a massive machine that works just like a chainsaw.
New blackberry rust spreads south
CSIRO makes a final push with its blackberry biocontrol program
Fifty years of tomatoes - a saucy story
The Brandsema family at Turners Beach in north-west Tasmania is celebrating 50 years of growing tomatoes this month . That's a lot of sauce, some would say.
Potato fest for hall funds
I didn't think running with a sack of potatoes could be so painful. Right there in the chest - a burning feeling.
Octopus industry takes hold
It's 1978 and no one in Australia wants to buy octopus. So it seemed natural to Tasmanian Michael Hardy to start an octopus fishing business.
Mount Roland Rivercare reaps rewards
A group of volunteers from north-west Tasmania has received one of Australia's most prestigious environmental awards.
Mount Roland Rivercare Catchment Inc. has won a National Landcare Award - the Murray Darling Basin Commission Rivercare Award.
