Get your soil and water right this season to maximise production and profitability. Join the Coal River Products Association for a practical half-day workshop to help you make confident decisions before the season ramps up. Monday, 8 December 2025 Summerville: 12:00 Read more
At the recent annual awards presentation by the Tasmanian Agricultural Productivity Group (TAPG), one of our CRPA members, Neville Mendham, was recognised for Excellence in Service to Agriculture with a Lifetime Achievement award. This award is not given every year, and is Read more
CRPA member Pooley Wines has been named the Wine Tasmania overall VinØ Champion (for the fourth time!), in recognition of its commitment to sustainable wine production. The VinØ Program (pronounced as ‘vin zero)’ is Tasmania’s best management practice system, assisting Read more
A 20-year wetlands restoration project on the property of CRPA member Will Eddington has encouraged the return of the landscape’s natural system through livestock exclusion fencing, planting and weeding over 65 hectares. Richmond Park runs 4,000 merino ewes and has Read more
At a Coal Valley farm, Landcare Tasmania in partnership with the Australian Government, has launched the Catchment Connect Project to strengthen farm and landscape resilience. The $4 million, five-year Catchment Connect Project, funded through the Future Drought Fund, is designed Read more
Members Will and Clare Eddington from ‘Richmond Park’ have told ABC’s Tas Country Hour the confirmation of the construction of the Greater South East Irrigation Scheme will mean plans for a huge expansion of their viticulture operation can now go Read more
Long-standing CRPA member Richie Nichols and his family have been recognised with a Bureau of Meteorology 100-Year Excellence Award presented by the governor of Tasmania for their longstanding commitment to climate data collection. Since 1915, the Nichols family has been Read more
The Australian Government has committed to fund their share of the Greater South East Irrigation Scheme (GSEIS). After recently receiving a revised bid for funding from the Tasmanian Government, the Albanese Government will contribute more than $150 million towards the project. Announcing Read more
The federal Liberal opposition has committed $150 million, if it is elected to government next year, to enable the Greater South East Irrigation Scheme to go ahead. CRPA president James Bresnehan said the association and its members wholeheartedly welcome this announcement. “We thank Read more
CRPA’s partnership with the TAS Farm Innovation Hub has been captured in a video case study showing how the federal government’s Future Drought Fund is being used to help farmers in the valley adapt to climate challenges. CRPA values the Read more