Particularly when conditions are dry, as is the case currently, irrigation is an issue that’s front-of-mind for farmers. CRPA members have been keeping up-to-date with the latest irrigation information, both for the current season, and long term. Andrew Kneebone, Tasmanian Read more…
Join NRM South and CRPA for a Coal Valley Farming Forecaster workshop focussed on planning for the dry season ahead. Farming Forecaster is a powerful drought decision support tool that provides graziers with a better insight into current conditions and Read more…
Following on from the excellent presentation at our last meeting by Dr Tomas Remenyi on climate change, current climate models and the climate change effects on southern Tasmania, the CRPA Committee has been working on extending his presentation into a Read more…
Farmers in our region now have access to detailed data from three CRPA member properties near Colebrook, Tea Tree and Richmond, with dryland soil moisture probes installed and integrated with the Farming Forecaster decision-support tool. Data from the three sites Read more…
Soil expert Dr Oliver Knox brought his insights to the Coal valley in June when he visited from the New South Wales to run a workshop on practical tools for understanding and managing soil biology to improve crop yields and Read more…
Former Nuffield Scholarship winner and CRPA member Jake Newnham was recently awarded 2023 Tasmanian Young Fruit Grower of the Year, at the Fruit Growers Tasmania annual conference. A second-generation apricot and cherry grower at Lowdina Orchard in Campania, Jake’s 2018 Read more…
CRPA members gathered at Caledon Estate vineyard, on Prossers Road at Richmond, for the 2023 members and family BBQ event. Members heard from owners James and Karen Stewart, who detailed the recent establishment of the property and 11 hectares of Read more…
Brothers Ronald and Chris Gunn are the latest recipients of Coal River Products Association life membership, in recognition of their extensive contributions to agriculture in the valley, and to CRPA itself. Sixth generation farmers, Ronald and Chris have farmed several Read more…
Water Sales are now open for Tasmania’s largest ever irrigation project – the 38,000 megalitre Greater South East Irrigation Scheme. Landowners are invited to contractually apply to Tasmanian Irrigation for water entitlements for this $522 million project, which has been Read more…
CRPA congratulates member Pooley Wines on winning 2023 Halliday Wine Companion Winery of the Year. We’re immensely proud that our region is home to such an esteemed winery – indicative of the quality of the wine sector in the Coal Read more…