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 only made to individuals who have made a profound contribution. Neville is Read more
CRPA member Pooley Wines has been named the Wine Tasmania overall VinĂ˜ Champion (for the fourth time!), in recognition of its commitment to sustainable wine production. The VinĂ˜ Program (pronounced as ‘vin zero)’ is Tasmania’s best management practice system, assisting producers to look after the land and their communities while 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 more recently expanded into viticulture. While Will says he got 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 to enhance farm dam infrastructure, improve water quality, and support 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 ahead. ‘Richmond Park’ has historically centred around sheep, but several 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 collecting daily rainfall data at their ‘Brookbank’ property near Richmond, Read more
Long-time CRPA member David Skinner has been recognised in the Hobart Mercury as he steps down from the board of the Royal Agricultural Society of Tasmania after 80 years of involvement. He will remain on the Show Council. David, quoted in The Mercury, said he started off as a small 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 research scholarship focussed on improving the cold chain for fruit 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 properties in the district, including Glen Quoin (on Back Tea 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 River Valley. Managing Director John Pooley said they were honored Read more