The state government has released a discussion paper on the competitiveness of Tasmania's agricultural industry as it works to achieve a farm gate value of $10 billion by 2050.
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The paper explores key themes of innovation, regulation, labour, risk management and brand capitalisation.
The agriculture industry had a gross value of $1.6 billion in 2017-18.
Dairy was the most valuable component with a farm gate value of $429 million, followed by beefs ($329 million), sheep meat ($119 million) and wool ($117 million).
The paper claims Tasmania was on-track to increase the industry's value by tenfold by 2050 though growth would need to be double the rate experience over 20 years to 2013.
It said securing labour was a significant challenge to the competitiveness of the sector.
"The projected employment outlook for the period to May 2023 indicated slow growth for the state, suggesting that challenges in attracting people to regional areas for work will continue," the paper said.
"This is likely to have the greatest impact on industries such as fruit production which are particularly dependent on seasonal workers."
Individuals, groups and organisations have until February 24 to provide comments on the discussion paper.
It can be found of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment website.
