Breeders across Australia are spending thousands of dollars trying to preserve the nation’s heritage sheep breeds before they disappear forever.
Danielle Marsland
A leading WA breeder says demand for pygmy goats as a pet breed on small farms currently outstrips supply
In 2021, mice chewed through an estimated $1 billion in crop losses during Australia’s worst plague. WA is now back in plague conditions and already racking up losses across businesses, councils and farms.
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development officers will bring their tree and bee pest prevention expertise to the Gidgegannup Small Farm Field Day.
Brunswick’s John Tilling hit the road on Saturday on his 1963 Chamberlain tractor, with his sights set on Whiteman Park, making the almost 200km journey onboard the antique machinery.
Craig Duncan and Rose Patane
Transport Workers Union members at Brownes Dairy are striking for a third time after repeated bargaining agreements failed to secure a compromise over wages and conditions.
Rebecca Nadge
Nearly 100,000 tonnes of fertiliser has hit Australian shores in the first shipments of a partnership between the Federal Government, CSBP, and Incitec Pivot.
Georgia Campion
A 10-year industry project that collected more than two million data points will be presented at a seminar in WA next month.
A WA pastoralist says a Federal Court ruling against the northern cattle industry’s appeal for additional compensation following the 2011 live export ban is a blow for farmers and the country as a whole.
A Broome dealership will now sell Case IH and New Holland farm machinery, marking the first time the brands have been available in the area.
When a bushfire tore through his Narrogin property in 2022, Angus Armstrong watched two businesses go up in smoke: his sheep farm, and a bush mountain bike trail he had built for a future tourism venture.
The fuel tax credits scheme sailed through the Federal Budget, with farmers still being lumped in with mining companies as if we’re natural allies defending the same interests. We’re not.
Simon Wallwork is a grain and livestock producer in Corrigin, Western Australia, and chair of AgZero.
The independent review of Australian Wool Innovation invites woolgrowers to have their say on how the organisation performed from 2021-2025.
The Trump Administration is set to issue refunds after the US Supreme Court struck down the president’s Liberation Day tariffs last month, with Australian agribusinesses in line for reimbursement.
"Grossly unfair’ cattle related charges brought against Winderie Station owners Cameron and Teresa Tubby have been dropped after the State said there were no reasonable prospects for a conviction.
Conservation groups are outraged that a cattle station has been given government permits to kill 20,000 corellas and galahs.
Lloyd Jones
Grain Producers Australia is confident of an imminent approval for an emergency ZP-50 mouse bait permit as Mid West growers combat waves of mice wreacking havoc on their paddocks.
The broader conversation around WA sheep and lamb supply continues to gather momentum, particularly as procurement trends and interstate demand pressures become more visible across the market
Dean Hubbard
Brunswick’s John Tilling is hitting the road this Saturday on his 1963 Chamberlain Tractor, with his sights set on Whiteman Park, aiming to make the almost 200km journey onboard the antique machinery.
Craig Duncan
The Australian Wool Exchange says WA has the lowest levels of declared wool in the country, and growers may be missing out on premiums.
WA’s biggest corn growers say that having the same brand of machinery across their four farms makes management easy
There has been strong support from WA producers in one of the largest carcase trials in the country.
The State Government has dodged questions on the future of the wild dog action plan and State barrier fence Esperance extension after handing down the Budget last week.
Georgia Campion and Rebecca Nadge
A love of rural communities and a desire to help farms thrive has drawn a 25 year-old veterinarian from Kojonup back from her city studies to practise in the country.
