Australian farmers are calling for stricter safeguard mechanism rules so big polluters are forced to reduce emissions at the source.
Melissa Pedelty
WA’s biggest farming field day has celebrated another year with thousands gathering in the small town of Dowerin.
Australia’s leading grains research organisation is investing $7.4 million in a new online platform intended to be the one-stop shop for decades worth of soils research and knowledge.
Australia’s leading voice for wool has applauded Australian Wool Testing Authority’s creation of a new system which could change the way wool brokers and merchants market and sell Australian wool
One of Australia’s largest privately owned cattle producers with significant landholdings in WA is eager for the new livestock method carbon credit scheme to be released as soon as possible.
The Dam at Raintree was full to the brim on Friday night to celebrate the inaugural Paul Lionetti Great Southern Farmers Awards, with a Denmark cattle farmer claiming the top gong
Jacki Elezovich
A quiet panic is emerging among WA farmers as they come to terms with the Federal Government’s visa processing priorities, prompting calls for an overhaul to the system.
A new report has found Australian agriculture is under pressure from increased costs and natural disasters, leaving farmers questioning their future in the food supply industry.
Bob Garnant
Three generations of Halls have farmed at Brookton but a split in ownership between brothers has resulted in two very different enterprises.
WA farmers are part of a cohort of regional, rural and remote West Australians being left behind in terms of telecommunications, which is being heightened because of the State’s scale and size.
WA’s dairy industry faces a tale of two worlds as while the State has the highest appetite for expansion nationally, it also has the highest rate of industry exits.
Yealering farmers Lindsay and Sarah Corke are celebrating lambing success this year, a hard-earned feat after experiencing a turbulent few years in the sheep industry.
Wheatbelt shire presidents say the cost of supporting major freight movements on local roads is becoming too large a burden to bear.
More than 7000 cattle were stuck at a backgrounding facility in Roebuck due to the industrial action at Broome port.
Young aspiring chefs will have the chance to trade textbooks for tongs in a sizzling cooking showdown at this year’s Newdegate Machinery Field Days
WA’s food ambassador is bringing crumbed herring to the Newdegate Machinery Field Days in a bid to showcase the under-utilised species while propping up an industry burdened by government regulations.
A WA truck driver nearly lost his life after the road train he was driving burst into flames.
A Brookton farmer’s collection of early 20th-century farm machinery, all in various states of restoration, will be auctioned in October.
WA’s leading farming organisation has welcomed the announcement of a Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, WA’s second largest export industry worth $11 billion annually.
WA farmers are growing more concerned agricultural land is being locked up for carbon projects but experts believe there is a different way of looking at the growing industry.
A peak pastoral body has warned the “pivotal point” of development in the Kimberley is threatened by stringent limits on ground and surface water allocations in the Fitzroy-Derby River catchment area
Georgia Campion
WA grain farmers are sitting on a knife’s edge waiting for the next bought of rain to arrive.
Grant Family Dairy Farm has supplied milk to Woolworths for its Farmers’ Own milk brand since it was established in October 2014, but that will soon change.
The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development is gearing up for its annual exhibition stall at the Dowerin Machinery Field Days later this month
