Search
thewest.com.au
BusinessChevron Right Icon

Agriculture

TRACEABILITY AND BIOSECURITYPremiumLivestock bodies call for Australia-wide IED system

Livestock lobby groups are pushing for a mandatory Australia-wide electronic identification system for sheep, cattle and goats as part of a “once in a generation” bid to improve traceability.

Adam Poulsen

LIVE EXPORT DEBATEPremiumWar of words continues over plan to ban live sheep exports

The fallout has continued over Federal Labor’s plan to ban live sheep exports, with more MPs and industry players emerging from the woodwork to slam the contentious policy.

Adam Poulsen

WORKER SHORTAGEPremiumAbattoir backlog adds to farmers’ frustrations

West Australian abattoirs are grappling with a major processing backlog caused by a chronic labour shortage, with bookings backed up for up to six weeks, according to industry insiders.

Adam Poulsen

AgricultureNSW out of drought after flooding rains

NSW has largely emerged from two years of drought but farmers' woes are far from over as they struggle to recover from multiple disasters in recent years.

Jack Gramenz

METHANE BUSTERPremiumMethane-busting feed supplement ‘a significant leap forward’

A Perth-based startup has developed a new methane-busting feed supplement it claims marks a “significant leap forward” in the quest to make the livestock industry more environmentally sustainable.

Staff reporter

AgriculturePremiumFarm costs up as food prices stay high

Australia's farming sector will see cost increases across the board in 2022 due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, according to a new report.

Liv Casben

AgricultureFarming sector 'out of political focus'

Agriculture hasn't had enough attention this election campaign, says the National Farmers' Federation, which has rated party policies affecting farmers.

Liv Casben

AgriculturePremiumIndia bans wheat exports as crops suffer

A ban on wheat exports from India is a further blow to the world's food markets, after supplies from Ukraine were disrupted.

Rajendra Jadhav and Mayank Bhardwaj

On the agendaPremium‘WORST FEARS’: Labor plan to ban WA’s live sheep trade

Live export has exploded onto the election scene, with Federal Labor’s controversial plan to ban the live sheep trade dividing MPs and confirming the worst fears of WA farmers.

Adam Poulsen, Cally Dupe and Peter Law

AgriculturePremiumNSW crop research jobs on chopping block

The union representing public servants says 30 research jobs into climate-resistant crops could be axed after the NSW government pulled funds.

Farid Farid

MURESK EXPANSIONPremiumMuresk Institute undergoes $9.1m upgrade

There’s been plenty to celebrate at Muresk Institute this month, with a new $800,000 shearing shed unveiled as construction begins on a “state-of-the-art” $9.1m Specialist Agriculture Machinery training centre.

Adam Poulsen

MEMORIES LINGERPremiumPastoralists shaken by plan to ban live sheep exports

Pastoralists in the State’s north have been left rattled by Federal Labor’s proposal to ban live sheep exports despite assurances the party will not come for the cattle trade if elected on May 21.

Adam Poulsen

Live exportPremiumSheep shipping ban could make WA industry ‘unsustainable’

Western Australia’s lucrative sheep industries could become ‘unsustainable’ and ‘more susceptible to market volatility’ if Federal Labor’s plan to ban live exports is implemented, a leading analyst says.

Adam Poulsen

‘Absolute disgrace’CommentsPremiumALP’s sheep show on live exports continues

The rift inside Labor over a plan to ban live sheep export is growing, with Rita Saffioti the latest State minister to speak out against a policy that farmers claim ‘panders to the Greens’.

Peter Law

AgriculturePremiumDairy farmers 'squeezed on milk prices'

Dairy farmers say they are being sent to the wall over milk prices, as one NSW farmer prepares to walk away from the industry because of increasing costs.

Liv Casben

Ban planPremiumLabor MPs tight-lipped on plan to end live sheep exports

WA-based Federal Labor MPs and candidates have gone silent on live export after the party this week confirmed it would ban the live sheep trade if elected on May 21.

Adam Poulsen

Chairman resignsPremiumTrahar back in charge as Seafarms CEO falls on sword

WA businessman Ian Trahar has wrestled back control of his struggling aquaculture company Seafarms Group after executive chairman and chief executive Mick McMahon fell on his sword.

Stuart McKinnon

‘flogging a dead horse’PremiumInternal row erupts over Labor’s plan to ban live exports

An internal split has broken out in the Labor Party over the live sheep trade, with Mark McGowan pouring cold water on his Federal colleagues’ plan to ban live exports.

Adam Poulsen, Peter Law and Cally Dupe

‘Farmers blindsided’CommentsPremiumWA Premier won’t support Labor plan to ban live sheep export

A rift has emerged within Labor over a controversial plan to ban live sheep export, with WA Premier Mark McGowan refusing to throw his support behind his own party’s policy.

Peter Law

Rabobank reportPremiumBeef recovers but supply pressures remain

Australia's beef cattle herd will continue to grow but a report says supply chain constraints will impede sector growth.

Liv Casben

West is bestPremiumLittleproud vows to back live export industry ‘110 per cent’

Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud has declared that Australia does live exports “better than anyone else in the world” and promises to back the industry “110 per cent”.

Adam Poulsen

‘NO FURTHER PENALTY’PremiumWarning issued for illegal clearing at Kimberley station

A three-year investigation into illegal land-clearing at Yakka Munga Station has concluded with the Kimberley pastoral lease’s Chinese owners being issued a warning letter.

Adam Poulsen

Ill windsPremiumAngas fails to get bureaucrats moving on Baldivis sheep pong

A Supreme Court judge has ruled top environmental bureaucrat Michelle Andrews can’t be forced to exercise her powers over smelly Baldivis sheep yard.

Neale Prior

GRAIN ON RAILPremiumWA’s grain rail network is in for a $400m upgrade

WA’s grain on rail network is in for its biggest upgrade more than a decade with details of how a $200m State and Federal investment will be spent finally unveiled and a pledge from CBH Group to match it.

Cally Dupe