WA researchers are tackling frost, a challenge that costs grain growers hundreds of millions of dollars a year in lost production and quality
Melissa Pedelty
A Quindanning sheep farmer has taken home the Producer of the Year title at the Western Australian Meat Marketing Co-operative’s annual general meeting.
Georgia Campion
WA’s major meat marketing co-operative has revealed it suffered a more than $20 million pre-tax loss last financial year and warned the market must restabilise.
Access to healthcare, childcare, housing, digital connectivity, workforce participation and leadership opportunities continue to affect regional communities, writes Kendall Galbraith.
Kendall Galbraith
The Western Australian sheep industry fears exports to the United States could be slapped with tariffs as high as 50 per cent if Donald Trump backs an investigation into the eroding profitability of US sheep.
WAFarmers chief executive says most WA farmers are completely in the dark about the potential ramifications of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act reforms
Fertiliser giants have warned that sourcing and supply are becoming less predictable amid developing geopolitical conflict which is pushing freight costs up as suppliers look for alternative trade routes
WA lamb and mutton prices sit around 20 per cent below national benchmarks as at October 19, an unusually wide divide that raises questions about what comes next.
Dean Hubbard
WAFarmers has revealed a more than 6 per cent rise in membership numbers after the priority processing arrangement was announced on September 24.
WA’s State agriculture department has identified Malaga as the preferred location for its new $320 million home after years of plans to replace the asbestos-riddled former site in South Perth.
Live sheep export transition advocate says the “last piece of the puzzle” of the WA Roadmap to 2028 will be released “soon”, which will provide modelling to help guide industry decisions.
WA is expected to produce a large but lower harvest this season as growers across the Mid West and the northern Kwinana zone begin harvesting
Georgia Campion and Melissa Pedelty
WA’s grains industry has welcomed the State Government’s decision to delay phosphine limits but have warned against complacency as it begins to sort a solution before the 2029 deadline.
WA grain growers are being encouraged to represent their peers at the GrainGrowers’ policy table to ensure the State is adequately represented in the organisation’s advocacy work.
A temporary weather radar at Wyndham is undergoing final testing with imagery expected to be made public by the end of the month.
Geraldton’s CBH grain terminal is gearing up for another busy season, even though it won’t reach the heights of last year’s record-breaking harvest.
Sienna Seychell
Stakeholders have until mid November to comment on the newly-released Australian Animal Welfare Strategy draft
Rebecca Nadge
The Grains Research and Development Corporation will invest $4.7 million in a co-ordinated program to help Australian growers and the grains supply chain prepare for upcoming phosphine regulatory changes.
Farmers in Mingenew and surrounds are reporting crop losses of up to 50 per cent because of persistently high levels of mouse activity.
New research is under way to advance plant breeding technologies and drive faster delivery of high-performance wheat and barley varieties.
The State Government has bowed to industry pressure and extended the deadlines for new phosphine workplace exposure limits by three years, but have excluded grain dust limits from the delay.
Former Carnamah woolgrower Peter Dring has devoted a lifetime to encouraging young shearers to step up on the boards at the Perth Royal Show’s shearing competitions.
Bob Garnant
The release of documents regarding the Federal Government’s fertiliser underwriting scheme has been delayed after a request for an extension.
Most WA grass-fed cattle producers say they are prepared to pay a higher levy as long as spending transparency is increased, but several are adamant the rise is not welcome.
