Reward Minerals is circling the drain after begrudgingly walking away from an ambitious purchase of Kalium Lakes’ stalled Beyondie sulphate of potash project.
Adrian Rauso
Several groups around the South West have come together to establish a new community resilience network to help farmers cope with the impacts of drought on their mental health.
Craig Duncan
Australian farmland has more than doubled in price per hectare during the past decade, according to the latest data from ABARES.
Liv Casben
WA has been declared free of Queensland fruit fly after the destructive pest was detected in a Perth suburb early last year, putting the State’s $1.5 billion horticulture industry at risk.
Adam Poulsen
Rising commodity prices and strong seasonal conditions have farmers in most states looking on the bright side again.
Australia's pork industry has defended the blunt force euthanasia of piglets as "humane' and lambasted activists for illegal trespass on farms at an inquiry
Adrian Black
Sky-high cocoa prices have prompted chocolate makers to hike prices, shrink packages and push new products that use less cocoa.
Ilena Peng
Politicians at a regional roadshow called on farmers to rally together and take on an activist approach in the face of the Government's decision to phase out live sheep export.
Olivia Ford
GrainCorp has confirmed it is pushing ahead with plans to develop a new oilseed crushing facility in WA as speculation mounts rival CBH Group is seeking to beat it to the punch.
Premier Roger Cook suggested so when asked his thoughts on WA farmers hiring professional strippers at a machinery auction.
Caitlyn Rintoul
WA Premier Roger Cook has questioned the hiring of Perth strippers at a farming auction and labelled the objectification of women in advertising as an outdated practice.
Strippers hired by a WA farming couple to help sell machinery at an auction say their role was to provide a ‘relaxed, ambient atmosphere’ and can’t understand the fuss in the agricultural community.
Fremantle Seaweed boss Chris de Cuyper has outlined bold plans to become the country’s biggest producer of a native Australian seaweed touted to reduce methane emissions when fed to cattle.
Cheyanne Enciso
CBH Group has not ruled out speculation it is laying the groundwork for a possible partnership with BP that could see Australia’s biggest grain handler build its own oilseed crushing plant in Perth.
A WA farming couple has faced backlash from the agricultural industry after they employed women from a stripping-hire company to help sell machinery at an auction.
Sunday marks one year since the Federal Government announced its experts to work out how and when to phase out the live sheep export trade — and it still doesn’t have a plan.
Kimberley Caines
A host of trees will be chopped down at Kings Park as authorities work to eradicate a destructive pest.
Rebecca Parish
A parliamentary committee will examine the role Australian agriculture has to play in the Southeast Asian market, and how it can support food security.
The Albanese Government’s controversial biosecurity protection levy has been tabled in a bill introduced into Parliament on Wednesday, sparking outrage among farmers ‘bamboozled’ by the surprise move.
A Boyup Brook farmer has spoken out about the Prime Minister’s refusal to meet with concerned live export farmers and called the Federal Agriculture Minister’s meeting “antagonistic” and “insulting” to farmers.
Daniel Hocking
Farmers will be encouraged to take advantage of their natural capital and learn about the role agriculture has to play in conservation during the two-day event.
A gene-screening platform that can identify diseases within crops is set to boost agricultural productivity and security, the CSIRO says.
Fraser Barton
Dairy giant Bega Cheese expects fewer price increases for consumers over coming months as inflation loses pace and the company looks to drive further internal cost efficiencies.
Adrian Lowe
Six weeks into the new year, Indonesia has finally issued its live cattle import permits to Australia, ending the ‘state of unknown’ for exporters.
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