A former state government agriculture researcher is developing new cropping technology to increase soil productivity and sustainability, no matter the type
Georgia Campion
Dairy producers across Australia are bracing for a season with little wiggle room for error as input costs continue to soar and supply constraints persist.
WA’s southern agriculture community is pulling together an extraordinary amount of money in support of anti-bullying charity, Dolly’s Dream, donning blue shirts and auctioning a steer in support
The majority of WA’s crop will be sown into the ground by the middle of the month, with sentiment rising among grain growers thanks to the season’s early start.
Fremantle Seaweed secures 1,331sqm waterfront site to establish Western Australia’s first commercial-scale Asparagopsis hatchery and processing facility.
Danielle Marsland
The WA College of Agriculture – Morawa recently welcomed two industry experts to deliver an immersive, week-long shearing school for years 10, 11 and 12 students.
The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development is urging canola growers to monitor crops for signs of the turnip yellows virus and its vector, green peach aphid, and take early action
Rebecca Nadge
Prominent agribusiness Craig Mostyn has bought out a Cuballing-based livestock feed manufacturer to secure its pelletised feed supply for an undisclosed amount.
Trade relations between Australia and Indonesia have been strengthened in the latest livestock importer-exporter annual meeting in Jakarta, an industry worth more than $450 million last year.
Western Australia’s lamb market is showing clear signs of strain, with rising interstate demand colliding with a structurally tighter local supply system.
Dean Hubbard
The global geopolitical uncertainty that has sent shock waves across supply chains, in particular fertiliser, has highlighted Australia’s reliance and vulnerability on offshore manufacturing and supply imports.
York wool classer Jasmine Hauiti is pulling back the wool curtain on life in WA shearing sheds with her hit social media account.
Thirteen of the State’s biosecurity groups have responded to drastic cuts to the WA wild dog action plan, which resulted in rangeland organisations having their funding slashed by 50 per cent.
After learning his craft while working for the WA Government Railway Workshops, blacksmith David Moir now captivates crowds of young and old as he works around the forge.
Toodyay contractor Oscar Litchfield was installing a ringlock fence for a committee member when it was suggested he should play WA’s most infamous bushranger at one of the town’s largest events.
While access to employment in regional communities remains competitive, limited, or poorly matched to the skills and aspirations of women, a quiet transformation is taking shape.
Kendall Galbraith
Calls are mounting from Australian dairy farmers for fairer price increases on the supermarket shelf to support sustainable and fresh production.
Fallen Ravensthorpe farmer Mark Mudie has been permanently memorialised for his service to firefighting after he died fighting to save his farm from a bushfire last December.
A WA producer who founded one of Australia’s leading fullblood Wagyu herds has been recognised with an honourary life membership.
A genomic index that highlights overall immune competence in Merino sheep will be commercially available from May 1.
After stumbling across French cow breeds in a farming magazine more than two decades ago, Phillip and Suzanne Hall are the proud award-winning owners of WA’s largest Normande herd.
A five-year project has found the optimal combination of forage species to establish a year-round feed supply for sheep and cattle.
According to some international frameworks, wool is up to 33 times worse for the environmental than acrylic, nylon and polyester combined
Farmland prices across the country are expected to increase at a modest rate this year, with the median price per hectare forecast to grow by about 2 per cent.
