Hundreds of WA’s country women flocked to Scarborough’s Rendezvous Hotel for the annual Country Women’s Association of WA State conference and annual general meeting.
Georgia Campion
WA Shearing Industry Association president Darren Spencer has stepped down after serving 16 years at the helm in promoting excellence to the State’s contractors and shedhand workers.
Bob Garnant
Australian Wool Exchange chief executive says he is “extremely grateful” for the WA wool industry’s industry-good mindset.
Melissa Pedelty
The Great Southern chicken producer will continue supplying eggs despite closing its farm doors.
More than half of all road deaths in WA this year have occurred on regional roads, despite only one in five West Australians living in regional areas.
Danielle Marsland
Western Australia’s multimillion-dollar poultry and agricultural industries are fearing the worst after testing confirmed a deadly strain of bird flu had breached the nation’s borders.
Caitlin Vinci
The 46-year-old suffered a medical episode while competing at a WA Gravity Enduro cycling event in the South West.
Claire Middleton
Boddington’s Justin Haydock has taken a leap of faith, moving from brokering to independent advisory to be part of the next generation of wool professionals driving industry change.
The Federal Government plans to continue supporting fertiliser imports for as long as necessary despite the signing of a peace deal, as the conflict shines a glaring light on Australia’s reliance on imports.
WA farmers say family farming could become a way of the past, giving way to corporate, institutional or foreign ownership, if there is not a marked change in the tax system.
Positive feedback is circulating for a program designed to minimise the negative effect the Federal Government’s live sheep export by sea ban has had on regional Western Australia.
Farmers are wrapping up their preparations ahead of the mandatory electronic identification requirements that will come into full force in WA in a matter of weeks.
Mobile connectivity and reliability problems continue to climb with many regional West Australians reporting failed emergency calls and frequent service dropouts.
WA wool industry experts are confident the market will break records in the coming months after another significant price rise this week.
WA’s Royal Agricultural Society has appointed Donnybrook farmer Anne Stroud as its first female president in the association’s nearly 200-year history.
Feedback from the China Industry Discovery Tour organised by the West Australian Wool Collective has been overwhelmingly positive and many have reported a renewed sense of excitement and faith in the industry.
A DNA tool is allowing a Bindoon cattle producer to identify threatened wildlife and feral species on farm and then take targeted action
WA pastoralists, farmers, and researchers are among hundreds of names listed in this year’s King’s Birthday Honours for their contributions to the agriculture sector and community.
Georgia Campion, Craig Duncan, Melissa Sheil and Imogen Wilson
New Holland has made its renowned spot spraying technology available on Miller Nitro self-propelled sprayers, new and old.
Esperance farmers are becoming “increasingly frustrated” at continued delays to the completion of the region’s extension of the State Barrier Fence, Member for Roe Peter Rundle says.
Tegan Guthrie
Farmers for Climate Action are calling for the Federal Government to aid in the shift from imported fuel dependence to locally produced, lower‐cost and more resilient energy systems on Australian farms
A Bow Bridge man has been fined for allowing his sheep to roam onto busy roads — once almost causing a car towing a caravan to crash — and having too many dogs, all of which were unregistered, on his property.
Melissa Sheil
A prominent WA agribusiness has highlighted the need for improved port and air access as the State’s sheep industry adapts to changing markets.
Rebecca Nadge
After years of crashes and near misses, a notorious Lake Grace intersection is finally getting a long-awaited safety upgrade with works expected to be completed by July.
Amy Towers
