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WA could be on track to match or break last season's record grain crop of just over 27 million tonnes.

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WA farmer and vice president of the NFF John Hassell says he's concerned about the possible outcomes of a US investigation into lamb imports, one of A...

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Farmers who've held onto their sheep and cattle through some tough seasons are being rewarded with high prices for their livestock in saleyards across...

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Poultry producers and wildlife organisations are on high alert after confirmation the H5N1 bird flu has now reached native Australian bird populations...

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Wool Producers Australia says the aim to launch the Future Flock initiative at LambEx in Adelaide this week, was far too ambitious. 

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A hydro harvester, that stores water taken out of the atmosphere, will be put to the test at a native seedling nursery at Beverley in WA's wheatbelt n...

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Plum Grove Logistics has entered into a three year agreement with Mid West Ports to export 600, 000 tonnes of grain from the Geraldton Port.

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Speculation is mounting over Alcoa's future mining intentions and the implications for WA's native jarrah forests, following its $8 billion deal to bu...

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Farmers in rural WA say they have struggled with power outages and frequent maintenance issues after being moved off the grid and on to standalone pow...

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Authorities have detected a suspected case of the H5 bird flu in metropolitan Perth.

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Bee industry representatives from across the nation held an emergency roundtable this week to discuss the critical next steps in managing varroa mite.

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The WA Government's container for change scheme comes into effect today. 

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Seafood menus across Australia are set for a major shake-up as new national labelling laws come into force.

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Australia's outback is transforming during one of its wettest years on record. 

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Another suspected positive case of the H-5 bird flu has been detected in Western Australia.

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For most couples, marriage comes with its challenges. Add in the demands of farming and running a business, and those pressures only grow.

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A Tasmanian poultry farm has decided to lockdown its operations, following confirmation of two cases of the H5N1 strain of avian flu in seabirds found...

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Australia's chemical regulator has applied new restrictions to the use of the controversial herbicide paraquat, which has previously been linked to Pa...

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State agriculture minister Jackie Jarvis says Western Australia is still in a surveillance and monitoring phase for the deadly strain of bird flu, not...

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Some of our truck drivers and the PGA believe a proposed new truck-trailer set up will not fix the problem of truck roll-overs.

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A crop and livestock producer in the Great Southern, with a passion for filmmaking, says it's incredible how many farming skills carry across to the s...

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Bravo apples from Western Australia arrived in China over the weekend.

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Two small, remote islands off the Kimberley coast are going to be turned into sea and air hubs for offshore oil and gas, marine industries, security,...

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Mining giant Rio Tinto says it will soon halt its hay production in northern WA, leaving pastoralists scrambling to find an alternative supplier.

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Internal documents reveal government officials are privately warning about the risks of a growing reliance on Elon Musk's satellite internet service S...

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The Pastoralist and Graziers Association says agricultural innovation is being stymied in the Kimberley with the state government refusing to release...

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Former state Agriculture Minister Alannah MacTiernan is representing Victory Metals who want to establish Australia's largest heavy rare earth clay pr...

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The Haggerty family has decided to let robots milk their cows. It means their workers can focus on other aspects of the farming enterprise.

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Beef exports to China are expected to ease rapidly as Australia fast approaches this year's quota which will trigger an additional 55 per cent tariff...

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A flapping drone disguised as a peregrine falcon is giving hope to strawberry growers, who are losing hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of fruit...

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Leo Skliros grows mangoes in the Northern Territory and says the wage increase is "another nail in the coffin."

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The science and economics research division of the Department of Agriculture, ABARES, is forecasting the value of agricultural production to fall by 5...

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The Northern Territory's biggest bull sale was held in Katherine on Friday, with some buyers travelling from WA's Kimberley to take part.

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Rural businesses are worried they will struggle to find workers as the government comes under pressure to cut immigration numbers.

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The company behind one of the state's few biofuel refineries has plans to make renewable diesel fuel from canola, straw and wood residue for the WA ma...

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Western Australia's total wheat area planted is expected to be down 14 per cent on last season.

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The main players in the WA scallop industry have turned their attention to the state's south coast, after a marine heatwave, early last year, wiped ou...

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Holes in Australia's sovereign capability exposed by Iran war supply chain issues.

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The Federal Government has released a discussion paper on proposals to extend Australia's Right to Repair framework for agricultural machinery.