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Up RiverInoperative water gauge sparks Fitzroy River plan concerns

Northern WA pastoralists and stakeholders have raised concerns that an inoperative water gauge could mean thousands of cubic gigalitres were lost in the planning management of the Fitzroy River.

Georgia Campion

WAFarmers president and Kojonup sheep farmer Steve McGuire.

Changing marketsConfidence loss highlighted in WA sheep industry report

Rebecca Nadge

Brownes Dairy CEO Natalie Sarich-Dayton.

AgricultureBrownes, Coles cop fines for alleged Dairy Code breaches

WA dairy Brownes and supermarket giant Coles have both copped hefty fines from the competition watchdog for two alleged breaches of the Dairy Code of Conduct.

Daniel Newell

JEANS FOR THE JOBRemote station manager turned entrepreneur leads by example

Kimberley station manager Isabella Thrupp makes jeans for women who work the land, and said her business boom has coincided with the rise in women applying for jobs on remote stations.

Danielle Marsland

Students Riley Hughes-Odgers and Molly Lewis with piggery manager Jemma Read (centre), at Cunderdin College of Agriculture.

PIG WIN FOR SCHOOLAg school sets up kids for tech-ready, modern farming.

Cunderdin College of Agriculture will use its $5.4 million State Budget funding to upgrade piggery infrastructure for pork production training at the college.

Danielle Marsland

York farmers Adrian and Erin Emin have managed to put their crop in the ground, but have found fertiliser supply is still “touch-and-go”.

‘New Normal’Fertiliser supply ‘hit and miss’ as farmers finish seeding

Almost three months on from the outbreak of war in the Middle East, uncertainty continues to dog WA’s producers as they deal with the “new normal” of soaring input costs and supply constraints.

Georgia Campion

Katanning brothers David and Geoff Stade were devastated when the ban on live sheep exports were announced, but are determined to stay in sheep for the time being.

Flock Change‘Bitterly disappointed’ GS farmers plan to stay in sheep

Katanning brothers David and Geoff Stade have been devastated by the live sheep export ban. But a change to their flock composition about 20 years ago could see them weather the industry storm a little longer.

Georgia Campion

Pastoral EmpireJumbuck empire carved up as three SA stations hit the market

The MacLachlan family is carving up its dynastic empire as succession is carried out, with more than 1 million hectares of South Australian aggregated pastoral land to hit the market this month.

Georgia Campion

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development field veterinary officer Dr Izzy Drage condition scores ewes.

Sheep nutritional demand Sheep producers early to monitor stock nutrition

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development is encouraging sheep producers to take early, preventative action to reduce the risk of pregnancy toxaemia and hypocalcaemia during winter.

Up RiverInoperative water gauge sparks Fitzroy River plan concerns

Northern WA pastoralists and stakeholders have raised concerns that an inoperative water gauge could mean thousands of cubic gigalitres were lost in the planning management of the Fitzroy River.

Legal action has been launched over land clearing at Claravale Station near the Daly River. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

Countryman GrainLegal action over plans to bulldoze tropical savanna

Environmentalists say the federal environment minister's decision not to assess plans to bulldoze tropical savanna for industrial agriculture is legally flawed.

APVMA FUNDINGFederal Government commits annual funding to APVMA

Industry has welcomed permanent government funding to the national pesticides and veterinary medicines regulator, but says it falls short of what is needed and the cost recovery method is flawed.

Rebecca Nadge

NO MORE CHICK CULLINGEgg industry welcomes humane hatching

In a major Australian animal welfare advancement, new in-ovo sexing technology that identifies the sex of chicks before they hatch will reduce the practice of culling male day-old chicks in layer hatcheries.

Danielle Marsland

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Meet and Bun’s John Pavlos at his Mt Lawley store.

Courts & JusticeFormer Meet & Bun boss admits shocking drug offences

The former managing director of popular burger joint Meet & Bun has pleaded guilty to a string of drug offences.

Jessica Evensen

Joondalup Health Campus chief executive Renaud Mazy quietly exits role

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Joondalup Health Campus chief executive Renaud Mazy has quit the top job after just two years at the beleaguered hospital.

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Sheffield Resources' Thunderbird mineral sands mine.

MiningTaxpayer-backed mine has one last roll of the dice

A key contractor at the Thunderbird mineral sands mine is out the door, with the WA operation teetering on the brink of financial collapse.

Adrian Rauso

Two young lives have been lost in a horror crash in the Wheatbelt after a ute slammed into a tree near Dandaragan in the early hours of Sunday.

Disaster and EmergencyWheatbelt tragedy as three young lives lost in 24 hours

The Wheatbelt has been rocked by tragedy after three young people were killed in two separate crashes in less than 24 hours.

Troy de Ruyter

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Up RiverInoperative water gauge sparks Fitzroy River plan concerns

Georgia Campion

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Changing marketsConfidence loss highlighted in WA sheep industry report

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