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  1. Structural VulnerabilityPremiumCould a fertiliser co-operative prevent future supply woes?

  2. SHED LIFEPremiumA social media account of life in WA sheep sheds is a hit

  3. Biosecurity uncertaintyPremiumWild dog management faces uncertainty as funding is reduced

  4. Forging aheadPremiumA nod to the past: blacksmith demonstrations drawing crowds

  5. Cost of MilkPremiumDairy farmers call for fair pay as profits continue decline

GAPUSPINDO Chair Pak Didiek Purwanto welcomes Australian Livestock Exporters’ Council Chair Dr Chris Back to the Importer–Exporter meeting in Jakarta.

Livestock MeetingPremiumAus and Indo livestock sector reps attend annual meeting

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.

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Australian Wagyu Association former president Chantal Winter, life member Peter Gilmour and president Laird Morgan.

WAGYU PIONEER RECOGNISEDPremiumWA Wagyu producer recognised for his service to the industry

A WA producer who founded one of Australia’s leading fullblood Wagyu herds has been recognised with an honourary life membership.

Rebecca Nadge

Phillip and Suzanne Hall of Halls Family Dairy and Roblynne Holsteins run a herd of purebred Normande dairy cattle in the State's South West.

Keeping it FrenchPremiumHalls Family Dairy keeping cheese quintessentially French

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.

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Agora Livestock price updates.

BEYOND THE SALEYARDSPremiumBeyond the Saleyards: WA lamb market under pressure

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

West River farmer Mark Mudie died in December while fighting a bushfire.

International Firefighters’ DayPremiumRavensthorpe farmer Mark Mudie enshrined for his service

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.

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Seeding at Wemyss Estate, Mindarabin.

Seeding ContinuesPremiumEarly seeding boosts hopes for positive yields

More than 50 per cent of WA’s canola crop has been sown, as sentiment among grain growers rises thanks to the season’s early start.

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Fremantle Seaweed co-founder and managing director Chris De Cuyper.

SEAWEED FACILITY GREENLITCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumWA’s first commercial seaweed hatchery goes ahead

Fremantle Seaweed secures 1,331sqm waterfront site to establish Western Australia’s first commercial-scale Asparagopsis hatchery and processing facility.

Year 11 Lilah Vick, Springfield, honing her shearing skills.

SHEARING PremiumPremiumIndustry experts lead hands-on shearing training at Morawa

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.

Symptoms include leaf purpling or reddening.

MONITOR CROPSPremiumPremiumGrowers are urged to monitor their canola crops this season

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

Patmore Feeds' Cuballing plant has been acquired by diverse agribusiness Craig Mostyn Group.

Feed SecuredPremiumCraig Mostyn Group acquires Cuballing feed plant

Prominent agribusiness Craig Mostyn has bought out a Cuballing-based livestock feed manufacturer to secure its pelletised feed supply for an undisclosed amount.

Georgia Campion

GAPUSPINDO Chair Pak Didiek Purwanto welcomes Australian Livestock Exporters’ Council Chair Dr Chris Back to the Importer–Exporter meeting in Jakarta.

Livestock MeetingPremiumAus and Indo livestock sector reps attend annual meeting

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.

Georgia Campion

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Harley Reid may have left the nest but Luke Shuey remains the pad’s landlord.

House That!CommentsPremiumShuey’s $950 a week Eagle nest empty after Reid flies away

Innaloo may not be Perth’s most glamorous suburb, but one of its rental units has the reflected glory of not one, but two AFL greats.

Kim Macdonald

An emergency department nurse who worked several shifts while high on a cocktail of drugs has had her registration cancelled.

Courts & JusticePremiumPerth nurse who worked while high on meth identified

An emergency department nurse who worked several shifts while high on a cocktail of drugs has had her registration cancelled.

Hannah Cross

Nationals MP Lachlan Hunter was booted out and suspended from the Legislative Assembly for the second time this year. 

state politics VideoPremiumWATCH: MP booted out of Parliament amid racetrack debate

Nationals MP Lachlan Hunter has been booted and suspended from the Legislative Assembly, for two days, during a fractious Question Time.

Jessica Page

The pilot for an autonomous delivery system from Sodexo is being trialled at initial pilot phase is being conducted at Rio Tinto’s Gudai-Darri village.

MiningCommentsPremiumMore job cut details emerge as Rio renews FIFO catering gig

The French firm feeding Rio Tinto’s legion of workers in the Pilbara has renewed its contract amid a wave of redundancies sweeping through the iron ore giant’s Perth office.

Adrian Rauso

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Harley Reid may have left the nest but Luke Shuey remains the pad’s landlord.

House That!CommentsPremiumShuey’s $950 a week Eagle nest empty after Reid flies away

Innaloo may not be Perth’s most glamorous suburb, but one of its rental units has the reflected glory of not one, but two AFL greats.

Kim Macdonald

An emergency department nurse who worked several shifts while high on a cocktail of drugs has had her registration cancelled.

Courts & JusticePremiumPerth nurse who worked while high on meth identified

An emergency department nurse who worked several shifts while high on a cocktail of drugs has had her registration cancelled.

Hannah Cross

Nationals MP Lachlan Hunter was booted out and suspended from the Legislative Assembly for the second time this year. 

state politics VideoPremiumPremiumWATCH: MP booted out of Parliament amid racetrack debate

Nationals MP Lachlan Hunter has been booted and suspended from the Legislative Assembly, for two days, during a fractious Question Time.

Construction of a huge skyscraper at Elizabeth Quay is set for an extraordinary blow after ASX-listed contractor SRG foreshadowed plans to seek an arrest warrant for developer Victor Goh.

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PremiumContractor’s arrest bid for property developer Victor Goh

Construction of a huge skyscraper at Elizabeth Quay is set for an extraordinary blow after ASX-listed contractor SRG foreshadowed plans to seek an arrest warrant for developer Victor Goh.

An empty Rio Tinto hard hat in the Pilbara

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PremiumMass job cuts loom for Rio Tinto’s Perth workforce

A major cutback at the State’s largest iron ore producer is believed to be in motion as speculation mounts that a high-ranking Perth manager will soon depart.

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Patmore Feeds' Cuballing plant has been acquired by diverse agribusiness Craig Mostyn Group.

Feed SecuredPremiumCraig Mostyn Group acquires Cuballing feed plant

Georgia Campion

GAPUSPINDO Chair Pak Didiek Purwanto welcomes Australian Livestock Exporters’ Council Chair Dr Chris Back to the Importer–Exporter meeting in Jakarta.

Livestock MeetingPremiumAus and Indo livestock sector reps attend annual meeting

Georgia Campion

Wild dogs are a major pest species impacting on grazing industries across mainland Australia.

Biosecurity uncertaintyPremiumWild dog management faces uncertainty as funding is reduced

Rebecca Nadge

David Moir, The Blacksmith Shop, with an engraved knife he made from Double Griffin steel.

Forging aheadPremiumA nod to the past: blacksmith demonstrations drawing crowds

Rebecca Nadge

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A common side effect of many GLP-1 drugs is hair loss. It’s creating a growing market for hair treatment products.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumThe growing hair treatment market from GLP-1s

A common side effect of many GLP-1 drugs is hair loss. It’s creating a growing market for hair treatment products.

Laya Neelakandan

People will be living and working on the moon within the next decade, according to the boss of space tech company Voyager Technologies.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumPeople will be ‘living and working’ on the moon in the 2030s

People will be living and working on the moon within the next decade, according to the boss of space tech company Voyager Technologies.

Lucy Handley

Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency.

CNBC newsPremium‘Biggest energy security threat in history’: Bleak outlook

The world has lost 13 million barrels of oil per day thanks to the war, and there are major disruptions in vital commodities, International Energy Agency head Fatih Birol said.

Holly Ellyatt

President Donald Trump.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumWatchdog zeros in on suspicious oil trades before Trump post

The probe is zeroing in on at least two instances over a roughly two-week period when trading volumes jumped sharply just ahead of key White House news.

Yun Li

Grain

Seeding at Wemyss Estate, Mindarabin.

Seeding ContinuesPremiumEarly seeding boosts hopes for positive yields

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Symptoms include leaf purpling or reddening.

MONITOR CROPSPremiumGrowers are urged to monitor their canola crops this season

Rebecca Nadge

The eruption of conflict in the Middle East in late February has forced private enterprises, and the State and Federal governments to take measures in securing adequate supplies of fuel and fertiliser for farmers heading into their winter crop — exposing Australia’s heavy reliance on imports for inputs.

Structural VulnerabilityPremiumCould a fertiliser co-operative prevent future supply woes?

Georgia Campion

Scaddan grain grower Tom Curnow is planting canola, wheat, barley, and oats this season.

WeatherPremiumGrain growers hoping for more rain in dry season start

Georgia Campion

Livestock

Agora Livestock price updates.

BEYOND THE SALEYARDSPremiumBeyond the Saleyards: WA lamb market under pressure

Dean Hubbard

The ImmuneDEX aims to show the overall immune competence of Merino sheep.

IMMUNE COMPETENCEPremiumMerino genomic index released to capture immune competence

Rebecca Nadge

With the equal $13,000 top-priced bull, Fieldhouse BC7 36 is buyer Josh Pumpa of Yalgoo, with Fieldhouse Droughtmaster stud co-principal Ken Mutton, and Nutrien Livestock agents Craig Walker and Richard Keach.

Fieldhouse Droughtmaster salePremiumFieldhouse Droughtmaster bulls top at $13,000

Bob Garnant

With the record $24,000 top-priced bull, Biara 4056 (PP), is Nutrien Livestock agent Richard Keach, Luke Kanny, Biara Santa Gertrudis stud co-principal Glenn Hasleby, and buyer Jason Kanny, of Bonegilla Grazing in Walkaway.

Biara bull salePremiumBiara Santa Gertrudis bulls top at record $24,000

Bob Garnant

Wool

Year 11 Lilah Vick, Springfield, honing her shearing skills.

SHEARING PremiumIndustry experts lead hands-on shearing training at Morawa

Jasmine Hauiti, wool classer at Western Shearing and founder of social media account Shed Life, in York

SHED LIFEPremiumA social media account of life in WA sheep sheds is a hit

Danielle Marsland

Darren Spencer, owner of the Spencer Shearing Services team from Lake Grace holds freshly shorn fleece in the shearing shed at Glensarsfield sheep farm at Kukerin. Nic Ellis

WA WOOL DROPSPremiumWool production lower than estimated

Danielle Marsland

Shane Argent, Britalia Shearing Services, travels across WA as a contractor.

SHEARER PROFILE: SHANE ARGENTPremiumCountryman meets WA shearing business owner, Shane Argent

Danielle Marsland

Politics

CSBP's Kwinana plant.

Fertiliser SupplyPremiumFertiliser supplies chased by Fed Govt, fertiliser giants

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A new fertiliser deal with Indonesia will ensure supply amid disruptions caused by the Iran war. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

PoliticsPremiumAustralia secures fertiliser deal with Indonesia

Duncan Murray

WA will stockpile four million litres of fuel in the Kimberley as a top up and emergency supply for the agriculture sector and remote communities.

Fuel SecurityPremiumGovernments strengthening fuel security as seeding starts

Georgia Campion

The Strait of Hormuz is a critical waterway for about a fifth of the world’s oil and gas.

Fertiliser PlanPremiumFed Govt to underwrite sector fertiliser and fuel purchases

Georgia Campion

Machinery

WA’s Leon Archibald competing in Caterpillar’s inaugural Global Dealer Technician Challenge in Chicago, where he won second place.

TECH WINS SILVER MEDALWesTrac tech wins silver at global technician awards.

Danielle Marsland

Leon Archibald represented WA in Caterpillar’s inaugural Global Dealer Technician Challenge Finals in Chicago.

CATERPILLAR COMPPremiumCaterpillar tech from WA heads to Chicago to test his skills

Danielle Marsland

The next generation of See & Spray technology expands targeted application across more crops and under more operating conditions.

NEW SPRAY TECHPremiumJohn Deere unveils next-generation tech

Danielle Marsland

MY27 planters offer optional dual-product fertiliser, applying in-furrow and/or side-band nutrients at optimal growth timing.

Planter AdvancementsPremiumJohn Deeres launches new planter tech ahead of seeding

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Field Days

RASWA Rural Ambassador for 2022 Reece Jerrett and runner-up Holly Snell with 2021 National Rural Ambassador Karl Milde in the poultry section, where Mr Jerrett had more than 50 birds at the Perth Royal Show.

Poultry judgingPremiumAgriculture show celebrity to judge Woolorama poultry

Bob Garnant

Author and community historian Liz Harfull.

Book launchPremiumLiz Harfull’s cookbook launch at Woolorama heats up

Harriet Flinn

Wagin Woolorama staff and committee members Paula Carroll, Darcey Ward, Brittany Were, Fiona Dawson, Sue Dowson, Lyn Hatherly, Shelly Benck, and Brittany Bolt.

Wagin Woolorama PremiumWagin Woolorama rolls on with the changes

Bob Garnant

Wagin Woolorama president Fiona Dawson.

President’s AddressPremiumHarvesting rural and community spirit a forte of Woolorama

Fiona Dawson

Horticulture

Qfly has been detected again after it was previously eradicated in August last year.

Horticulture ThreatQfly re-emerges for 11th time in Perth’s metro area

Georgia Campion

Damage to Doriana Magili’s Carnarvon banana crop in the aftermath of Cyclone Mitchell last month. It wiped out about 50 per cent of the areas banana crop.

Countryman HorticultureVideoPremiumBanana crop expected to be completely wiped out by cyclone

Georgia Campion

Service stations have been warned not to profit off Australians amid the war in the Middle East.

Fuel and farmingPremiumMid West sets unwanted record high fuel prices

Sally Q Davies

Banana farmers will know the full extend of damage soon.

FarmingLong term impacts from weather events in Carnarvon

Sally Q Davies

Finance & Markets

Agora Livestock price updates.

BEYOND THE SALEYARDSBeyond the Saleyards: Lamb market softens

DEAN HUBBARD

Agora Livestok price updates.

BEYOND THE SALEYARDSBeyond the Saleyards: Rising freight costs hit WA market

DEAN HUBBARD

Agora Livestock price updates.

BEYOND THE SALEYARDSBeyond the Saleyards: WA hit by export and freight costs

DEAN HUBBARD

Agora Livestock price updates.

BEYOND THE SALEYARDSBeyond the Saleyards: Easter period causes reduced numbers

Bob Garnant

Opinion

RRR Network chief executive Kendall Galbraith.

OPENING DOORSPremiumHow remote work is rewriting the rules for regional women

Kendall Galbraith

Grain Producers Australia will continue to advocate for support and appropriate resourcing to strengthen independent and scientific evidence-based regulatory systems operated by the APVMA. 

CHEMICAL REGULATION PremiumChemical regulation needs broader lens to be effective

Andrew Weidemann

CBH Group's new wagons in action.

CO-OPERATIVE CHALLENGEPremiumOpinion: Co-operative loyalty falls short

John Hassell

Mark Harvey-Sutton (left) and the Keep the Sheep Rally in Perth in March 2025.

OPINION PremiumOpinion: Australia’s live sheep ban through a new lens

Mark Harvey-Sutton

Country Communities

Moondyne Joe, played by Toodyay's Oscar Litchfield, protests his innocence during the trial.

Toodyay transformedPremiumInfamous bushranger Moondyne Joe celebrated at Tooday event

Rebecca Nadge

Boyup Brook material burn-off.

YOUR PICS PremiumYour pictures from the farm

Danielle Marsland

Jim Laverty on Lynx Classic Cat.

KICKING ONPremiumAnnual Williams campdraft celebrates quarter century

Rebecca Nadge

Chris Johnson, Anne and John Stanley, Lara Johnson and her children Aurora and Aston Johnson at Chestnut Brae, Nannup.

AGRITOURISM ACADEMYPremiumNannup local gives leg-up to agritourism business hopefuls

Danielle Marsland