The welfare of Australian livestock is being compromised by overzealous and “poorly implemented” regulatory intervention, according to the national peak body for sheep producers.
Adam Poulsen
Farmers and dairy industry representatives from across the State gathered in the South West on Thursday for a day exploring all the latest updates, new technologies and innovations being embraced by the sector.
Shannon Verhagen
A 1004kg Hereford bull has sold for a record price of $130,000 at a sale in Wodonga, Victoria, with a Queensland cattle breeder the proud new owner.
Staff reporter
An already-announced $25 million commitment for a three-year research partnership formed the agricultural centrepiece of this year’s State Budget, with WA Labor lambasted for having “little” else set aside.
Cally Dupe
A Perth-based startup has developed a new methane-busting feed supplement it claims marks a “significant leap forward” in the quest to make the livestock industry more environmentally sustainable.
Ord farmer Fritz Bolten says this is the year he will sink his teeth into a global scholarship program after two years of pandemic-related challenges, including border closures and a bout of COVID-19.
Australia's farming sector will see cost increases across the board in 2022 due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, according to a new report.
Liv Casben
Pockets of bushland throughout the State’s farming regions are beginning to bloom, as the weird, wacky and wonderful orchids WA has to offer begin to emerge.
The Federal shadow agriculture minister has come clean on Labor’s live export policy, confirming the party’s plan to ban the live sheep trade but failing to outline how WA farmers would be compensated.
Live export has exploded onto the election scene, with Federal Labor’s controversial plan to ban the live sheep trade dividing MPs and confirming the worst fears of WA farmers.
Adam Poulsen, Cally Dupe and Peter Law
A team of international scientists has discovered a way to produce higher quality wheat, which could increase protein content by up to 25 per cent.
Established in 1999 — the same year WA became Australia’s biggest producer of canola — the Agricultural Hall of Fame pays tribute to renowned agricultural achievers.
A major outbreak of foot and mouth disease sweeping Indonesia may have originated from infected goats smuggled from neighbouring Malaysia, Australian authorities say.
There’s been plenty to celebrate at Muresk Institute this month, with a new $800,000 shearing shed unveiled as construction begins on a “state-of-the-art” $9.1m Specialist Agriculture Machinery training centre.
An historic timber mill in the South West will shut its doors as the first victim of the State Government’s policy to ban native logging, leaving the community of Greenbushes without one of its major employers.
Adam Poulsen, Kate Purnell & Amy Johnston
Pastoralists in the State’s north have been left rattled by Federal Labor’s proposal to ban live sheep exports despite assurances the party will not come for the cattle trade if elected on May 21.
The Opposition is ramping up calls for the State Government to dedicate funds to upgrading passive rail level crossings, saying it is time WA tipped in some of its “record surplus” to help save lives.
The risk of foot and mouth disease spreading to Australia “remains low” after a major outbreak was reported in Indonesia last week, authorities say.
The rift inside Labor over a plan to ban live sheep export is growing, with Rita Saffioti the latest State minister to speak out against a policy that farmers claim ‘panders to the Greens’.
Peter Law
Anthony Albanese has created yet more confusion on the campaign trail with his Labor team having to mop up the mess — clarifying the party will still commit to ending live sheep exports.
Kimberley Caines
A foot-and-mouth disease outbreak has been reported in Indonesia, with the Cattle Council of Australia warning members it has received advice that 1247 cases have been detected.
With more than 20 years with the DPIRD and two years with the Grower Group Alliance, a passionate Wheatbelt local is perfectly placed to “translate science into practice” on-farm.
WA-based Federal Labor MPs and candidates have gone silent on live export after the party this week confirmed it would ban the live sheep trade if elected on May 21.
Anthony Albanese has confirmed a Labor Government will not phase out live sheep exports if he becomes Prime Minister, saying the policy had ‘changed’.
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