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Lancelin farmer Bob Wilson says agriculture has the potential to be part of the solution to climate change such as increasing soil carbon by using certain pasture systems. PHOTO: DANELLA BEVIS
Lend the land a helping hand
02-07-2009
News | Staff Reporter

Inaugural winner of the Green Innovators in Agriculture award and vice-president of the Evergreen Farming Group, Bob Wilson says agriculture has the potential to be part of the solution to climate change, not part of the problem. » Read full article

Burke blasted for MIS support
04-07-2009
News | The Weekly Times

Agriculture Minister’s comments labelled a ‘national disgrace’ as farming groups vent their anger » Read full article
 
COMMODITIES  
CBH outlines auction scheme
02-07-2009
Grains | Lara Ladyman
Grain group CBH is hoping its new plan to auction shipping capacity will avoid a repeat of the queues of bulk carriers waiting to load grain seen off WA ports earlier this year. » Read full article

Shortfall may hit key market
02-07-2009
Livestock | Rebecca Turner
Sourcing enough sheep for this year’s Ramadan could prove a major headache for WA’s live exporters » Read full article

Unmulesed wool catches on
25-06-2009
News | The Weekly Times
Australia produces more unmulesed wool than any other country. That’s according to Australian Wool Innovation’s production programs acting manager, Dr Paul Swan. And Dr Swan believes growers could meet the December 2010 deadline for all wool to be produced unmulesed if they wanted to. » Read full article


MACHINERY  
Versatile baler
24-04-2009
Machinery | Staff Reporter
New Holland's current BB-A baler range is a major player in the large rectangular baler market and the product of choice for contractors and large-scale farmers. » Read full article
Seeder boosts liquid assets
24-04-2009
Machinery | Staff Reporter
Carnamah farmer Roger Dring will enter the 2009 season with a new Ausplow air seeding rig. » Read full article

COUNTRY LIFESTYLE
A legend by land or sea
25-06-2009
Country Lifestyle | Lauren Celenza
A local legend for his witty banter and selling style, David ‘Pink Top’ Simcock took his entrepreneurial charm to the shores of Gallipoli. Lauren Celenza reports » Read full article
Giving old world New hope
18-06-2009
Country Lifestyle | Lauren Celenza
Despite its connection to the WA wool industry, the historical Fremantle Wool Store has been the focus of a development fight for the past couple of years. Lauren Celenza reports on one woman’s cause to resurrect this once-proud building » Read full article

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