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It’s Raining Grain!WA sets new harvest record with colossal 27m tonne of grain

WA has marked its biggest harvest for the record books with the State’s growers producing a whopping 27.35 million tonne of grain — smashing the previous record of 26Mt set in 2022.

Georgia Campion

Wyalkatchem farming family Tameka Baker, Gavin Garner, and Thea Garner pictured with canola grain at CBH’s Cunderdin site.

Wheatbelt Secondary Freight Network program manager John Nuttall.

Freight Routes FutureWSFN asks for sit down with Treasurer on funding future

Georgia Campion

Narrogin Valley farmers Alison and Sam Horley.

Beef, sheep, and cropsNarrogin Valley farmer on maintaining diverse operation

It’s been a challenging few years for Sam and Alison Horley who have decided on reducing their flock amid the looming live sheep export ban and making the challenging move from Salmon Gums to the Wheatbelt.

Georgia Campion

WHEATBELT WARRIOR WOMANQuairading woman urges women to be alert

Wheatbelt woman Jo Haythornthwaite, of Quairading, had no idea she had ovarian cancer symptoms. Now a survivor, she’s urging others to be alert for the signs.

Danielle Marsland

WA’s $2.1 billion meat processing industry has been slapped with more than 500 improvement notices and six prohibition notices

WA NewsWA abattoirs slapped by 500 notices during WorkSafe blitz

WA’s $2.1 billion meat processing industry has been slapped with more than 500 improvement notices from a Worksafe inspection across 19 WA regional abattoirs.

Danielle Marsland

Liberal Leader Basil Zempilas confirmed that he would back a disallowance motion to overturn the sweeping changes when Parliament resumes next week.

State PoliticsZempilas takes aim at fishing ban as MP gets death threats

A Labor MP says he has received ‘death threats’, as the Opposition vows to reverse WA’s new demersal fishing ban.

Jessica Page and Yousuf Shameel

CO-OPERATIVE CHALLENGEOpinion: Co-operative loyalty falls short

The CBH institution has been one of the great success stories of WA agriculture, writes Pingelly farmer John Hassell

John Hassell

Co-operative Bulk Handling Group chief executive Ben Macnamara and chief operations officer Mick Daw. Three narrow-gauge locomotives destined for CBH's grain network arrived in Perth this week.

Everybody do the LocomotiveShiny new locomotives arrive for CBH rail network

Locomotives destined for the State’s grain handling giant have arrived in WA and are set to hit the rail network this year following a quarantine period.

Georgia Campion

It’s Raining Grain!WA sets new harvest record with colossal 27m tonne of grain

WA has marked its biggest harvest for the record books with the State’s growers producing a whopping 27.35 million tonne of grain — smashing the previous record of 26Mt set in 2022.

Freight Routes FutureWSFN asks for sit down with Treasurer on funding future

The head of a regional freight program is calling for a sit-down meeting with Rita Saffioti after it was shifted off the funding consideration short list in the latest Budget application pool.

Milne AgriGroup veterinarian Dr Holly Ludeman.

Next StepsDr Holly Ludeman sinks teeth into new Milne Feeds role

Holly Ludeman has hit the road in her new advisory role at Milne Feeds, where she is eager to sink her teeth into the job and learn the inner workings of the agribusiness.

Aaron, Daniel, Paul and Christine Schilling on the family’s Boyagarring Farms property at Westdale last season.

ABOVE-AVERAGECrop on: Schillings celebrate good season after expansion

Another above-average harvest has been warmly welcomed at the Schilling family property at Westdale after a recent farm expansion.

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Ag expert and co-author of Situation Analysis of the Western Australian Sheep Industry Peter Cooke.

‘Not a dead industry’Leading ag analyst optimistic for WA sheep industry future

Peter Cooke still believes the future is bright for WA’s sheep industry as it undergoes “significant change”, but says it will look vastly different to the status quo many producers are used to.

Georgia Campion

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Junbo Shim, 22, had only recently moved to WA to work in mining.

Courts & JusticeBig jail term for ‘callous’ drug-crazed fatal crash driver

A driver who was fleeing police for the second night straight and had been awake for three days when he killed a young South Korean man in a crash in Forrestfield has learned his fate.

Rebecca Le May

Police were called when Mr Wong missed appointments and didn’t answer calls.

CourtMysterious death in filthy Rockingham home exposes NDIS rort

The mysterious death of a man in his squalid Rockingham home after months of neglect by his NDIS-approved care provider has exposed a shocking six-figure rort.

Rebecca Le May

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A Perth predator was making intricate plans to kidnap, sexually abuse and hold captive a child in a modified roof dungeon before child exploitation detectives made a most relieving arrest.

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Chris Scott will lead Victoria’s Origin squad.

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It’s Raining Grain!WA sets new harvest record with colossal 27m tonne of grain

Georgia Campion

Freight Routes FutureWSFN asks for sit down with Treasurer on funding future

Georgia Campion

Next StepsDr Holly Ludeman sinks teeth into new Milne Feeds role

Georgia Campion

Emergency services responding to a hazardous chemical spill at Elders Albany on Chesterpass Road.

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS Buildings evacuated as chemical spill hospitalises three

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CNBC newsThere’s a coffee war brewing in China (and now in the US)

As Starbucks sells off most of its China business, local rival Luckin Coffee is expanding into higher-priced cold brews and other drinks. It’s also expanding its footprint in the US.

Evelyn Cheng

China’s property market, once accounting for more than a quarter of the economy, has seen its annual sales volume halve in just four years.

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S&P Global Ratings has lowered its forecast for China property sales this year, barely two months into 2026.

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The US on Wednesday unveiled new initiatives to mobilise allies into a preferential trade bloc for critical minerals, including coordinated price floors.

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