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OpinionOpinion: How many red flags does government need?

Today marks 26 years since The West published an article, “A screech, a big bang and then just silence” (10/7/2000), following the tragic and early deaths of my youngest brother, writes Lara Jensen.

Lara Jensen

The LambEx AMPC Carcase Showcase producer panel included Dr Pete McGilchrist, Todd Heaysman, Kate Johnston, Braden Johnston and Sam Clothier.

LambEx Carcase ShowcaseLamb performance data serves up a champion recipe

Bob Garnant

Grain products will now be exported from the Mid West Port through the new partnerhsip.

Grain exportsMid West Ports, Plum Grove enter grain export partnership

Mid West Ports and Plum Grove Logistics have joined forces in a milestone move to export grain products from Geraldton and bolster the capacity of WA farmers.

Imogen Wilson

Drs Michael Livingston and Kelvin Gray, Livingston Medical, with a Sandpiper Bag.

Road traumaCall for formal emergency responder network

A Ravensthorpe doctor says a formal emergency responder network that includes rural generalists could save lives on country roads.

Danielle Marsland

Harvest Road's Koojan Downs feeding facility at Moora.

premium beefHarvest Road embraces beef-on-dairy practice

A WA beef processor is embracing the beef-on-dairy farming practice to help boost its beef business.

Melissa Pedelty

Funding commitments were needed urgently for the national wild dog action plan’s co-ordination role.

gone to the dogsNational wild dog action plan faces funding cliff

An Australian national strategy for managing wild dogs is at risk due to funding shortfalls.

Melissa Pedelty

A peak agricultural body has rubbished the conservative water limits proposed in the latest draft management plan for the Fitzroy Derby river in WA's far north.

Water DisputePGA warns of restricted growth from Fitzroy River plan

A peak WA agriculture body has warned that economic development in the State’s far north would be held back by the “conservative” water limits in the latest Fitzroy-Derby River management plan.

Georgia Campion

C-Wise CEO Greg Watts with some of their high quality multch.

Soil-wise magicianOpinion: Organic waste rated most valuable resource

When people ask me what I do, I tell them I’m a magician, writes C-Wise CEO Greg Watts.

Greg Watts

OpinionOpinion: How many red flags does government need?

Queensland grower Peter Wilson says pulse crops, including chickpeas, can feed prisons, hospitals, aged care and the defence industry.

Pulse GamePulse crops could provide a win-win for markets, nutrition

A leading pulse grower has urged for a diversification of targeted markets for the legume crop, suggesting a focus on institutional food systems worth up to $50 billion a year across Australia.

Grain exportsMid West Ports, Plum Grove enter grain export partnership

Mid West Ports and Plum Grove Logistics have joined forces in a milestone move to export grain products from Geraldton and bolster the capacity of WA farmers.

Sheep Producers Australia chief executive Bonnie Skinner and president Bindi Murray.

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The Future Flock Strategy will now be a ‘living document’, which a leading sheep industry body says is far from what was originally promised.

Melissa Pedelty

LambEx Carcase ShowcaseLamb performance data serves up a champion recipe

Australia proudly championed lamb this week with a showcase that aimed to prove that the industry was more geared towards data performance and not exclusively breed or feed specific.

Bob Garnant

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A stunning Dalkeith home listed on the market proves hard work brings the spoils - at least it has for the owner.

Kim Macdonald

Courts & JusticeFIFO worker allegedly had 20,000 child abuse images, videos

Police have revealed more than 20,000 images and videos of child exploitation material have yet to be categorised as part of investigations into a 33-year-old FIFO worker.

Tegan Guthrie

On the left, mould found in rooms at Rio Tinto's WPV .

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Mining giant Rio Tinto admits that one of its primary iron ore accommodation villages requires immediate upgrades after staff blew the whistle on a mould infestation.

Adrian Rauso

New data reveals the State’s top salesperson is Damyn Strang, of Abel Property, who is largely unknown by the general public and even in his own industry.

PropertySelling the dream: WA’s top real estate agents revealed

Perth’s top real estate agent is selling an astonishing half a billion dollars worth of property each year — and you have probably never heard of him.

Kim Macdonald

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