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  1. Shipping pausePremiumWA live sheep trade confident it can adapt to halt

  2. Missed opportunityPremiumStalled Indo trade deal a blow for WA business

  3. EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWPremiumTwiggy explains how WA can ‘bounce back’ fast

  4. Royal showPerth Royal Show organisers hope show will go on

  5. COVID-19 crisisPremiumIt’s Air Crayfish to keep seafood industry alive

Hospo4HospoPork industry offering support to hospitality workers

Australian Pork Limited’s Hospo4Hospo program launches in Perth tonight to deliver free pork meals to hospitality employees.

Zach Relph

Wasted Wagyu?PremiumWagyu is unlikely to make premium cut

Using Wagyu as an example, Mecardo’s Robert Hermann said the highly marbled beef would not have its usual demand with diners unable to eat out at restaurants.

Zach Relph

BreakingLong-awaited live sheep shipping restrictions announced

Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has revealed today that Australian live sheep exports will not take place to, or through, the Middle East to any port from June 1 to September 14.

Zach Relph

Covid-19PremiumBackpackers in pandemic limbo

Stuck in a foreign country during a global pandemic, backpackers in the region are struggling to find jobs, shelter or a flight out of Australia—while some consider themselves safer here than at home.

Daryna Zadvirna

Tourism SeriesPremiumFarming at very heart of thriving Katanning

Agriculture runs through Australia’s veins, and it has thrived in the heart of the Great Southern since Katanning was settled.

Daryna Zadvirna

Fast cuttingPremiumRio fast tracks hay harvest to get ahead of COVID rules

Rio Tinto started cutting its 6000 tonne hay crop early because it was concerned it could be affected by virus travel restrictions.

Jenne Brammer

PremiumWool value spirals downwards as COVID-19 concerns mount

The fall — which was the EMI’s biggest weekly percentage drop since May, 2003 — came after the new formatted two-day auctions took place at the Fremantle, Melbourne and Sydney selling centres.

Australian wool market slumps a massive 155¢

The Eastern Market Indicator closed 155¢ at 1287¢/kg clean this week as coronavirus uncertainty continues to grip the nation’s wool industry.

Wally Newman quits the board after being overlooked

CBH’s longest-serving chairman Wally Newman has sensationally quit the board just weeks after being re-elected to a fresh three-year term.

Under the hammerPremiumSafeguards ensure WA wool sales go on

Australian Wool Exchange Western Region manager Andrew Rickwood said last week’s Fremantle sale F39 was conducted in a more spacious show floor location which ran well.

Bob Garnant

Shipping pausePremiumWA live sheep trade confident it can adapt to halt

The animal welfare regulator revealed live sheep exports to, or through, the Middle East would be brought to a halt from June 1 to September 14 this year.

Zach Relph and Cally Dupe

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Trial of the centuryClaremont trial: Everything you need to know

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PLOTTING THE CASESPremiumREVEALED: Maps show Perth suburbs hit hardest by virus

For the first time maps plotting the spread of COVID-19 infections in Perth suburbs and in the wider WA area reveal the hotbeds for the potentially deadly virus. SEE THE MAPS.

Angela Pownall and Peter De Kruijff

WATCH NOWVideoPremiumCousins Uncut: Watch the footage too raw for TV

EXCLUSIVE: Ben Cousins opens up on time behind bars, getting king hit as a partying teen and breaking a promise to his young son in unreleased clips from the Brownlow medallist’s Coming Clean doco.

Rourke Walsh

News

Fast cuttingPremiumRio fast tracks hay harvest to get ahead of COVID rules

Jenne Brammer

Shipping pausePremiumWA live sheep trade confident it can adapt to halt

Zach Relph and Cally Dupe

Royal showPerth Royal Show organisers hope show will go on

Zach Relph

COVID-19Ahead-of-the-curve family out to flatten it

Cally Dupe

Livestock

Ravaging diseasePremiumASF’s pork carnage could benefit Australian farmers

Zach Relph

Uncertain timesMordallup Angus bring annual bull sale forward

Bob Garnant

Wasted Wagyu?PremiumWagyu is unlikely to make premium cut

Zach Relph

Vendor declarationsMobile friendly electronic national vendor declaration

Grain

CBH boardWally Newman quits the board after being overlooked

New leaderAward-winning farmer sharing seeds of fortune

Dorothy Henderson

CBH boardSimon Stead new CBH chairman

Big decisionsGrain growers’ tour to Europe is up in the air

Cally Dupe

Opinion

Good jobPremiumBe proud of live export trade’s continuous improvement

Holly Ludeman

OPINIONComment: Annual Woolorama defines Wagin

Peter Rundle

OpinionOpinion: State Liberals must fight for the bush

Trevor Whittington

OPINIONOpinion: Farmers keep Tweeting to defend agriculture

Zach Relph

Horticulture

COVID-19Fresh fruit and veg won’t give you COVID-19: hort

Cally Dupe

Orchard damageHungry cockies strip apple orchard bare

Shannon Smith

Hemp farmingNew machine sows seeds for growth

Jenne Brammer

Strong salesProduction nursery sales stay strong

Finance & Markets

Online hikePremiumPerth regenerative food start-up’s online sales soar

Zach Relph

Exploration pauseAspiring SOP producer halts exploration amid pandemic

Zach Relph

Fast FoodFood delivery no longer out of box

Zach Relph

Potash potentialTrigg drills down on potential for potash

Zach Relph

Machinery

New machineEsperance gets first peek at new 8RX

CASE IHPrestigious award for family business

Weed controlTick of approval for seed control unit

Bob Garnant

Advancing agricultureNew program pushes for youth in ag-tech

Zach Relph

Wool

Rising concernPremiumWool value spirals downwards as COVID-19 concerns mount

Bob Garnant and Zach Relph

Wool slumpAustralian wool market slumps a massive 155¢

Zach Relph

Under the hammerPremiumSafeguards ensure WA wool sales go on

Bob Garnant

No changeProposed wool declaration changes binned

Bob Garnant

Homestead

Award winningAward winner an inspiration

Shannon Smith

Farming heroSurvivor raises the bar

Tristan Wheeler

Put on holdPremiumStaff shortages hit Camp Kulin

Kellie Balaam

“It’s like living in a nightmare”PremiumFounder struggles in a never-ending health nightmare

Kellie Balaam

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