Around 28,000 head of WA sheep and lamb crossed the Nullarbor between July and September, a clear drop from the first half of this year which recorded the highest numbers since the mass exodus of 2020.
Olivia Ford
Adam Poulsen
Almost a year has passed since an emergency closure of a major highway left several thousand head of livestock stranded, with farmers calling for changes to make sure the same thing does not happen again.
Agriculture pioneers Dianne and Ian Haggerty have been named WA’s Australian of the Year for their regenerative farming practices to grow nutrient-dense food and build healthy ecosystems.
Claire Sadler
One of WA’s most beloved agriculture shows — the Mingenew Midwest Expo — has been cancelled next year, but organisers have vowed it will return bigger and better in 2026.
Nutrien Ag Solutions has announced the construction of a new bulk fertiliser distribution centre, a $70 million investment that comes just nine months after fire tore through the company’s Kwinana facility.
A critical link in WA’s grain-on-rail network has been restored in time for harvest after a loaded iron ore train derailed in Australia’s biggest wheat production zone, causing major track damage.
Australian woolgrowers have voted through WoolPoll to keep a levy of 1.5 per cent on their wool sales to fund research, development and marketing of the natural fibre for the next three years.
Tractor sales were down 20 per cent across WA last month as demand nationwide continues to return to pre-COVID levels.
Agricultural debt is rising in Australia according to new figures, up 6 per cent year-on-year to $120.5 billion as farmers look to increase their landholdings.
Months of background work finally paid off last week when the shire of Augusta-Margaret River brokered a deal with the developers of a new housing estate in Witchcliffe to protect a precious tree.
Warren Hately
Farmers are being urged to put safety first on National Agriculture Day, with the latest figures showing 30 people have died this year across Australia while working in the sector.
Rogue builder Danny Coyne has caught the attention of authorities over his new occupation as a psychologist treating addicts and other vulnerable patients.
John Flint
Perth Airport’s boss has promised passengers will be in the ‘right place all the time’ when $5b redevelopment works are finally complete early next decade.
West Coast WAFL captain Jackson Nelson is set to depart the club, while vice-captain Trey Ruscoe and Jason Gillbee, who is the best friend of Harley Reid, are also on the way out.
Jakeb Waddell
Fremantle have officially nominated promising forward Jaren Carr as a father-son prospect ahead of this month’s draft but are no certainty to take the 20-year-old.
Mitchell Woodcock
Tens of thousands of people face a second summer of substandard beach water quality — forcing them to head elsewhere — as environmental issues plague some of Perth’s most popular summer spots.
Caitlyn Rintoul
On May 14, 1968, Lieutenant George Hulse, 26, was jolted by the sound of gunfire that for him would reverberate for more than half a century.
Nineteen years ago, German backpacker Tobias Suckfuell publicly lashed out at police on the NSW north coast city of Lismore branding them ‘kindergarten cops’.
Andre Rebelo has faced questions over his relationship with his influencer girlfriend Gracie Piscopo and grilled over claims he tried to defraud a life insurance company because he had promised her a windfall.
Andre Rebelo – the social media star accused of killing his mother for money – has said his litany of lies to family and insurance companies were told because he feared she had killed herself.
Georgia Campion
Rebecca Turner
If you want to live longer and feel more fulfilled you probably don’t need lasers or freezers. There’s a lot you can do today at little to no cost that will extend your life and increase your happiness.
Aditi Shrikant
Plagued by shrinking birth rates and a rapidly ageing population, tens of thousands of Chinese kindergartens have scaled back operations, closed down entirely or pivoted industries to survive.
Anniek Bao
China’s industrial profits in September dropped at its fastest pace since the pandemic, data from the National Bureau of Statistics shows.
The famed burger is back on sale in the US as authorities investigate the source of an outbreak of a deadly E. coli outbreak.
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