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Dairy FutureAustralian dairy producers bracing for tough season ahead

Dairy producers across Australia are bracing for a season with little wiggle room for error as input costs continue to soar and supply constraints persist.

Georgia Campion

Comparative crop growth at Mindarabin. The results of the seedbed conditioning are right.

New TechAg researcher develops seedbed technology to boost yield

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David Moir, The Blacksmith Shop, with an engraved knife he made from Double Griffin steel.

Forging aheadA nod to the past: blacksmith demonstrations drawing crowds

After learning his craft while working for the WA Government Railway Workshops, blacksmith David Moir now captivates crowds of young and old as he works around the forge.

Rebecca Nadge

Australia’s dairy farmers have issued a unified call for a fairer price.

Cost of MilkDairy farmers call for fair pay as profits continue decline

Calls are mounting from Australian dairy farmers for fairer price increases on the supermarket shelf to support sustainable and fresh production.

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GAPUSPINDO Chair Pak Didiek Purwanto welcomes Australian Livestock Exporters’ Council Chair Dr Chris Back to the Importer–Exporter meeting in Jakarta.

Livestock MeetingAus and Indo livestock sector reps attend annual meeting

Trade relations between Australia and Indonesia have been strengthened in the latest livestock importer-exporter annual meeting in Jakarta, an industry worth more than $450 million last year.

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Australian Wagyu Association former president Chantal Winter, life member Peter Gilmour and president Laird Morgan.

WAGYU PIONEER RECOGNISEDWA Wagyu producer recognised for his service to the industry

A WA producer who founded one of Australia’s leading fullblood Wagyu herds has been recognised with an honourary life membership.

Rebecca Nadge

Phillip and Suzanne Hall of Halls Family Dairy and Roblynne Holsteins run a herd of purebred Normande dairy cattle in the State's South West.

Keeping it FrenchHalls Family Dairy keeping cheese quintessentially French

After stumbling across French cow breeds in a farming magazine more than two decades ago, Phillip and Suzanne Hall are the proud award-winning owners of WA’s largest Normande herd.

Georgia Campion

New TechAg researcher develops seedbed technology to boost yield

A former state government agriculture researcher is developing new cropping technology to increase soil productivity and sustainability, no matter the type

Georgia Campion

Dairy FutureAustralian dairy producers bracing for tough season ahead

Dairy producers across Australia are bracing for a season with little wiggle room for error as input costs continue to soar and supply constraints persist.

Nutrien auctioneer Chris Waddingham, Nutrien Bunbury's Kate Demarti and quilter Marion Lewis.

Saleyard FundraiserNutrien Bunbury raising thousands for anti-bullying cause

WA’s southern agriculture community is pulling together an extraordinary amount of money in support of anti-bullying charity, Dolly’s Dream, donning blue shirts and auctioning a steer in support

Seeding ContinuesEarly seeding boosts hopes for positive yields

The majority of WA’s crop will be sown into the ground by the middle of the month, with sentiment rising among grain growers thanks to the season’s early start.

Fremantle Seaweed co-founder and managing director Chris De Cuyper.

SEAWEED FACILITY GREENLITWA’s first commercial seaweed hatchery goes ahead

Fremantle Seaweed secures 1,331sqm waterfront site to establish Western Australia’s first commercial-scale Asparagopsis hatchery and processing facility.

Danielle Marsland

Year 11 Lilah Vick, Springfield, honing her shearing skills.

SHEARING Industry experts lead hands-on shearing training at Morawa

The WA College of Agriculture – Morawa recently welcomed two industry experts to deliver an immersive, week-long shearing school for years 10, 11 and 12 students.

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Former Federal Police and Customs officer Stephen Michael Adams bragged to stallholders that he 'used to be a bad boy'.

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Freo Markets tenants make horrific discovery about handyman

A notorious sex attacker who became known as the West Perth rapist because of where he stalked his victims has been working as a handyman at the Fremantle Markets.

Ben Harvey

PIND Restaurant, which serves mainly Pakastani food, says it will appeal the finding and $72,000 fine.

CrimePopular restaurant fined over string of food safety breaches

A desi restaurant in Perth’s east has been fined tens of thousands of dollars after failing to comply with a string of food safety standards.

Kirsty Lichtenstein

Harley Reid may have left the nest but Luke Shuey remains the pad’s landlord.

House That!Shuey’s $950 a week Eagle nest empty after Reid flies away

Innaloo may not be Perth’s most glamorous suburb, but one of its rental units has the reflected glory of not one, but two AFL greats.

Kim Macdonald

Courts & JusticePerth nurse who worked while high on meth identified

An emergency department nurse who worked several shifts while high on a cocktail of drugs has had her registration cancelled.

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Dairy FutureAustralian dairy producers bracing for tough season ahead

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Patmore Feeds' Cuballing plant has been acquired by diverse agribusiness Craig Mostyn Group.

Feed SecuredCraig Mostyn Group acquires Cuballing feed plant

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Livestock MeetingAus and Indo livestock sector reps attend annual meeting

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Wild dogs are a major pest species impacting on grazing industries across mainland Australia.

Biosecurity uncertaintyWild dog management faces uncertainty as funding is reduced

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CNBC newsShell tops profit estimates as war drives price surge

British energy major Shell on Thursday reported stronger-than-expected first-quarter profit as the Iran war sent energy prices soaring.

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CNBC newsThe growing hair treatment market from GLP-1s

A common side effect of many GLP-1 drugs is hair loss. It’s creating a growing market for hair treatment products.

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People will be living and working on the moon within the next decade, according to the boss of space tech company Voyager Technologies.

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Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency.

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The world has lost 13 million barrels of oil per day thanks to the war, and there are major disruptions in vital commodities, International Energy Agency head Fatih Birol said.

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