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Foreign interestLandmark sale price for historic Erregulla Plains

A national corporate cropping investment business has emerged as the likely buyer of the historic Mingenew farm, marking one of the biggest WA rural sales in recent years.

Jenne BrammerBusiness Reporter, Agriculture

The historic Erregulla Plains farm at Mingenew has been sold.

Aussie PrideAus Day hay runners ready to bring relief to WA farmers

Tom Zaunmayr

New gigYeeda Pastoral Company appoints new chief

Kimberley-based Yeeda Pastoral Company has named Anthony Wilkes as its new chief executive, plugging a gap after prominent cattleman Jack Burton stepped down in November.

Jenne Brammer

Water worryFarmer fears over prospect of hot, dry months ahead

Doug Giles’ Wheatbelt farm is bone dry and he warns that the conditions are “hammering us pretty bad” as he toils to keep thirsty livestock watered and fed.

Cally Dupe & Zach Relph

Animals euthanised100 sheep dead after Goldfields livestock truck rolls

The RSPCA assisted WA Police, local government rangers and farmers at the scene to round up surviving sheep, which were kept in a temporary yard near the accident site.

Indiana Lysaght

PoliticsPM stands by McKenzie in grants furore

The prime minister is defending Bridget McKenzie as calls grow for the deputy Nationals leader to step down over the $100 million sports grant furore.

Eamonn Tiernan

Hush money‘Hush money’ claim in phone coverage dispute

Arthur River farmer John Pascoe has accused Telstra of offering him “hush money” after months of complaints about poor mobile coverage led to an offer of a one-off financial credit.

Kellie Balaam

NWD reviewMulesing proposals a concern for peak group

WoolProducers Australia has rejected the new mulesing status categories.

Bob Garnant

Muscled flexed in WA wool auction

Aus Day hay runners ready to bring relief to WA farmers

Harvey Hay Run on the road for bushfire victims

Animals euthanised100 sheep dead after Goldfields livestock truck rolls

The RSPCA assisted WA Police, local government rangers and farmers at the scene to round up surviving sheep, which were kept in a temporary yard near the accident site.

Indiana Lysaght

R U OK?Pannikins help spread mental health message

“They are pretty robust, tough, almost unbreakable, but do get chipped and dented along our life journey.”

Cally Dupe

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