Veteran shearer Darren Spencer is stepping back from the handpiece and his role role as president of the WA Shearing Industry Association.
Cally Dupe and Melissa Pedelty
The major crash squad is seeking information from the public as it investigates the death of local winemaker Sarah James-Martin.
Warren Hately
WA dairy farmers have held their own at this year’s Dairy Australia Milk Quality Awards, with five farms in the top 100 after being recognised for their exceptional standards and herd management.
Cally Dupe
Aussie farmers are being offered fresh financial incentives to certify their wool clips under sustainability programs, as AWEX launches a new rebate designed to lift participation in accredited schemes.
WA’s mega harvest is coming in thick and fast but the State’s main grain handler has a clear message to farmers — we are ready for it.
Emergency services are on the scene and have closed a road in the Mid West.
Jessica Evensen
When a shearer heard of several deaths across her industry, she knew she had to start making mental health a priority in the nation's wool sheds.
Stephanie Gardiner
The owners of Perth’s iconic Left Bank and Mustang Bar are selling up their only agricultural operation — a 3050ha mixed farm on prime land in York.
Georgia Campion
Regional road users have been granted more time to comment on a Federal Government proposal to slash the default speed limit on non-signposted rural and regional roads across Australia.
The people of my electorate — and regional WA — didn’t send me to Perth to sit quietly in the corner.
Lachlan Hunter
Western Australia’s bumper grain harvest is set to drive Australia’s national total to more than 62 million tonnes, well above the five-year average.
A $4 million upgrade to the Bureau of Meteorology’s website has sparked outrage, with farmers and politicians slamming the design.
Cattle lot feeders are buying up big this year in what industry analysts say is a sign of “continued confidence” in the sector.
The Great Southern town of Mt Barker has celebrated a major milestone — 25 years of cattle sales and operations at its regional saleyards, officially opening in 2000.
Harvest is right around the corner for Wickepin farmer David Lange who is putting the finishing touches on his hay production and gearing up to begin desiccating canola.
Ord Valley farmers are celebrating after exporting locally grown and processed cotton from the Wyndham Port for the first time, two months after the opening of the State’s first processing gin in Kununurra.
A first-time buyer syndicate of Anderson Poll Merino rams paid the most, bidding to the top price of $10,000 at the Anderson family’s annual ram sale, that offered “traits of the future”.
Bob Garnant
Rebates for longer phone consultations will help marginalised patients, including those who live far from health care or who cannot access video technology.
There were flying cows, fine food and fantastic amounts of fun at the 94th annual Brunswick Agricultural Show, with thousands heading to town for the largest single day agricultural show in the state.
Craig Duncan
The planned restructure and sale of Yeeda Pastoral Company Group — including the iconic Yeeda Station and Kimberley Meat Company — has been pushed back by two months after a Supreme Court intervention.
WorkSafe WA has launched an investigation into the death.
Claire Sadler
The Perth Royal Show’s Wool Fashion Parade is here to stay.
Mining magnate Andrew Forrest says Australia has a ‘fantastic’ future in manufacturing, but only if business and political leaders avoid this one big thing.
Duncan Evans
Former GrainGrowers chief executive David McKeon has found a new home as chair of Agribusiness Australia, with a focus on growing the nation’s agribusiness sector to $300 billion in the next five years.
