How much of WA’s discount reflects export returns versus restricted access to competing buyers, and will today’s purchasing advantage become tomorrow’s supply challenge, writes Dean Hubbard.
Dean Hubbard
The Middle East remains a growing market for WA lamb despite the looming live sheep phase out, but Australia’s independent meat marketing body has warned of competitors attempting to edge in on the trade.
Georgia Campion
A major machinery manufacturer is launching a new self-propelled sprayer to the Australian market in early 2027, designed for precise application, operator comfort and efficient field performance.
Melissa Pedelty
The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development is urging Wheatbelt livestock owners to monitor animals grazing lupin crops for signs of lupinosis following recent rainfall.
Rebecca Nadge
The Australian Wool Exchange is undertaking a review of the Wool Classing Code of Practice and is inviting submissions from industry stakeholders
A WA broadacre farming family is launching a new platform to give farmers and agricultural workers a simpler way to find each other, with registrations now open before the 2027 seeding season
Australian and Chinese red meat industry leaders have signed a memorandum of understanding, marking a commitment to long-term collaboration and mutual co-operation.
Global agribusiness Bunge has welcomed the its first grain delivery for this harvest season at its Bunbury site, as it ramps up receival-readiness as growers gear up to collect this year’s winter crop
Australia’s independent meat regulator has identified the United Kingdom as a growth opportunity for Australian lamb exports as demand for halal-certified lamb increases
A Boyup Brook stud principal is “over the moon” with the final result of his recent ram sale, with his favourite ram selling for the top price of more than $3000.
Four WA dairy farms have been recognised in the top 100 performers in the the 2026 Australian Milk Quality Awards.
A small-scale Gidgegannup superfine Merino grower walked away with the top-priced ram at the Rintoul family’s 32nd annual ram sale at Williams.
Independent senator David Pocock’s bid to hold an inquiry into the chemical watchdog’s decision not to ban paraquat has been defeated in the Senate.
Dairy technology experts say robotic dairies have become the norm in WA because of farmers’ “progressive nature”, with many farmers already looking at the next level of automation.
WA researchers are tackling frost, a challenge that costs grain growers hundreds of millions of dollars a year in lost production and quality
A Quindanning sheep farmer has taken home the Producer of the Year title at the Western Australian Meat Marketing Co-operative’s annual general meeting.
WA’s major meat marketing co-operative has revealed it suffered a more than $20 million pre-tax loss last financial year and warned the market must restabilise.
Access to healthcare, childcare, housing, digital connectivity, workforce participation and leadership opportunities continue to affect regional communities, writes Kendall Galbraith.
Kendall Galbraith
The Western Australian sheep industry fears exports to the United States could be slapped with tariffs as high as 50 per cent if Donald Trump backs an investigation into the eroding profitability of US sheep.
WAFarmers chief executive says most WA farmers are completely in the dark about the potential ramifications of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act reforms
Fertiliser giants have warned that sourcing and supply are becoming less predictable amid developing geopolitical conflict which is pushing freight costs up as suppliers look for alternative trade routes
WA lamb and mutton prices sit around 20 per cent below national benchmarks as at October 19, an unusually wide divide that raises questions about what comes next.
WAFarmers has revealed a more than 6 per cent rise in membership numbers after the priority processing arrangement was announced on September 24.
WA’s State agriculture department has identified Malaga as the preferred location for its new $320 million home after years of plans to replace the asbestos-riddled former site in South Perth.
