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Seeding has now started in Western Australia, but it sounds like it's mainly farmers in the more reliable rainfall areas that are willing to plant so early into very dry soils.
Today you'll find out what people in the wine industry think of China dropping heavy tariffs and those in the fishing industry are hoping tariffs on crays get lifted soon.
Have you ever wondered what biochar is and why some soil scientists are excited about it? If so, today's show is for you.
A farmer in Western Australia's mid west has had enough of the way, he says, he's being treated by oil and gas giant Mitsui, so he's temporarily locked his gates.
A livestock export company has reported a significant number of cattle have died on board a ship travelling to Indonesia.
"Sisterhood" of CWA in WA is 100 years old, but is the women-only club about to change?
The WA Meat Industry Authority's decision to cancel livestock sales at Muchea, in the week following the Easter long weekend, has raised concerns about animal welfare.
The men at the top of the state's two key farm lobby groups believe a multi million dollar fighting fund needs to be established to fight against the Federal Government policy to end the live sheep trade by sea.The idea would be to raise the money via industry and then use it to target a range of marginal federal Labor seats across the country.
The head of the DPIRD has just been honoured with an award for her contribution to sustainable fisheries in Western Australia.
A $3 billion energy project, that could become Australia's biggest green hydrogen producer, has today been given federal government backing, in the form of a $1.6 million cash injection.
The recent deluge of rain across WA's Northern Goldfields and Nullarbor has been frustration for the mining industry. Several projects have had production or construction either slowed or stopped due to the record downpour.
Ross Wood, was evacuated from Rawlinna Station by helicopter on Wednesday. He said when the flood water started seeping through the floorboards in the living room he knew this was a unique event.
Australia's commercial gardening and nursery sector has gone public with its concerns about Bunnings. It's raised serious allegations against the company's market power and how it treats growers.
Deputy leader of the Nationals WA has called on the Premier to sack the state agriculture minister over her dealings with Canberra on the future of the live sheep trade by sea.
Unprecedented rain has fallen in WA's south east and more is on the way. Rawlinna station, Australia's largest sheep station has had 200 millimetres of rain and station manager Jimmy Wood said "I don't turn my back on rain very often, but if it stopped raining now I'd be pretty happy."
Tim Carmody and his family run Prenti Downs station, around 900 km north east of Perth. He says it started raining last Tuesday and since then he has recorded 136 millimetres of very welcome rain.
Merino SA president believes there would be far reaching consequences if the shut-down of the live sheep trade by sea goes ahead as planned.
Australian charity BlazeAid is rebuilding fences on farms north of Geraldton after a devastating fire just before Christmas.
Leader of the federal National Party and shadow minister for agriculture says the WA Premier needs to get on a plane to Canberra and use his political capital to ensure a future for the live sheep trade.
Some of the biggest and most welcome rains across WA's agricultural region over the weekend fell around Hyden, about 300 kilometres south east of Perth.
The only abattoir in WA's north has just gone into voluntary administration. What will that mean for northern pastoralists?
The operator of the only large-scale abattoir in northern Western Australia KMC has called in administrators amid an ongoing government investigation and the pursuit of its parent company over millions in unpaid debts.
The owner of a Pilbara cattle station says it's been almost two years since the last decent rain and he's now investing a lot of money in bores and feeder bins to ensure his cattle are fed and watered.
For a lot of people in Western Australia, ex Tropical Cyclone Lincoln turned into a bit of a fizzer. The low pressure system did bring some rain to properties that needed it, but maybe not as much as what was needed.
Australia has processed a record number of lambs in 2023. Almost 25 million lambs were through the meat works last year, smashing the previous record set in 2016 by almost two million head.
This year's first shipment of WA cattle to Indonesia is on the water, another is scheduled to leave the Port of Fremantle today and the first ship out of the north, leaving Broome, is scheduled for the first week of March.
DPIRD January figures reveal 104, 500 WA sheep and lambs went to the eastern states. That is a 201 per cent increase on the December figures and the highest monthly total since November 2022.
The federal minister for climate change and energy has revealed plans for an offshore wind farm in the state's south-west.
Carnarvon fruit farmer Wes Bassett says the ongoing heatwave could wipe out up to half of his avocados.
The state government's vision of a world-class marine park along the state's south coast has been released today with a proposed 25 per cent 'no-take' sanctuary zone.
