WA grain growers are facing a ‘Wheatbelt recession’ which will flow through the entire State as fuel and fertiliser shortages threaten to derail what was shaping as the perfect start to the season.
Rhianna Mitchell
A supply chain expert has warned a ‘perfect storm’ is about to hit WA as tropical Cyclone Narelle travels along the northern coastline to deliver a double-whammy to food producers amid the fuel crisis.
Georgia Campion
The first pulse-check of WA businesses since conflict erupted in the Middle East has yielded ‘alarming’ insights into how fast and far whipsawing fuel and freight prices are spreading.
Simone Grogan
WA’s oldest dairy forced to closely examine the sustainability of its delivery model to cafes, restaurants and other customers in response to the Iran war-induced fuel crisis.
Cheyanne Enciso
Declining confidence among WA farmers has copped another blow as input costs skyrocket in the lead-up to seeding and the winter cropping season.
Farmers and transport operators in the South West have raised alarm over new 11-tonne load limits on dozens of regional bridges, warning the restrictions could disrupt daily operations.
Madelin Hayes
Partnership signed between Meat and Livestock Australia and Karlka Nyiyaparli Aboriginal Corporation to boost pastoral innovation and Indigenous employment
Rebecca Nadge
Panic buying has forced some regional service stations to impose fuel restrictions as farmers warn shoppers to brace for grocery price hikes.
Callum Godde
A shortage in diesel and fuel supplies has ground operations to a halt for some WA farmers who have begun stockpiling resources ahead of the approaching seeding season.
Georgia Campion and Jessica Page
Australians could face higher prices beyond the petrol bowser as farmers warn fuel disruptions amid Middle East tensions could hit supermarket shelves.
Nick Wilson
West Australian shoppers could soon be forking out more at the supermarket, with agribusinesses bracing for higher oil and fertiliser prices to bleed into production costs amid war in the Middle East.
Cheyanne Enciso, Simone Grogan and Georgia Campion
The owner of a $6.5 billion manufacturing plant currently under construction in Western Australia’s north is poised to become a major beneficiary of the US-Israel war on Iran.
Adrian Rauso
Australia's agriculture sector has hit a $100 billion target four years early, but values are set to fall amid trade tensions and a hot, dry start to summer.
Stephanie Gardiner
Import quotas introduced by China are expected to reorder the global beef trade and send Australian exporters into new markets.
Poppy Johnston
South West farmers have a chance to get the most out of their soil at an upcoming workshop north of Boyanup.
Craig Duncan
Farmers are having to send their livestock up to four hours' drive away to be processed, as limited access to local abattoirs raises food security concerns.
Fruit, vegetables and nuts have smashed production value records amid greater export demand, but growers say they are not seeing any of the profit.
Australian agriculture exports are going more places than ever, new data has revealed, as a new threat of US tariffs looms large.
Nathan Schmidt
The crucial freight link joining WA to the east coast is set for an upgrade with Aurizon pledging to open a new rail terminal in Kewdale next year.
Matt Mckenzie
Farmers will soon be able to access up to half a million dollars to build drought resilience, while pest-culling efforts are also ramped up.
Tom Wark
Farmers in an isolated agricultural hub say they're devastated after a tropical cyclone flattened a significant proportion of a state's banana crop.
Aaron Bunch
Australian beef is a hot commodity despite trade tussles with China and the United States, while domestic prices wane as farmers recover from floods and fires.
CBH Group has called time on the biggest harvest in its 92 year history after receiving 24 million tonnes of WA farmers’ grain and smashing dozens of records.
Only two years ago locals farmers shot their sheep because prices were too low to cover costs. Now a British rich lister has set up the world’s biggest integrated sheep station in WA.
Kim Macdonald
