A five-year project has found the optimal combination of forage species to establish a year-round feed supply for sheep and cattle.
According to some international frameworks, wool is up to 33 times worse for the environmental than acrylic, nylon and polyester combined
Rebecca Nadge
Farmland prices across the country are expected to increase at a modest rate this year, with the median price per hectare forecast to grow by about 2 per cent.
Georgia Campion
Sheep and lamb markets eased across most States last week, as increased yardings and more cautious buyer activity placed downward pressure on trade, light lambs, and mutton.
DEAN HUBBARD
Agents say WA’s sheep producers are finally being rewarded after a tumultuous few years in the sector, with grower confidence increasing over the past three months and many operators buying back into sheep
WA grain growers are holding out hope for more rain as many near the end of their seeding operations, with the Mid West welcoming more than other regions.
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Danielle Marsland
A tool to calculate the cost of deep ripping for WA crop farmers has been released in the face of continuing uncertainty around fuel and fertiliser supply and prices.
The Meekatharra Rangelands Biosecurity Association has been left reeling after a long-term program to manage the impacts of wild dogs had its funding slashed by half.
Just 2 per cent of Australia’s teachers work in remote schools and after 25 years teaching in a tiny farming community north-east of Geraldton, Gemma Healy-Maver said current incentives are not enough
Western Australia’s wool production has dropped yet again, as an updated forecast of shorn wool for the 2025-26 season shows it to be 8.8 per cent lower than the 2024-25 estimate.
A pair of Jurien Bay Droughtmaster bulls sold for the equal $13,000 top price at the Mutton family’s Fieldhouse Droughtmaster Stud Bull Sale, where pastoralists secured top picks to work in the State’s north.
Bob Garnant
Two WA agriculture figures have been appointed leaders of the national sheep sustainability framework steering group to navigate the evolving sheep and wool sectors.
With frontline funding protecting Australia’s farms and nature due to expire, the government has been warned the Iran war is “no excuse”.
Nathan Schmidt
A young woman was airlifted to Royal Perth Hospital after a head-on two-vehicle collision on Albany Highway in Williams on Saturday morning.
Hannah Whitehead
The Dongara-based Henderson Shearing team were filling the bales at the O’Brien and Gillam family’s historical Irwin House shearing shed as the wool market lifted 70¢ to close at 1895¢/kg.
As riders competed against the clock to guide cattle around the pegs in the annual Williams Campdraft, there were plenty of volunteers working behind the scenes to keep the event running smoothly
The Hasleby family’s Biara Santa Gertrudis Bull Sale at Northampton raised the bar with a featured homebred sire setting the benchmark with a first-drop son selling to a new stud record price of $24,000.
Angus Australia’s director election process is now under way with two WA nominees seeking positions for various positions on the two ballots.
The Federal Government is chasing more fertiliser supplies for Australia’s growers during the critical seeding window as the conflict in the Middle East fluctuates.
It’s mid-morning at the Muchea Livestock Centre store cattle sale and Michael Kaufman has spoken to dozens of people about a simple message: before it all gets too much, talk to a mate.
Brownes workers are gearing up for a second round of strikes after negotiations with the Transport Workers Union turned hostile after last month’s strike over wages and job security
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The small but mighty committee behind the annual Williams Campdraft celebrated 25 years on the weekend, with riders travelling from near and far to compete.
