Lupin growers are being encouraged to harvest their crop early or risk future below-par crop establishment as a result of rain-affected grain.
Georgia Campion
WA researchers have played a pivotal role in a major international breakthrough to decode the pangenome of oats — one of the world’s most genetically complex and nutritionally valuable cereals.
Cally Dupe
Harvest has kicked into high gear in WA with the State’s second-biggest grain exporter, Bunge, receiving its first load of the 2025–26 harvest at its Bunbury site.
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.
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.
The long-awaited review into the future of paraquat is expected to be released by Australia’s chemical regulator before the end of the year.
CBH Group’s dedication to fumigating grain in the safest way possible has been recognised with a national award, with a mobile system it developed celebrated for making life safer for its frontline teams.
Newdegate farmers say the doubling of their town’s permanent grain storage capacity with a new $20 million receival site will mean fewer trucks in the townsite this harvest.
WA farmers are upbeat about the outlook for this year’s hay season and market, as cutting wraps up across much of the Wheatbelt —even with recent rainfall causing delays in some areas.
A late burst of rain and a delay to baling hasn’t deterred Williams farmer Mark Fowler, who is feeling upbeat about the hay market with a crop of “very sugary” hay almost in the bag.
WA farming industry leaders say growers will eventually foot the bill for a breakdown in enterprise bargaining negotiations at the State’s largest grain terminal.
WA’s grain harvest could smash the record set three years ago, thanks to the big crop planted and a barley-growing boom.
WA’s bin-bursting harvest is officially under way, with a 55 tonne delivery of feed barley to CBH Group’s Chadwick site near Esperance the first of what could be a near-record crop.
Frost research to help growers battle the crop spoiler was the hot topic at a DPIRD field day at Dale Research Station.
A surge in native budworm populations is cause for concern for canola and pulse growers across the Wheatbelt.
WA’s bin-burster harvest is still at least two weeks away from starting with some crops still flowering and a sudden burst of hot temperatures in the Mid West.
Georgia Campion and Cally Dupe
Australia’s biggest grains research organisation is turning to farmers to help drive future blue-sky research as discussion about how grain growers’ levy contributions heats up.
WA grain growers are being urged to take part in a landmark national consultation process that could shape how hundreds of millions of dollars in farmgate levies are managed and spent each year.
WA’s three main grain grower advocacy groups have penned a letter to Federal Agriculture Minister Julie Collins, calling for an cut to the grower levy paid to the Grains Research Development Corporation.
A wage war between CBH Group and wharfies at the Kwinana Grain Terminal will continue to behind closed doors this week with the Fair Work Commissioner stepping in to mediate negotiations.
WA grain farmers look set to harvest a crop bigger than 20 million tonnes for the fourth time in five years, after breaking through what many thought was an unachievable barrier for the first time in 2021.
Increasing populations of pest scarab beetle larvae — also known as cockchafers and curl grubs — are being tackled in a $1.5 million joint research project for growers in WA’s Lakes District and Kondinin.
Farmland values in the Geraldton port zone are lagging behind other parts of Western Australia, with the region’s reliance on wheat production limiting its growth potential.
Melissa Pedelty
Industrial actions by CBH and union employees at the Kwinana Grain Terminal have been temporarily suspended after a recommendation from the Fair Work Commissioner.
