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LiveCorp Chair Troy Setter presenting the Lifetime Achiever Award to John Edwards.

Recognising a StalwartPremiumLivestock export stalwart awarded for lifetime commitment

The longest-serving chair of the WA Livestock Exporters’ Association has been recognised as an industry champion at the nations largest livestock export conference in Perth.

Georgia Campion

Livestock and Rural Transport Association of WA chief executive Jan Cooper at the LIVEXchange 2025 conference, Perth.

Ewes and ViewsPremiumIndustry panel on WA’s sheep flock decline and future

Leading sheep export industry figures have flagged sector impacts as a result of WA’s declining flock following the devastating impacts of COVID and the live trade ban.

Georgia Campion

Former Federal Trade Minister Andrew Robb at the LIVEXchange conference at Crown Perth. Georgia Campion

‘Destructive Act’PremiumEx Trade Minister warns of sheep trade ban implications

Australia’s former Trade Minister has warned of the ‘profound harm’ the ban of the live sheep export trade will have on the agriculture industry and the national economy.

Georgia Campion

Moojepin Merinos co-principal Hamish Thompson and his family will host the WALRC's Livestock Forum in March.

LIVESTOCK FORUM PremiumMoojepin Merinos set to host WALRC forum

The WA Livestock Research Council will conduct a Livestock Matters Forum on March 18 at Moojepin Merinos, located 30kms east of Katanning.

Bob Garnant

MLA manager for Sheep Genetics Peta Bradley.

MLA partners with AuctionsPlus PremiumMeat and Livestock Australia collaborates with AuctionsPlus

Meat and Livestock Australia has announced a groundbreaking collaboration with AuctionsPlus, enabling sheep breeders to integrate Sheep Genetics data into online stud listings for the first time.

Bob Garnant

RaboResearch senior animal protein analyst Angus Gidley-Baird

Rabobank defines price swingsPremiumLivestock extreme price swings defined

Australian livestock producers have been faced with unprecedented period of market volatility in recent years, with swings in cattle and sheep prices reaching record extremes.

Bob Garnant

LiveCorp chair Troy Setter speaking at the LIVEXchange conference at Crown Perth.

Livestock ConferencePremiumNation’s biggest livestock export conference kicks off

Australia’s biggest livestock export conference has kicked off at Crown Perth for the first time since 2017 with a speaker line up featuring leading industry figures.

Georgia Campion

Police say the drugs were dropped into the ocean from a livestock carrier on its way to Fremantle.

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
CrimeCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Al Kuwait’s owners deny any knowledge of $170m cocaine haul

The owners of a livestock ship embroiled in the thwarted importation of $170m worth of cocaine off WA’s coast have launched an internal investigation and denied any knowledge of how the drugs arrived onboard. 

Caleb Runciman

Sea Forest chief executive, managing director and co-founder Sam Elsom.

Sea Forest’s IPOPremiumSea Forest scopes out WA locations

Tasmanian methane-reducing seaweed producer Sea Forest is scoping new WA sites as it launches a $20.5 million initial public offering on the Australian Securities Exchange.

Bob Garnant

A national survey found WA's lamb flock of 5.15 million head for 2022, will increase to 5.25M in 2023, up 2 per cent.

Flock PredictionPremiumWA’s sheep flock decline predicted amid industry confidence

WA sheep and wool producers are growing more confident in the future and growth of the industry according a recent survey, despite data projecting the shrinkage of the State’s lamb flock next year.

Georgia Campion

After the surgical removal of skin around their backsides, sheep are less likely to succumb to flystrike.

MULESINGPremiumWA set to mandate mulesing in move welcomed by farmers

Western Australia will make pain relief mandatory for lambs undergoing mulesing, joining Victoria and Tasmania in enshrining animal welfare protections into law.

Cally Dupe

Australian Wagyu Association president Laid Morgan, Irongate Wagyu managing director Peter Gilmour, and AWA chief executive Matt McDonagh.

WA’s Wagyu pioneerPremiumWA’s Wagyu pioneer Peter Gilmour recognised

One of WA’s Wagyu industry stalwarts has been recognised with a national award for his lifelong commitment to establish the breed and its governance through the Australian Wagyu Association.

Bob Garnant

ACIAR general manager Dr Suzie Newman, and Professor Appolinaire Djikeng, director general of the International Livestock Research Institute.

Livestock training supportPremiumLivestock training support for developing countries

Australia has joined forces with the International Livestock Research Institute to support the training of researchers from developing countries to advance sustainable livestock production. 

Bob Garnant

Gandy Wattle Street V148, offered as lot 5, was used in the stud as a yearling with 100 per cent conception rate, and ranks in the top of the breed for docility, claw, and foot angle.

Gandy Angus PremiumGandy Angus to offer exclusive sons of Wattle Street sire

Gandy Angus will offer impressive sons of AI sire Wattle Street Q127, which have gained interest from some of the most respected cattlemen in WA.

Bob Garnant

An artist’s impression of the abattoir proposed for Mt Barker.

ABATTOIR EXPLORATIONPremiumMt Barker multi-species abattoir to safeguard service kills

A new multi-species abattoir is on the cards for Mt Barker after more than $90,000 was awarded to explore the farmer-led project put forward in a bid to safeguard service kills for the region’s small producers.

Melissa Sheil

WA producers say they are in the box seat to benefit from US President Donald Trump’s decision to lower US tariffs on agricultural imports.

CanberraCommentsPremiumWhy WA producers first to benefit from beef tariff U-turn

WA producers say they are in the box seat to benefit from US President Donald Trump’s decision to lower US tariffs on agricultural imports.

Matt Shrivell and Oliver Lane

Brisbane-based Nbryo technician Rodrigo Rodrigues with Gingin-based Munda Reds Droughtmaster stud co-manager Olivia Wright, Swans Veterinarian Services owner Dr Enoch Bergman, of Esperance, and Nbryo field technician Victoria Abba, who were all involved in the commencement of a world-first breakthrough procedure in cattle IVF.

IVF moving forward in WAPremiumIn-vitro fertilisation gaining interest in WA

The rapidly changing landscape of embryo transfer has led to the emergence of new providers with novel technologies in development, according to Swans Veterinarian Services owner Dr Enoch Bergman.

Bob Garnant

Australian beef exports are nearing record levels.

Australian beef exportsPremiumAustralian beef exports at second-highest monthly volume

Australian cattle beef exports reached the second-highest monthly volume on record in October.

Bob Garnant

Hancock Agriculture's 2GR branded full-blood Wagyu eye fillet was named the world’s best grain-fed fillet at the 2025 World Steak Challenge.

Hancock Agriculture wins best filletPremiumHancock Agriculture’s Wagyu wins world’s best fillet

Australian premium branded 2GR Wagyu beef, produced by Hancock Agriculture, has claimed the title of the world’s best grain-fed fillet at the World Steak Challenge awards held in London.

Bob Garnant

Gandy Angus stud co-principal Kim Gandy recognises the importance of benchmarking Angus sires for the genetic improvement of the breed.

Angus Benchmark ProgramPremiumA WA Angus bull pulls some weight in cohort 13

A standout WA Angus sire was well represented in the Angus Sire Benchmarking Program for cohort 13.

Bob Garnant

Brisbane-based Nbryo technician Rodrigo Rodrigues commenced a world-first breakthrough procedure in cattle IVF at Gingin-based Munda Reds Droughtmaster stud co-managed by Olivia Wright, who is keen to speed up the stud's genetic progress with Nybro's embryo multiplication technology.

New embryo technologyMunda Reds Droughtmaster stud adopts new embryo technology

Gingin-based Munda Reds Droughtmaster stud, owned by Michael Thompson, will adapt world-first embryo multiplication technology to accelerate genetic progress.

Bob Garnant

Agora Livestock sheep values updates.

BEYOND THE SALEYARDSPremiumBeyond the Saleyards: Lamb market holds in WA

The Australian lamb market has built on last week’s gains, with prices showing continued strength across the east coast while WA has held relatively steady but is firming. 

ROB KELLY

Agora Livestock price updates.

BEYOND THE SALEYARDSPremiumBeyond the Saleyards: Values improving for lamb markets

National lamb markets have pushed higher after the recent price dip, with store competition returning and values improving across most categories. 

ROB KELLY

Taking out the 2024 Gate 2 Plate Challenge overall win, were Serpentine-based Evensong Farm owners Bert and Agatha Veenendaal, centre, who were congratulated by Bendigo Bank's Albany branch manager Gavin Boardley and Tambellup-Cranbrook branch manager Racheal Nicholls and Gate to Plate Challenge committee president Wayne Mitchell.

PRODUCER CHALLENGEPremiumGet in quick: Gate 2 Plate entries close November 10

Cattle producers keen to test their skills in Western Australia’s premier feedlot competition are being urged to get their entries in, with nominations for the Gate 2 Plate Challenge closing on November 10.

Bob Garnant