Rural Focus

A new report is forecasting a solid outlook for WA agricultural property across 2026, with expert valuers giving the sector a sentiment rating of 6.9 out of ten, which is the strongest rating of any state and is one full point above the national rating of 5.9.

Australian Property Institute CEO John Winter joins us.

Milne Feeds' Paul Nenke has some exciting news to share...

And Crisp Wireless CEO Leigh Ballard discusses how they tackle phone coverage during bushfire season. 

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Today is Extreme Heat Awareness Day. Australia recently made global headlines as the hottest place on the planet, so we spoke to Sweltering Cities executive director Emma Bacon about dealing with heatwaves. 

Farm Weekly editor Darren O'Dea tells us about some great stories in this week's paper, 

Nutrien's Craig Walker gives us the Muchea market report,

And Stew Mckenzie talks hockey at the local level and beyond!

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Bill Crabtree from 4 Farmers has the latest findings from an Aquifer wheat trial done out near Gnowangerup,

And Nutrien's Harry Carol gives us an update from the Mt Barker sale yards. 

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Nutrien livestock agent Craig Walker has some interesting points to make about virtual fencing and the future of our industry, 

Tiff Davey from the Livestock Collective tells us about their partnership with Australian Wool Innovation,

And Terry Melrose from Regional Men’s Health chats with us about the importance of physical health and how to implement healthy resolutions.

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Dr Teresa O’Brien chats to us about sending our rural kids to boarding school and how it affects our rural women.

Burando Hill’s Stew Mckenzie talks blockage monitors, stubble crunchers and chaser bins.

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Darren Spencer joins us to talk about the new Beyond the Shed program, helping shearers, contractors and farmers find work and support outside of shearing season.

Farm Weekly editor Darren O’Dea has the top stories from this week’s paper, and Nutrien’s Craig Walker has the Muchea market report.

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Today we were joined by Fiona Mann, an AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award WA finalist who’s turning locally grown canola from her family farm near Eradu into premium cold-pressed oil under BLOCK 275!

We also hear from Grains Australia CEO Richard Simonaitis about being formally selected to join Austrade’s new Trade Diversification Network,

And Nutrien's Harry Carol calls in from a clearing sale in Manypeaks this morning. 

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Research shows nearly 80% of primary students in Australia cannot identify current dairy farming practices.

The National Schools Food and Fibre Education Strategy has been launched to transform how students learn about the ag industry. 

We chat to Troy Setter, Consolidated Pastoral Company CEO, about the strategy. 

Nutrien livestock agent Craig Walker joins us for a chat about 2026 sale yard predictions,

And Rural Aid's Roger Hitchcock talks changing our attitudes and reactions. 

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A unique network of monitoring stations have been installed across some of Australia’s most hail-prone locations, to better understand extreme weather events. Associate Professor Matthew Mason from the University of Queensland's School of Civil Engineering tells us all about it. 

We also chat to Terry Antonio - a farmer in Salmon Gums, chair of the Esperance Zone Innovation Group and a panelist at the upcoming Evoke Ag event in Melbourne. 

And Burando Hill's Stew Mckenzie pops in to talk about augers and staying safe on the road when passing large machinery. 

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Wheatbelt livestock producers with lupin stubbles are being urged to monitor flocks for signs of the liver disease, lupinosis, following widespread rainfall in November. DPIRD field veterinary officer Judy Burson joins us. 

Farm Weekly editor Darren O'Dea has the top stories from this week's paper,

And Nutrien's Craig Walker has an update from Muchea. 

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