Rural Focus

4 Farmers' Bill Crabtree joins us to talk about his recent travels, including his trip to India to secure generic Sakura for next year.

Stephen Brown from Safe Farms WA has an update on WA's first ever agriculture WHS conference happening in February,

And southwest Liberal MP Steve Thomas MLC reminds us to stay safe over the summer period as we all migrate to his neck of the woods. 

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Wheatbelt Natural Resource Management CEO Renata Paliskis joins us this morning to talk about their Regional Wheatbelt NRM Plan and survey, available in hard copy and online.

Leigh Ballard from Crisp Wireless looks back on their achievements, builds, NBN success and community support throughout 2025,

And Nutrien's Harry Carol has a double market report today!

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Michael Harding from Freight Lines Group talks to us this morning about the amount of grain coming off our WA paddocks and how they're handling the non-stop nature of this year's harvest.

Sarah Gradie from Foundation for Rural Regional Renewal (FRRR) tells us about some recent grants for projects across our rural communities,

And Women in Farming's Roxanne Morrissey recaps 2025 and looks forward to a new branch opening in Narembeen. 

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Karen Strange from Wheatbelt and Beyond Youth Mentoring joined us this morning to talk about their program and encourage people to get involved.

Jeremy Stewart from Merrifield Real Estate gives us a little recap of the year's real estate market and some predictions for 2026,

And Rural Aid's Roger Hitchcock talks to us about some exciting changes coming next year!

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MTAA Interim Executive Director Peter Jones chats to us about the Federal Government's announcement to extend Right to Repair reforms to agricultural machinery.

Todd Nener from Redipods tells us about their cottage range and worker's accommodation options. 

Dean Toovey from Patmore Feeds discusses producing stronger lambs,

And Nutrien's Craig Walker talks Christmas and Muchea sales.  

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Bayer Technical Solutions Agronomist Matt Willis joins us this morning to chat about dealing with herbicide resistance along fencelines. 

GRDC Grower Relations Manager West Kayla Evans gets us excited for the upcoming GRDC Grains Research Updates, with registrations now open. 

Deputy Leader of the Nationals WA Peter Rundle checked in with some updates around sheep numbers and school bus battles.

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Rural West is a free, confidential financial counselling service, supporting rural businesses and primary producers. CEO Chris Wheatcroft spoke to us this morning about what it means to help our country folk get back on track. 

Burando Hill's Stew Mckenzie joined us for an update on harvest and a reminder to start thinking about seeding and hay equipment for next year. 

With a worse-than-usual amount of flies this year, Milne Feeds' Paul Nenke tells us about their Flybuster product, 

And Nutrien's Harry Carol has TWO market reports for us this morning as we head towards the end of sale yard season. 

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If you've been sitting all day in the truck, tractor or harvester, Louise O'Neill from Farmlife Fitness has some easy movement and stretching you can do!

4 Farmers has a new addition to the team - alongside Cathy McKenna, we welcome soil science expert and contractor Eddie Haumann from South Africa. 

And we talk succession planning tips with Terry Melrose from Regional Men's Health. 

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DPIRD senior biosecurity officer Kelly Manning joins us this morning to talk about skeleton weed - a declared pest in WA and a high-priority eradication target that must be reported. 

Brett Johnson from Farm Shield talks us through a hail claim and the use of discretion, 

And Countryman editor Cally Dupe has a front-page story about WA's devastating fires earlier this week. 

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Mark Scott, Nannup grower and APC Producers Committee member chats with us about buying local cherries, apricots, nectarines and peaches over summer.

Farm Weekly editor Darren O'Dea has an update on that paraquat decision that was supposed to be made this month,

And Nutrien's Craig Walker talks movies and sale yards. 

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