Western Australia Country Hour

A sausage laced with 1080 poison and developed and used in WA has been approved for use by authorised pest controllers to kill feral cats in three other states.

The National Farmers Federation has welcomed the federal coalition's promise to introduce a dedicated agriculture visa from 2030, despite no detail on how it would work.

The Coalition has unveiled a plan to slash Australia's temporary migration intake by about 650,000 over four years through deep cuts to graduate, refugee and bridging visas that go further than Labor's plan.

The federal government's $140 million package to assist industry transition out of the live sheep trade by sea, is almost fully allocated, with only $5 million left in the kitty.

A plant disease affecting melons and some vegetables has been detected in Australia for the first time on two properties in the Northern Territory.

Fifty years ago this week, the famous Blue Hills theme played out for the last time.

The WA representative on the National Farmers Federation's workforce committee Mic Fels says the government's overhaul of the working holiday maker visa highlights the need to develop a specific broadacre visa.

Rural news and events from Western Australia and the nation.

State agriculture minister Jackie Jarvis says she's happy to consider co-funding new biosecurity measures with BICWA, the Bee Industry Council of WA to keep varroa mite out of WA.

Not a single shipment of live sheep by sea is likely to be exported this season, as the ongoing war in the Middle East continues to disrupt the safe passage of vessels to key markets in the region.