Agriculture Minister David Littleproud confirms he will wait for a Government review of the live sheep export industry before making any decisions on its future, lobby group WAFarmers is refuting the financial implications of a live export ban from a report prepared by Pegasus Economics. They also have some recommendations for the live export industry, while cattle prices are set to decline this year, the outlook is still for an overall profitable 2018 for Australia's beef producers, according to Rabobank, an Avon Valley farmer is carving out a domestic market with her 21 day dry aged Dorper mutton, two major new industrial developments might be built on Western Australia's famous Burrup Peninsula, despite a plan to seek World Heritage listing for the area, the octopus industry is trialling different trapping methods in the hopes it will make octopus fishing more efficient, there's a trial getting underway in northern Australia, to see if technology used by the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, can be used by the mango industry, to track the quality of mangoes as they travel from northern farms to southern markets, a state wide moratorium was placed on the fracking industry last year so seven months on, where is the sector now at and will it ever come back? And wool prices shot up this week, with the western market indicator now well over the 1900 cent mark.

Thousands of rockmelons have been left to rot in paddocks near Geraldton, the live export industry has backed down on its long-held opposition and endorsed a Labor proposal for an independent inspector to oversee animal welfare, the RSPCA of WA says they welcome ALEC's olive branch but will still push for a transition away from the long haul live export sheep trade, pastoralists in Western Australia's rangelands seem pleased with this week's announcement that they could soon start carbon farming, plans are in place to start an indigenous prawn aquaculture industry in Kununurra. It involves a prawn called Cherubin, the owners of a Port Hedland cattle export depot plan to build a similar 5,000 head facility at Geraldton and longer term, may build a beef production feedlot which would lead to cattle being processed in the Mid West, a new study published by sheep scientists from the Agriculture branch of the University of Western Australian has found that given conditions are good, having calm ewes can increase your lambing rate by a fifth and the failure of a large corporate dairy, partly owned by Gerry Harvey has been seen as the loss of another high-profile investor in the industry.

The WA state government has just given the green light for a carbon farming trial on WA pastoral lands, Josh Harris from Climate Friendly says there is still some work to do on the government's part before carbon farming can be rolled out in pastoral WA, the horticulture industry's R&D body has launched a five million dollar project to strengthen evidence of pest control measures, DPIRD says the "systems approach" to horticultural pest management could open new doors for producers, the Western Australia octopus industry wants gold standard certification from the Marine Stewardship Council, a Wheatbelt farmer explains how the recent death of his brother has reminded him to keep focusing on the important things in life, Northern infrastructure minister Matt Canavan today has announced changes to the NAIF designed to crank it up a gear and there could be potential for mangoes to be grown further south if a crop in Harvey is anything to go by.

There seems to be bi-partisan support for reforms to Australia's live export industry, Northern Territory researchers have confirmed that bees are able to move a devastating melon virus from an infected plant to their hive, scallops stocks in the Shark bay area seem to be recovering well, nine out of 10 Australian women aren't getting the recommended daily serving of dairy, watch out for a new buzz word in agriculture, insectariums, a laboratory in the US has just become the world's tiniest gold mine, recycling sim cards and extracting their gold, a Goldfields based mining contracting company is tailoring an off the shelf mental health program to roll out to its workforce, a international recruitment company say the expansion of the Gorgon Gas project will attract highly skilled workers back to WA after a lull in major resource projects and cooks in some of Australia's most remote kitchens have been left reeling after a common outback staple disappeared from supermarket shelves - Devondale long-life cream.

According to the grains industry association of WA, around 8.4 million hectares will be planted to winter crops this season, seeding has started in the state's south east, fresh fruit and veggies could soon be grown locally in the Pilbara, with almost six million dollars funding on offer to help promote irrigated agriculture, Minderoo Station given tick of approval to build ten upside-down leaky weirs in the Ashburton River, the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union thinks up to a thousand new jobs could be created by the expansion of Gorgon gas project, new statistics show the value of Australian wine exports are the highest in a decade, with figures surging in the past year to reach $2.65 billion, Western Australia has a new fish cannery, autonomous ground drones will soon be heading to cattle stations across northern Australia and Muchea cattle sale numbers were down on last week

The Department of Primary Industry and Regional Development says it would rather help non GM farmers manage the risk of contamination rather than impose a regulatory burden on conventional and GM cropping systems

Thousands of kilometres from the port of Fremantle and outrage over live sheep exports, cattle industry representatives from Australia and Indonesia are in Jakarta for an animal welfare expo, looking to mend fences broken in 2011 after Australia's live cattle ban

A Tasmanian oyster farmer has expressed concerns over a proposed oyster farm on the WA coast, which could produce as much as Tasmania's entire industry

A global miner hoping to revive the Kimberley diamond industry has secured major financial backing from investors to launch its exploration program in the region next month

Jordan Phasey founder and CEO of Phinite has developed technology which he believes could help solve the global food crisis. He has found a way to turn animal waste into a high-value fertiliser

Western Australian company Lepidico has developed technology which turns lithium mine waste into fertiliser to put on agricultural crops

Australian Aluminium Council executive director Miles Prosser said mining giants, Rio Tinto and Alcoa, have been looking at ways to turn a profit from their waste for some time

A Virtual Curtain invention is cleaning up one of the most common waste products from mining, dirty water. The technology makes it safe to reuse dirty mine water in other mining operations and to water agricultural crops

The WA Government has announced an overhaul of the state's bushfire management, in response to the devastating Yarloop blaze two years ago

As the United States of America and China eye each other off in a tit for tat trade war, Australian exporters have been nervously watching and wondering what it means for them. Meat exporters could be the winners

The National Farmers' Federation has welcomed news the US is now considering re-joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, otherwise known as the TPP

A popular US farming model, where consumers 'subscribe' to farms, is taking off in Australia

An artificial spider-web to trap pests before before they crawl up the trucks or the stems of vineyards and orchards is being developed by South West farm consultant Anthony Quinlin

A couple of WA wool growers recently put their hands up for a workshop to have a closer look at what some in the industry are calling a game changer, the WoolQ portal

Live export prices for feeder steers out of Darwin to Indonesia have slumped below $3 per kilogram for the first time since October 2015

Wilson Hasan from the TUM feedlot in Jakarta said the drop in livestock export prices has given feedlot owners in Indonesia a much needed break

Broomehill farmer Scott Thompson lost 60 of his sheep to thieves. He was so fed up he decided to hold a meeting at the Katanning saleyards to see if the whole community could work together on some solutions

A Top End miner is hoping to cash in on surging overseas demand for base metals, after completing a study of the largest undeveloped zinc-lead resources in Australia

Researchers at Charles Sturt University are ensuring the quality and value of crops is maintained by putting a silo fumigation system to the test

Victorian farmers say they're being unfairly targeted by vegan activists putting pressure on their businesses and personal lives

It was a lacklustre day for vendors at the Narngulu Bull sale with only around 60 per cent of the bulls on offer selling for an average of $3, 700

Federal Agriculture Minister, David Littleproud is in Perth today meeting a variety of people in the wake of the footage on board several livestock export ships where thousands of sheep died of heat stress on journeys to the Middle East. PGA President, Tony Seabrook, was one of those. He says the Minister gave his 100 percent support to the industry. Tony Seabrook also believes the solution is science based decisions that provide an outcome not just make people feel good.

A stretch of Western Australia's coast could soon become one of Australia's largest oyster farms. Andrew Forrest's Minderoo Group has plans to trial growing Western Rock Oysters along a 60 kilometre stretch of coastline, just south of Carnarvon.

After walking out of his meeting with the Federal Agriculture Minister, Tony York, President of WA Farmers says David Littleproud will allow the industry to regain confidence in the live export trade.

If you're a chickpea grower, you probably feel like you can't catch a break at the moment. Pakistan has just changed the requirements on chickpea imports from Australia, increasing how much crops need to be fumigated.

For the first time, West Australian vegetable growers will get expert advice on how to increase their exports. The three year project spearheaded by Vegetables WA will aim to help local growers tap into the global demand for quality, fresh produce.

Federal Agriculture Minister, David Littleproud announced on the Country Hour a 'short, sharp' review into livestock exporting standards. He says he's 100 percent supportive of the live export trade but "we've got to get it right" and anybody who wants to break livestock standards can "bugger off".

The Australian Live Exporters' Council says they welcome the announcement of a review and are working on improving things within the live export industry. Simon Westaway, CEO of ALEC says that for one example, using technology to have greater on board reporting is one area they are working on with exporters.

The animal protection organisation Animals Australia has met with the federal agriculture minister to discuss the future of the live animal export trade and changes it believes need to be made to the regulations governing the industry

Emanuel Exports' Director Nicholas Daws says the footage televised by 60 Minutes is simply devastating and Emanuel Exports apologises to farmers and the broader community for these absolutely unacceptable outcomes

WA Agriculture Minister Alannah MacTiernan has asked her department to investigate whether any of WA's animal cruelty laws have been breached on this voyage. The penalties include fines of up to $500, 000 and gaol time

Rick Fenney is a vet who runs a Gascoyne station and said the main problem to address is the ship itself. He said livestock export ships should be built to purpose, not ships converted to carry livestock

Pomegranate grower Laura Meneguz is concerned the NSW hepatitis A scare associated with frozen imported pomegranates may have a flow on effect to the local industry even though there is no link with local fruit

WA farm lobby group WAFarmers siad there is little clarity around the rules and regulations for driving tractors and the movement of machinery on public roads this seeding season

Junior miner Mineral Resources has announced a takeover of fellow miner Atlas Iron