State Agriculture Minister Alannah MacTiernan said it is time to consider a suspension of the live export trade to the Middle East during the region's hottest months when the sheep deaths under investigation have taken place

The Federal Agriculture Department has notified a live export company to instruct it to implement a series of measures to ensure animal welfare is sufficient of it will not be cleared to leave the Fremantle port on Monday

CEO of the NT Cattlemen's Association Paul Burke said his mobile has rung off the hook with cattle producers concerned about what might happen next in the live export industry

Federal Communications Minister Mitch Fifield has been in Kukerin for a round table discussion on regional telecommunications and he has made assurances about landlines

Digital entrepreneur Tim Gentle is known for his farming virtual reality technology and now he has upped the ante, to augmented reality, which mixes the virtual world with the real world

There are moves to introduce a new grading system to identify the best wheat varieties suitable for baking. It would be called the elite baking class

Good summer rain and a drop over the weekend was enough to encourage Dylan Hirsch to start seeding wheat on his farm at Latham, in the state's mid-west

What to do with oil and gas infrastructure like pipelines and platforms once they're no longer needed by resources companies? That is one of the main focuses of a three year project which has just received $2.6 million of State Government funding

Tariffs on Australian beef, honey, oranges, mandarins and onions heading to Japan have been cut ahead of time, and that could be just the start of a fast track to other products, under the TPP

Australian wine, fruit and nut producers are tipped to be winners in the latest international trade war between China and the United States

A tribute to dairy farming industry leader Lou Giglia, who has died at the age of 77. In 2012 he was inducted into the WA Royal Agricultural Society Hall of Fame

The Kanzi apple variety is a relatively new variety and this year it will reach full production levels

Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud said he was shocked and deeply disturbed by vision he has seen regarding a voyage of live sheep from Perth to the Middle East in August 2017. The minister has met with the Department of Agriculture and it will urgently investigate

Around sixty eastern states cotton farmers and researchers visited Western Australia to inspect the Ord Irrigation Scheme. The group wants to expand the cotton industry across Australia's top end

Australia's largest cattle company AACo released its preliminary financial year results and they are below expectations. AACo is looking at negative operating cash flow in the range of $38 million - $42 million, compared to last financial year's positive operating cash flow of $29.3 million

The Australian barley industry is down-playing the effect of a partial ban on imports to Japan, saying it won't affect the market in the short term

The industry body representing melon growers is concerned the farm at the centre of the listeria outbreak has been issued an all-clear by the New South Wales Food Authority

Dacian Gold poured its first bar on the weekend, making the Goldfields-based company the nation's newest gold producer

A new temporary location is being sought to house the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development staff in Merredin

Feral pigs cause hundreds of millions of dollars worth of damage to Australian farms each year. They have been in WA's south west for a long time, but they're now being spotted in the Great Southern grain and sheep farming areas. Experts think recreational hunters are re-locating them for their own sporting reasons

The State Government has offered a one-off grant to plant radiata or maritime pine trees in an effort to expand the state's softwood industry. Successful farmers receive a payment of $500 per hectare or free seedlings

Australia's second-largest independent oil and gas producer, Santos, has received a $13.5 billion takeover bid from US-owned oil and gas company Harbour Energy

South Australia's apple industry is urging consumers to put looks aside and buy blemished fruit. It has rolled out a new 'hailstorm heroes' marketing campaign

Researcher at James Cook University investigating smart ear tag technology that would give producers and consumers traceability certainty, benefits for bio security, pasture management and theft reduction

Rain which fell as part of a storm that ripped through the eastern wheatbelt at the weekend is perfect for the grain growing season ahead

A European plant breeder is working in Australia trying to develop better organic wheat varieties suitable for Aussie conditions

A freak thunderstorm on Good Friday caused wide spread damage in Western Australia's wheatbelt. Jules Alvaro farms 23 kilometres north east of Merredin and she says they have a big clean up ahead after plenty of damage at their place.

The storm destroyed the Kalannie Sporting Club, ripping the entire roof off and planting it on the nearby tennis court. Football Club President, Gary Crossman says it's devastating for the town and it may be a matter of rebuilding the club entirely from scratch.

Five thousand homes in the Wheatbelt were without power for much of the weekend following the storms. Today, Western Power are hoping to restore the remaining 500 customers in Trayning, Kununoppin and Burracoppin.

We've been hearing that mice are making a nuisance of themselves in parts of the grain growing region this Autumn. For Cascade grain grower Will Carmody that means burning paddocks that are very bad, baiting wide tracts of land and even considering deep ripping in future seasons.

The future of hundreds of organic vegetable producers is under threat from proposed changes to how we treat imported seeds. The Federal Government want to spray fungicide on vegetable seeds coming into Australia, something the organic industry says will have a significant, negative impact on growers.

It's been one of the worst years for locusts and grasshoppers for a decade, according to local pastoralists. And it's costing thousands of dollars worth of damage.

The high number of locusts has been caused by a perfect mix of warm and wet conditions across the north this summer. Combine that with more grasses under irrigation providing feed for the insects and experts say they are likely to hang around.

A new butter factory has opened in Western Australia's south west. It's might be small but it's WA's only commercial scale butter factory and is opening at a good time with the price of butter increasing 60 per cent in the last 18 months.

Two young brothers from Leitchville in Northern Victoria, started with 25 laying chooks in January and now have to almost 200 birds roaming free on the family farm - and their eggs are gaining quite the following.

A new-look Marine Park Management plan endorsed by the Senate last night has been welcomed by the national peak seafood body.

But not all fisheries are pleased with the changes. The Pearl Producers Association is unhappy with the restrictions the plan will place on the world's only remaining wild stock pearl oyster fishery - located off the Kimberley coast.

The McGowan government has just announced it's working on a new transport strategy for Western Australia's agricultural regions.

A Queensland precision agriculture company has been awarded the prestigious Piper Prize for its work in developing a planter which could cut the cost of sowing canola in Western Australia by up to fifty per cent.

Two pastoralists from a Pilbara cattle station rode horses into parliament today armed with a petition signed by 7000 supporters who want legislative changes to how pastoralists run their properties.

A European wasp nest has been found at a WA tourism hotspot, Wave Rock, in Hyden

A bill to give tax credit incentives to investors in junior explorers is officially ready to roll after passing the house of representatives for the final time yesterday.

Australia's first Indigenous-owned iron ore mine is a step closer to becoming a reality this week.

What comes to mind when you think of alpacas? Cute and cuddly? What about a good burger? The Australian Alpaca Association says a meat trade is vital to the future growth of the alpaca industry, especially in Western Australia.

Australian wool farmers will continue to donate to the nations cricket team, despite the weekends ball tampering scandal.

One ultra large container ship can emit in one day what fifty eight million cars would in a year. One maritime industry expert is calling for the use of greener fuels in Australian ships.

Harvey Norman's venture into the dairy industry hasn't gone very well. Last week there was legal action between shareholders and voluntary administrators have been appointed.

A West Australian pastoralist says his biggest challenge isn't building his herd of cattle, running a caravan park and tourism operation or contracting to mines, but finding people to work on his place, on the western end of the Nullarbor.

Police have revealed that a total of ten firearms have been stolen along with ammunition from properties in the Great Southern and South West.

When you live in the north of WA, most of your food is trucked thousands of kilometres. But that could change thanks to one Broome local embarking on an ambitious project to bring more fresh and local produce to the remote Kimberley town.

Australia's peak horticultural industry body, Aus Veg, is calling for it to be mandatory for fast food outlets to display country of origin information on their products.

The head of Western Australia's Olive Council thinks there's an opportunity to rapidly expand the state's industry, and make the most of ideas and weather issues abroad.

A legal battle between an Aboriginal Corporation in the Pilbara and Fortescue Metals Group over the destruction of culturally significant sites has gone to the Supreme Court.

The Fitzgerald biosphere celebrated its 40th anniversary and successful re-nomination at the weekend.

Farmers in the Mid-West are in a spot of trouble...getting bogged after heavy rains.

Police are asking farmers to be on the lookout for a group of thieves targeting farm properties in Western Australia's South West and Great Southern regions. We hear from a farmer whose house was ransacked and another farmer who confronted the thieves when they came to her front door.

And finally, a tiny community in the north of WA has big plans to revive a fish farm.

Rawlinna Station, located about 370 kilometres east of Kalgoorlie, is one of the biggest working sheep stations in Australia. The team of about 50 is half way through shearing 60, 000 sheep

The State Government has announced the four WA businesses which have been successful in a share of almost $750, 000 worth of grants. The grants program is to boost exports of WA potatoes to Asia and the Middle East following last year's outbreak of TPP

The freshest and tastiest food from all over the state was the feature of Farmer on Your Plate in the city's new entertainment precinct Yagan Square

The ACCC is proposing major changes to improve the safety of quad bikes to reduce the number of deaths and injuries

After six years of negotiations, there is speculation the sheep export trade to Saudi Arabia will resume, possibly in the next six months

The definition of lamb has changed. The new definition says the animal remains a lamb until its permanent incisor teeth grow and start to show wear

Western Australian farmers appear to have returned to sheep with orders for pasture seeds quadrupled this year

There has been some excitement in the north of WA following news the EPA has given the tick of approval for the first stage of an irrigated agricultural project on Carlton Plains

A group of Australian farmers is taking up the challenge to show consumers just how well they're managing the environment