Some South West apple growers are concerned the major supermarkets may soon stop selling a key apple variety, the fuji

A Federal Parliamentary inquiry into Australia's main chemical regulator will examine the time it takes for chemicals to be approved

The floods were so significant that northern WA roads were closed and one Western Australian trucking company has had to add 1000 kilometres to its runs this week, with a detour through South Australia

Managing director of Market Economics Stephen Koukoulas says the major falls on the ASX could actually spell good news for WA's export sector

The Fremantle based livestock exporter Wellard has reported a net loss of $7.5 million, which is a big improvement on the $17.9 million loss it reported this time last year

Four candidates have put up their hands for a chance to take a seat at the board of the state's main grain handler and marketer the CBH Group

Some Western Australian farmers are getting concerned they could soon be forced to contribute to a new levy fund, which they believe is pointless. An Upper House standing committee is looking at ways farmers could be compensated for economic losses caused by contamination from genetically modified crop material

Egg farmers are welcoming the certainty of new free range standards, that they can stock birds up to 10,000 per hectare as long as they show it clearly on the label

A rural real estate agent thinks changes to foreign investment laws will put an end to private, or "off market" sales between landholders and overseas buyers

With Chinese New Year looming, brokers are bracing for a quiet run of sales into Australia's largest wool export market

A ten year trial at Kununurra Research Station shows longans grow really well in the Ord Valley in WA's Kimberley region

Mango supply from the north will start diminishing and be replaced by the last and most southern commercial mango crop in Australia, from the Gingin region. And this year southern growers are working together to make sure the fruit gets to you in top condition

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development says it is getting closer to finding more effective ways to control Tomato Potato Psyllid on WA farms

A former Zimbabwean farmer now living and working here in Western Australia says the Zimbabwean Government's move to entice exiled farmers back to the country is a step in the right direction, but not enough to get him packing his bags

It's time for the major political parties to come together and map out Australia's energy future

Australian-based exporter Wellard has announced today live cattle shipments from Brazil have been suspended

The state's main grain handler the CBH Group had more grain flowing through the system than it first anticipated for season 2017/2018, with a total delivery of 13.23 million tonnes

Fruit and vegetable growers have been offered more time and support as industry continues to roll out a new quality assurance scheme aimed at standardising supply into the country's major supermarkets

Manjimup grower Vic Grozotis said he is looking forward to the HARPS information session, but he doesn't believe the changes will make any difference

Gascoyne pastoralists have welcomed yesterday's funding announcement of $4 million to reduce the impacts of wild dogs around the state

The Murchison Regional Vermin Cell Council which will get close to $600, 000 to address the wild dog problem. That is on top of half a million dollars in State Government funds last October

A group of sandalwood investors from the Kimberley believes it has a plan to save a project managed by Quintis, the Indian sandalwood company now in the hands of receivers McGrathNicol

The Federal Government announced new rules yesterday requiring Australian farmland worth more than 15-million-dollars to be marketed to prospective local buyers for at least 30 days before it can be sold to international buyers. Australia's biggest commercial real estate agency CBRE says changes to foreign ownership laws won't encourage more Australian investment in agricultural land

If you want to sell some Australian farm land you will have to demonstrate you have given local buyers a chance to purchase it under new foreign ownership rules

There have been some big spray drift events in NSW this season involving phenoxy chemicals used to kill weeds, the major one being 24D

There's been a diagnosis of kikuyu poisoning in cattle on a property in the Great Southern, and that's prompted the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development to issue a warning to producers in the region

Some lucky pastoralists in Western Australia's Rangelands will soon get their hands on some much needed funding to help protect livestock from wild dogs

The commercial barramundi season kicks off in the state's north today

The boardrooms of Australia's mining companies are no longer the domain of lawyers and accountants. Companies are scrambling to stay abreast of technology, diversity and cultural changes

Some minor changes have been made to the Harmonised Australian Retailer Produce Scheme - known as HARPS

Photographs of naked Australian farmers are being used to promote awareness of agricultural industries and rural mental health issues

Despite a huge rally in the wheatbelt town of Moora, with close to 500 angry locals, parents and students, the State Government remains determined to close the Moora Residential College at the end of the year

Wine and wool are tipped to lead the way in a year of forecasted growth across the farm sector

Sheep producers want to get their hands on the latest research into a mystery condition called red clover syndrome, but getting access to that information is proving difficult

Western Australia's lithium miners need to start considering downsteam processing, not just mining, in the future, according to a new report

On a remote cattle station in the middle of the Nullarbor, horse trainer Joe Hughes is attempting to train 70 wild brumbies in seven days

The chair of the 2018 WoolPoll Panel says it's not the panel's roll to decide if the levy wool producers pay needs to be changed

Authorities are yet to reveal how many properties, if any, were damaged by a bushfire that threatened the South West town of Augusta

Moves to establish a directly-elected representative body for the grass-fed cattle industry may have suffered a blow with the recent shock withdrawal of the peak industry council, but the process will continue

In a win for animal welfare the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator has agreed to allow bigger B-Doubles from Western Australia to cross the South Australian border

Heavy rain in the Kimberley overnight with 449 millimetres at West Roebuck export depot

UWA's school of Agriculture and Environment, Veronique Florec is one of 80 women from 13 countries off to Antarctica as part of the Homeward Bound leadership program for women in science

With a global worker shortage in agriculture, it's not surprising a number of tech start ups are leaping at the opportunity to invest in robots

The communities of Esperance and Southern Cross will have to wait to find out how the closure of Cleveland Cliffs iron ore mine will impact their towns

Supporters and families with children at the college are determined to safeguard its future, despite the State Government's plans to close the college as part of budget repair

Plenty of rain falling in the Kimberley with figures of between 200 and 300 millimetres for some locations

Wheatbelt police are investigating the theft of around $30, 000 worth of sheep from a Pingelly farm, 160 kilometres south east of Perth

Melon growers in Western Australia say they're facing increasing competition, as other countries muscle into their major export markets

The Australian Mango Industry Association's CEO Robert Gray says despite low prices, it's been another good season for the fruit's exposure both here and internationally

Biosecurity Tasmania has confirmed larvae found at one site on Flinders Island is Queensland Fruit Fly

Western Australia is shaping up as the place to invest if you're in the market for agricultural real estate in 2018

The Kenyan Government's decision to place a temporary ban on the export of avocadoes is working in the favour of local producers

Charles Sturt University researchers have found that giving the lamb a chance to aged a little bit is just the ticket to making it more tender and appealing

The native superfood Gubinge, also known as Kakadu plum, is a staple bushfood for indigenous people across northern Australia, with many communities looking to make a new market for this traditional fruit

Recognition for some of the state's rural and regional people in this year's Australia Day Honours list

When you think about Colombia...what comes to mind? Cocaine, a long and deadly civil war. Now the country is trying to move away from that image...and encourage farmers to grow crops for food instead of coca for cocaine.

Wellard chief executive Mauro Balzarini's move out of farming is complete, with the sale of The Grange at Dongara, just south of Geraldton, for $32 million

WAFarmers has welcomed news that the Trans-Pacific Partnership will go ahead

The East Kimberley Chamber of Commerce and Industry says the beef, cotton and seafood industries would be the big winners from the TPP

The American short-seller, which likened Quintis' business model to a Ponzi scheme, a fraudulent investment operation, now says the company could be salvageable

AEGIC is working on creating new markets for semi soft wheat

The latest seasonal outlook from the Bureau of Meteorology is showing WA will have a wetter than average February to April

The WAFarmers says it went into its meeting with Education Minister Sue Ellery with a positive attitude and left feeling buoyed about some resolutions to current concerns about educational funding cuts in rural and regional WA

In November, 20 year-old Casey Barnes had almost all her scalp ripped off, when her hair became entangled in the overhead gear in a shearing shed. The accident has prompted renewed calls for stronger measures to ensure the safety of shearing teams