A short Country Hour program during the cricket tea break

The validity of the Federal Government's 15 per cent tax rate on working holiday makers is under fire, a year on from the legislation passing the parliament

The latest Rabobank Farmer Confidence Survey found grain growers are happy about improved seasonal conditions, but dairy farmers are concerned about the sale of Brownes Dairy to Chinese firm

A short Country Hour program during the cricket tea break

Table grape producers in Carnarvon say recent rain could be enough to cause widespread splitting and losses in certain varieties

Unscrupulous labour hire firms has been blamed for yet another discovery of illegal workers on farms in the towns of Manjimup and Pemberton in the South West of Western Australia

The new owners of Shark Lake abattoir near Esperance, Central Agri Group, will re-open the processing facility early next year after it has been re-fitted and granted a Tier 2 export licence

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says there are 'clear imbalances' in power between farmers, processors and supermarkets in the dairy industry in its report into the sector today

Australia's largest cattle exporter, Wellard Limited, is set for a restructure after a disastrous two years as a publicly listed company and Elders has announced it may sell its feedlot and abattoir in Indonesia

Apart from a few clover varieties, most pasture seeds should be widely available in Western Australia this season, even varieties that have previously been in short supply

This festive season might not be so merry for those in the pork industry; prices are likely to be low due to a glut of pork on the Australian market

Virulent Footrot has been found on some sheep at an abattoir in Western Australia's Great Southern region and the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development has issued biosecurity protocols

A professor of climate change studies says carbon offsets are more effective than using science to reduce methane emissions from cows as a way to make the livestock industry carbon neutral by 2030

Farmers north of Perth are being offered the opportunity to gain exposure to the valuable pastoral cattle industry without buying any cows or investing in stations as part of a process called "backgrounding"

Watheroo farmer Brad Millsteed and a group of his mates are expecting to raise $50,000 for 'Movember' this year in an effort to raise money for men's health and mental health

West Australian farmers left millions of dollars out of pocket from the failed Emerald Grain marketing venture in 2011-12 will head to arbitration after a stay proceeding was successful in the Supreme Court

South Australia is set to extend its ban on GM crops for another six years to 2025; farmer and Grain Producers SA chairman Wade Dabinett says it is the darkest day SA agriculture has ever seen

Despite losing almost all of their summer feed, East Hyden farmer Ken Graham and daughter Stacey Lullfitz say they are lucky a lightning strike which burned through around 50 bales of hay did not reach more of the property

Annabelle Coppin from Yarrie Station near Marble Bar in the Pilbara is working with Rangelands NRM to create a custom on-station fire plan, with the hope it will help stop larger, hotter fires breaking out down the track

Cherry growers are gearing up for a bumper season, with early crop reports suggesting this year will bring the largest crop ever produced in Australia, although prices are not expected to drop

The State Government says the legal fate of hundreds of mining leases across Western Australia are now in the hands of the Commonwealth after a recent case highlighted issues with "late-lodging" of mineralisation reports

The 'disruption' into the taxi industry by ride-sharing app Uber demonstrates some important strategies for miners and companies who service the industry, according to a 30-year veteran of the industry

Podcast recommendations for driving the header and embarking on long-haul truck drives from a woman who created her own 'Beating around the Bush' podcast

Agribusiness company Craig Mostyn Group, which is best known for its pork and seafood processing, has purchased a significant stake in Western Australia's largest red meat processor V&V Walsh

Europe has decided to renew its license for the use of glyphosate for the next five years, despite a vocal and powerful campaign against the herbicide

New APVMA boss Dr Chris Parker concedes it is 'unsustainable' for the chemical regulator to continue as it has in recent years; he takes over the organisation amid controversy surrounding its relocation to regional NSW

The Dalwallinu-based Liebe group will become the first grower group in WA to have its own purpose built research facility, which its executive officer says is necessary to to its geographical isolation

The West Australian State Government says draft national guidelines on poultry welfare standards, which were released for public comment on Monday, do not go far enough to protect animals

Feedlot operators in Western Australia say there needs to be better communication between pastoralists and the rest of the supply chain, to ensure a steady flow of cattle through the yards and consistency of supply

People living in the West Australian regions of the Great Southern and the Wheatbelt reported high levels of general happiness and contentment in a University of Canberra Regional Wellbeing Survey

The RSPCA has called for the egg industry phase out caged production over the next 10 years, after the release of draft national guidelines for poultry welfare on Monday

A short Country Hour program during the cricket tea break

Avocado grower Russell Delroy says the sale of his brother Neil Delroy's property, the largest avocado farm in Australia, for $100 million to a North American investment company is a sign of the strength of the industry

A bumper national crop has pushed the price of cucumbers below the cost of production and growers in Geraldton are pulling their crops out of the ground six weeks earlier than usual because prices are so low

The WA Meat Marketing Authority is making a last ditch effort to try and get West Australian producers to support a change to the current definition of lamb to improve prices and increase supply

A short Country Hour program during the cricket tea break

Some Esperance residents are protesting against the planned site for a proposed nickel sulphate plant because of its proximity to a protected wetland area

After five years of negotiation, but the company developing Stage two of the Ord Irrigation Scheme, Kimberley Agricultural Investment, has finally signed a lease with the West Australian State Government

Former Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has handed back a $40,000 award from billionaire supporter Gina Rinehart, after an embarrassing backlash from political opponents and the farming industry

Parlimentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture Darren West says WAFarmers has mislead members over the regulations around agricultural machinery transport because there has been no change to accreditation for farmers

WAFarmers has also made a submission to the State Treasury this week as part of a review into the rail system; the farm lobby group wants to see faster resolutions in ongoing access disputes

The Managing Director of Meat and Livestock Australia says despite the difficult position Australian exporters are in at the moment, MLA are 'putting strategies in place' to protect the country's market share

The Australian Livestock Exporters Council has voted unanimously to create a company for the Livestock Global Assurance Program, which would seek to replace the existing Exporters Supply Chain Assurance System

Kalbarri lobster fisherman Ian Ralph launched a $2.5 million cray boat at Geraldton yesterday, the vessel, which was built in Dongara is 72 feet long, 6.3 metre wide and can hold 2.8 tonne of crayfish in tanks

As Zimbabwe celebrates the retirement of Robert Mugabe after four decades in power, fifth generation farmer Elize Scheepers reflects on how she and her family were forced, under his regime, to relocate to Western Australia

An abundance of global grain stocks at the moment is fuelling a reluctance within Asia to commit to buying Australian grain and created a standoff between buyers and producers over the price of wheat

There is significant confusion over whether changes to heavy vehicle regulation in Western Australia affect the transport of agricultural machinery; WAFarmers says it is unclear, but Main Roads says the status quo remains

Farmers are worried their national lobby groups have 'sold out' by accepting money from major supermarket to sponsor National Agriculture Day

Strong commodity prices and low costs of production have Australia's mid-tier mining companies looking strong in 2017, according to a report by Price Waterhouse Coopers

Swarms of locusts in grain growing regions not huge risk to crops at this stage in the season, but the Department of Primary Industries is advising they can become a grain contaminant and a hazard for your car radiator

A consultant working in the Gascoyne region says that bringing fisheries, horticulture and pastoral production under one peak body would allow industries to work together for a common goal of increase production and trade

Dairy farmers in the south west of the state are directing breeding to help produce A2 milk production to try and gain a premium price

The Australian livestock sector is seen as a global leader in minimising the use of anti-biotics in meat production, but focus is now turning to China and what more it could be doing as the world's largest producer of pork and chicken