Australian oat exports to China have more than doubled in the past four years and much of that growth is being driven by emerging food products like oat noodles, oat rice and oat milk

A group of farmers from the West Australian wheatbelt believe a co-operative is the answer to saving Australia's troubled noodle wheat export industry

A farming group in the Wimmera-Mallee region of western Victoria is hoping a new co-operative will improve the use and analysis of farm data

A Tasmanian agricultural researcher says it is inevitable that a pest that has caused chaos for West Australian tomato and potato growers, the tomato potato psyllid, will make its way to the east coast of Australia

The bull sale at Fitzroy Crossing has broken a number of records this year, with nearly 200 bulls selling for over $990,000, which is understood to be the highest grossing bull sale in West Australian history

The former WAFarmers grains president Bob Iffla is leading a campaign to get the WA farming group to lobby for Australia to adopt the New Zealand classification system for lambs and hoggets

The Australian Superfine Wool Growers Association has released a policy on mulesing for the first time, which calls for best practice, but does not offer any further guidance or opinion of the issue

A US company that grows meat in laboratories has attracted investment by some of the richest businessmen in the world due to its low-impact and ethical production capability

The damaging bacteria dickeya dianthicola, which causes the rotting disease blackleg in potatoes, has been discovered on four more West Australian properties

The State Government has today announced a review of the Southern Ports Authority amalgamation, which saw the ports of Albany, Esperance and Bunbury merge in October 2014

Major reforms to the Wine Equalisation Tax were passed in Parliament this week, which the head of the peak industry body says is a win for small, regional winemakers

There has been an explosion in the demand for Asian vegetables in Australia, which has focussed attention on Vietnamese farmers and their history of migration and struggle in Australia

Wool has become the star attraction of the "slow fashion" movement, which promotes long-lasting, durable clothing as an alternative to high turnover "fast fashion"

Fitzroy Crossing hosted its biggest ever bull sale today, with two record-making bulls sold to Jubilee Downs station for $13,000 each

Gehan Jayawardhana spent 14 years developing the Northern Territory Department of Primary Industries Brahman breeding plan, which he says became the most fertile brahman herd in Australia, but he says most cattle producers are not very good at selecting their own bulls

Pilbara Ports Authority confirms a livestock vessel will make its way to Port Hedland next week for the first time since 2013

One of the biggest livestock ships in the world has visited the Kimberley port of Wyndham this week to load up with about 8,000 head of cattle bound for Indonesia

The Minister for Transport Darren Chester has confirmed the Australian Maritime Safety Authority will review the use of outdated live export vessels in a bid to improve animal welfare

Meat and livestock analyst Simon Quilty says demand for beef in China is expected to pick up in the next few weeks, which is welcome news for Australian producers struggling to trade amid high prices

The town of Nannup in south west Western Australia is being told to brace for pain following news the local timber mill will close its green log processing operations

The nation's top risk assessment experts have been called on to work out if it is safe to release a carp virus into the Murray-Darling system

The West Australian Government has today announced it will extend the State's Exploration Incentive Scheme for another two years

Recent trials in the Wheatbelt have shown that deep ripping and controlled traffic farming can be a profitable pairing for cropping farmers

An Adelaide restaurant that sources native ingredients from indigenous communities across the country has been named the Gourmet Traveller magazine Restaurant of the Year

A Western Australian start-up company has just been given approval to produce crickets for human consumption

One of Australia's largest pork producers, Westpork has revealed an ambitious plan for its energy future, which would see four of its West Australian piggeries powered by 100 per cent renewable energy

If four proposed 'new industry' projects in the Pilbara go ahead, the City of Karratha will make land available and build a photo-voltaic power station to run them

Curtin University's Vice Chancellor Deborah Terry says she is unsure how much the return to Muresk will cost the educational institution but she says there will be extensive consultation with the agribusiness sector before the course returns in 2019

Fiona Simson has visited farms in Western Australia for the first time since being elected as the president of the National Farmers Federation

The CBH Group is cracking down on chemical contamination in grain with a tough new "three strikes" policy, which will penalise any grower found with a load in breach of Australian Maximum Residue Limits

Twenty Ferguson tractors from the 1950s and 60s, are travelling from Wentworth in New South Wales to Durham in Queensland; following the footsteps of the famous explorers Burke and Wills

The Hamilton Wool and Craft Guild, which was started by a group of farmers wives in western Victoria during a period of low wool prices in the 1970s, is seeing a resurgence in numbers as more people adopt tradition craft and cooking skills

A winery in Denmark on the south coast of Western Australia has seen a growth of about a quarter of a million dollars in sales of wine to China, after the owner increased its presence in Chinese trade shows

An international team of researchers has uncovered genes resistant to sclerotinia, a fungal disease that currently costs West Australian canola producers $59 million a year

A recent national shortage of juicing oranges has meant imported fruit had to be used to make local juices, which is a win for growers but is causing headaches for processors in the juice business

Tasmanian academic Dr John Paull has uncovered the life story of Ileen Macpherson, a pioneer of Australian organic farmer

The CSIRO is working with the Department of Parks and Wildlife on a Pilbara weeds database to catalogue where weeds can be found, their abundance and where they are likely to be found

The world's first physical sale of Poll Wagyu genetics attracted widespread interest at the weekend with twenty young bulls offered for sale at an average $9,000 a head

A luxury wagyu beef producer, recently featured on CNN and the BBC, is feeding his livestock chocolate to produce a sweeter meat

A stronger Australian dollar can be a worrying trend for exporters, but some agricultural exports, including wool, are continuing to flourish, despite the high dollar

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development has advised West Australian sheep producers to hold onto stock through Spring, because its modelling has shown it is more profitable to supplementary feed stock, rather than sell

Agricultural students competing in handling, classing and shearing events at Katanning sheep sale and show have told ABC Rural that there are less and less young people interested in farming sheep

Farming group South East Premium Wheatgrowers Association is actively trying to attract younger farmers into leadership roles to try and diversify the group

Wagin farmer Luke Hall has been crowned the 2017 Rural Ambassador of the Year for WA and he shares his passion for closing the rural-metro divide, educating people about farming and attracting young people into agriculture

The State Government is in the process of reviewing a raft of applications from Kimberley cattle stations looking to expand into crown land, but expansion plans have sparked tensions between pastoralists and environmentalists

A pastoralist from Mount Augustus Station in the Upper Gascoyne has come across an unexpected line of bulls while mustering and says the discovery has added to an already promising season

The 2017 Gascoyne Food Festival wrapped up over the weekend with what's been called Australia's biggest barbecue at Australia's biggest rock, Mount Augustus

The biggest fully automated meat chilling and distribution centre in the southern hemisphere has been opened in Gympie in Queensland, which includes capability for full traceability and increased efficiency

A High Court ruling in favour of mining billionaire, Andrew Forrest has put the validity of more than fifty mining leases in Western Australia at risk. Licences granted to junior miners Yarri Mining and Onslow Resources - who planned to mine for mineral sands on Andrew Forrest's pastoral property - are now invalid, a decision that could have an impact on other Western Australian mining companies.

It's been a rollercoaster few months for grain growers across the country. From the start of the season, wheat yields were tipped to fall after a record crop last year. But protracted dry weather has slashed the forecasts even further, with the sector now closely watching the skies and prices to see what the future holds.

At this week's Growing Expectations summit in Perth, there's been lots of discussion around how grower groups can be more effective and become more sophisticated. In the past 25 years the Birchip Cropping Group has grown from a few neighbouring farming families to a nationally recognised organisation with a professional board. Bridget Fitzgerald asked Birchip's chairwoman Caroline Welsh how they did it.

South Australia's limestone coast is well known for its sinkholes, and they become particularly tricky for one farmer every time there's a big band of rain. Tony Beck has a line of car-sized sink holes develop on his property when there's too much rain and his sheep love them.

The owners of a feedlot at Kalannie in the Wheatbelt have so far spent four-hundred-thousand-dollars searching for ground water. WestBeef Feedlot is owned by Harmony Agriculture And Food Company... and it buys cattle from both the north and the south of the state and after finishing them, sells into domestic and international markets. It's licenced to hold seven and a half thousand head of cattle, but the company says despite strong demand for their beef, the price of scheme water is restricting their carrying capacity to five thousand head.

A cattle station in the Pilbara has officially launched its own brand of beef this month. It's still earlier days for the project, but Yarrie Station near Marble Bar is now dedicating some of its herd to creating a product line called "Outback Beef".

Great news for wool producers with mid micron wool is at historic highs. But in the past when we've seen a sharp rise in the wool market it's been followed by a quick slump. What's likely to happen to prices in the coming weeks and months?

Strong export demand and tight supply are being credited for pushing WA sheep and lamb prices above east coast markets. Western Australia's Potato Growers Association believes the State Government is trying to stop is taking legal action against it regarding the Galati case. The company looking to start up a potash mine in the Pilbara has taken a major step forward with the commissioning of its evaporation ponds. From 2019, Curtin University will return to the Muresk campus and offer a two year associate degree in agribusiness. Live cross to the colour and fun at the Mingenew Expo. The Australian Grains Industry needs to create a more united voice or risk losing some of the technologies that make growers efficient according to a Nuffield scholar. The topic of levies featured in a national summit that kicked off in Perth today. The two day event is called Growing Expectations and its being hosted by the WA Grower Group Alliance. Farmers are being encouraged to use spare time in the dry season to become more familiar with technology and data opportunities. Some New South Wales farmers are trying to figure out how they can control their own data. Mt Barker cattle sale.

Special broadcast from Parliament House for the ABC Rural and Kondinin Group Farmer of the Year Awards where Victorian salad leaf grower Andrew Bulmer has been names as the Farmer of the Year

A bee shortage could stifle Western Australia's evolving avocado industry, which is on the verge of catching up to Queensland as the largest avocado growing state, because there are not enough bee keepers working as commercial pollinators to sustain industry growth

In remote bushland to the north of Kununurra State Government researchers are investigating groundwater, in the hope of unlocking 30,000 hectares of land for irrigated agriculture, which would be close to twice as large as the Ord Irrigation Scheme

WA Mines Minister Bill Johnston told Parliament yesterday he was working on a plan to help find displaced workers from the closing Ravensthorpe Nickel Mine new jobs

Nickel prices have risen by 25 per cent in the past month, which is not quite enough for some miners to start making money, but it has given confidence to BHP, which is set to spend $54 million upgrading its Kwinana nickel refinery

A tungsten mine in Western Australia's mid west has just been given approval to start production, which could create up to 140 new jobs

A flock of 16 pretty, but highly destructive Indian Ringneck Parakeets are on the loose in the Geraldton region after they escaped from a backyard aviary and the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development is concerned the birds could breed, establish themselves in the wild and become a major pest

The six Queensland prawn farmers directly affected by the whitespot disease outbreak on the Gold Coast have welcomed the $20 million assistance package from the Federal Government, but say it goes nowhere near covering the actual cost of the disease

Woodie Woodie Manganese Mine in the Pilbara will re-open just 18 months after it was mothballed after there was a dramatic improvement in the metal price

Meat and Livestock Australia have described the live cattle trade to Vietnam as a roller-coaster; Australia barely shipped any cattle in 2012, then there were 360,000 head sent in 2015, but this year Australia is likely to send around 150,000

Parliament House is consumed with questions of citizenship and the legitimacy of the Deputy Prime Minister's election after it was revealed Barnaby Joyce is a New Zealand citizen by descent, but the government is holding firm on legal advice that the dual citizenship does not disqualify him from holding office

Voters in Barnaby Joyce's electorate of Tamworth have mixed feelings about how significant it is that their local member is a New Zealand citizen

A New Zealand company has developed a gluten free flour made from apples, along with numerous alternative food products

After nearly 30 years of sowing seeds and growing trees in the West Australian Wheatbelt, the 'Tree Lady' Angela Waters is preparing to close her nursery doors

A retiree from south-west Victoria is so fed up with thieves stealing from her egg stall, she installed an elaborate, high-tech security camera system to photograph cars and "name and shame" dishonest people

Scientists in New South Wales are working to protect the oyster industry from the future effects of climate change by identifying oysters that have traits that help them cope with ocean pH and temperature