Flood affected farmers in the southern growing region of Western Australia will now be eligible for Category C WANDRAA funding, which will make grants available for recovery efforts

Grain researchers are trying to work out how to best live with Russian Wheat Aphid, now that the pest has a foothold in several states

Grower groups say a freeze on grants related to Royalties for Regions funding has left important projects in limbo and there are concerns certain priority projects will have to be abandoned altogether

Police and WorkSafe will prepare a report after a 12-year-old boy died when he fell into a grain silo that was being towed by a vehicle across a paddock on a farm at Dinninup, Western Australia

A farmer in Mingenew hopes to produce asparagus to fill late market opportunities in Western Australia and is set to harvest a trial crop in the next year

A West Australian bushfood grower is praising heavy use of biochar as the saviour of her highly saline soils as part of a trail that could lift the profile of the charcoal product as a way to improve dryland salinity

The rapid growth of the Australian craft beer industry has put it at risk of becoming over-saturated, much like the similar US market

Species like cats and foxes are taking a massive toll in the aftermath of bushfires with research is showing they are going into areas that have been recently burnt to hunt native animals that no longer have the protective cover of vegetation

A multi-million dollar aquarium was officially opened in Broome over the weekend and its managing director Mark Harris has some big plans for the site, including commercial aquaculture

Australia is on track to plant 22 million hectares of winter crops this year, but total tonnage will be down due to seasonal conditions

Dry weather this lambing season has left many Western Australian sheep farmers anxious about what the future holds and the Department of Agriculture and Food will hold a series of workshops to urge producers to consider feeding options

Gingin blueberry grower Derek Fisher says a gap in fruit imports and local production has led to near record retail prices of more than $110 per kilogram in Western Australia

A Perth lupin food company has welcomed the classification of lupins as an allergen, because it signals a boost in the popularity of the food

Australian Livestock Exporters Council chief executive officer Simon Westaway reflects on agribusiness Elders selling off its livestock export business in the same week that Wellard sold one of its fleet of five livestock export vessels

A West Australian pumpkin grower has planted 43 different pumpkin varieties this year to try and boost the profiles of heirloom varieties

Wellard Limited announced it will to sell off an export vessel, the Ocean Outback, but CEO Mauro Balzarini says the sale will not reduce capacity because the company launched the world's largest livestock export vessel 12 months ago

Agribusiness Elders has sold its live export business the North Australian Cattle Company to Hong Kong-based Zhoushan Fanda Australian Cattle Co limited

The former head of the Northern Territory Livestock Exporters Association says he would be surprised if the Indian government went ahead with an outright ban on the export of cattle and buffalo

Western Australia has been chosen to trial some new electronic tags for wool bales that industry hopes will reduce handling costs and improve efficiencies

The Western Rock Lobster Council has released a report to outline the top ten concerns of members, which included concerns about supplying one product, with only one main market, China

Fishermen in Shark Bay say the blue swimmer crab season is the best in a decade after the region recovered from a marine heatwave and flooding event that effectively stopped fishing in the bay in 2011

Indian sandalwood companies in the Kimberley's Ord Irrigation Scheme have begun the 2017 harvest with Santanol, the Sandalwood Sanctuary and even the embattled company Quintis are all busy at work

Pork producers from Shark Lake north of Esperance say the focus on good genetics, feed and management have enabled them to gain the title of the best pork in the country, by Australian Pork Limited

As the meat industry debates whether to install new x-ray technology, DEXA, in abattoirs, research at Murdoch University has found it is very accurate in predicting cattle carcases

The Indian government has announced a nation-wide ban on the sale of cattle and buffalo for slaughter, which could effect Australian exporters if it goes ahead

A spokesman for the Northern Territory Livestock Exporters Association says it is still too early to know what effect the Indian livestock ban will have on Australian exporters

The Minister for Mines and Petroleum Bill Johnston denies he has backflipped on the approval of uranium mining in the state and says he cannot guarantee whether the four earmarked WA projects would go ahead

A Carnarvon citrus grower has taken advantage of a two month gap between the imported and local navel orange seasons, by conditioning her trees to fruit two months early

A new project seeks to attract job seekers, students and graduates into the grains industry as it competes with often higher paid roles in the mining and construction sectors

Grains Producers Australia and Grain Growers Limited believe that grain handlers like CBH Group should be forced to fully disclose their commercial grains stocks

Farmenco grain marketer Ryan Duane says the outlook for future grain pricing is relatively neutral, but given a recent rise, growers may want to consider hedging

A West Australian seafood company wishes to develop a commercial market for the spiny crab, which he says has been hindered due to the crab's spiky exterior

The company looking to build a major prawn farm on Legune Station near Kununurra has gone into a trading halt today, Seafarms has told the ASX there would be a pending announcement by the company regarding a "proposed capital raising transaction"

Four-year-old dog trial winner Alyssa Brown from New England in NSW has won a competition against other competitors as old as 18

Grain Growers Limited says it is in discussions with Federal Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce about the potential for a national grains stocks information scheme to increase transparency in the sector

The two West Australian farm lobby groups differ greatly over their support for a national grains stocks information scheme with WAFarmers backing the plan and the Pastoralists and Graziers Association arguing it would not benefit farmers

Grain farmer Andy Duncan says he cannot see how growers would benefit from increased transparency for grain stocks

West Australian Premier Mark McGowan has defended a decision to drop a lawsuit against Perth businessman Tony Galati, saying it would be "unusual and bizarre" to prosecute someone for growing potatoes

A group of indigenous students from Kununurra who say they "do not fit" in the conventional classroom will complete certificates in rural operations as part of the Yeehaa Rangers program

New Zealand is trying to own the name and brand 'Manuka honey' and will argue Manuka is a distinctively New Zealand product, but it could have ramifications for Australian producers

As more retailers set up shop in Australia, like Aldi, Lidl and Amazon Fresh, growers are hopeful the extra competition will lead to more competition in the market

Californian engineers are close to commercialising a machine that strips a canopy of apples using a vacuum arm, which could be beneficial to the workforce deprived horticultural industries

The 2017 Carnarvon rockmelon harvest is shaping up to be one of the best in a long time with high yields and prices and one grower says demand from Singapore is growing

UWA Professor Mark Beeson is not confident the State Government will be successful in getting miners BHP and Rio Tinto to pay lease fees in advance because of the huge lobbying power of the industry but he believes governments need to get better at capitalising on resources

Hemp seeds have been approved for human consumption, medicinal cannabis trials are taking place around the world and there is a lot of talk about the potential for a major new industry in Australia, but there are still some hurdles to overcome

A professional drone operator in Western Australia says it is common for eagles to attack drones because they are inherently territorial and are unable to tell the difference between a drone another bird

Figures published by the US Department of Agriculture reveal areas of north-central Ukraine have received less than half the normal rainfall over the past three months, but a West Australian based consultant says only a more significant event would improve prices

The State Government appears to have dropped a multi-million dollar law suit against potato grower, retailer and businessman Tony Galati, but the Potato Growers Association, which was funding the legal action, says it has not been consulted

Pig farmers fear they will soon go out of business after the price paid for their meat goes into freefall, with pig prices falling by over a third this year, the industry is in a hurry to find a solution

A study into apex predators has found that dingoes could help reduce red fox numbers in the Australian environment

A West Australian agronomist is concerned minimal rain in the northern agricultural region could spoil dry sown canola crops in the northern agricultural region

A proposed wagyu cattle feedlot in the Great Southern region has secured a significant partnership with a company looking to invest in the $100,000 million enterprise

Cattle producers have raised more than $350,000 for the Royal Flying Doctors' Service during a 650 kilometre cycling event along the Gibb River Road

Exploration activity is increasing, which has caused the West Australian mining industry to see some job creation and green shoots of recovery

A Queensland pig farmer busts a Brisbane restaurant claiming to be selling her free-range, ethically raised pork, when it did not come from the farm at all

A report by a beef industry expert has forecasted that producers and processors are set to make good profits for at least the next two years under what he has called a "super demand cycle"

A South Australian wool broken has discovered, and sold, a 35 year old bale of wool, that was still in good condition

The Australian wool industry has acknowledged drugs and alcohol are a problem among some shearers and there is hope a policy put forward by the National Farmers Federation will help address the issue

Australia could soon have a standardised benchmark for animal welfare with a joint project led by the CSIRO and Meat and Livestock Australia aiming to develop a welfare assessment program that farmers can use to predict possible welfare risks

Trials show farmers should spray mace early for rust, as soon as its detected and not when flowering begins, as is commonly the case

Australia's largest family-owned fresh produce company is expanding its interests in mangoes, by securing the rights to grow two varieties of mango that have been developed in Israel

The Country Women's Association has raised concern that women in rural areas are not getting adequate access to post-natal care

Nickel producers are choosing to keep mines running, even at the risk of making no profit or even losing money, because its cheaper than shutting down, analyst Carey Smith says miners are hoping prices will eventually rise

The Australian mining sector is increasingly turning towards automation, but it could come at a cost for mining viability and jobs

A drone belonging to a Bindu cropping farmer was attacked by an eagle, but he took an amazing photo in the moment before impact

A cropping farmer from the New South Wales Riverina region says his drone has enabled him to muster sheep on his 4,000 hectare property solo

Data from market research company Neilson shows supermarket sales of fresh produce increased at more than twice the rate of overall groceries last year

The inaugural Australian Grains Industry conference in Jakarta was focussed on the increasing appetite for wheat in Indonesia due to changing diets

Chinese demand for lower-grade iron ore is forecast to fall, as authorities crack down on inefficient steel mills in China, which is expected to particularly effect junior miners in Western Australia

West Australian resource company Empire is now officially the newest gold miner in the country after starting operations on its Penny's Find project, 50 kilometres north east of Kalgoorlie

Infrastructure Australia had requested the West Australian State Government to re-submit the business case for a $680 million project to seal the Tanami Road between WA and the Northern Territory

The Livestock and Rural Transport Association is frustrated with a new permit system its members are being forced to adopt, which truck drivers say will increase red tape and costs

A 26 year veteran of the potato industry has decided to give up farming after what he says have been impossible conditions under trade restrictions put in place after the discovery of the tomato potato psyllid

Lobby group Farmers for Climate Action want urgent action from the Government on the issue, that do more than just pay farmers to reduce emissions

Backyard chooks might be handy for a regular supply of fresh eggs, but there is now a theory that they could also help tackle climate change

Mango farmers in the southern West Australian growing region are hoping and planning for a bumper crop next year after a disappointing season this year

Nuffield Scholar and Nationals Party spokesman for Agriculture Colin de Grussa says the farming sector needs to foster a better understanding of where food comes from to help bridge the gap between farmers and all Australians

A Western Australian practitioner of water divining fears the skill may be lost if a new generation takes heed of a growing tendency by sceptics and scientists to cast doubt on the ancient art

West Australian cattle producers are being urged to complete an on-farm biosecurity plan before the management system for Bovine Johnes Disease in the state changes on July 1