The Geraldton Port zone is bulging with grain and receival sites have been closed every Sunday for the past month and there's a possibility some sites will be closed all weekend

Despite the rain delays to harvest this week the grain keeps trickling into receival sites around the state, with 13.5 million tonnes of grain now delivered

Chemical regulator the APVMA has banned the use of the insecticide omethoate on food crops

A common strain of the fungal disease known as dieback has killed off an alarming number of mango trees in the Kimberley town of Derby

An analyst of food systems says Australian companies need to be in Asia investing in refrigerated transport, otherwise trade will stall

Ownership of the world's most important food seeds is falling into increasingly fewer hands

The 21st century miner is as likely to be wearing a pair of board shorts or high heels as a fluro high vis vest

Stronger wools have been the better performer across the board this year, but analysts are predicting that a change in seasonal conditions will see a reversal in fortune for fine wools

In what is believed to be a world first, a video of a dingo hunting feral pigs has been captured by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy in the Gulf of Carpentaria

Two decades of stories shared by rural youth through the ABC's Heywire program, paint a picture of pain and progress that continues to evolve

Heavy rain has damaged crops and delayed the grain harvest across the south of the state

Cherry growers are closely monitoring their crops for weather damage after Sunday's rain

In contrast rainfall has been a great relief for pastoralists lucky enough to receive a drop to fill dams and encourage pasture growth

The gross value of Australian farm production is forecast to increase 6.1 per cent in 2016/17, to a total of $60.2 billion

Biotechnology advocates and environmental groups are at odds over how to regulate a new batch of genetic modification technologies

The $400 million western rock lobster fishery is reeling after prices dropped overnight to figures not seen in several years

The political fight over the backpacker tax might be over, but the question now is: how are the changes actually going to work?

The State Government has committed eight million dollars to a new campaign to promote WA's high-end, fresh produce

A new report into the impact of tax regulations on the farming sector reveals how complicated and time consuming the system has become and how it works against the competitiveness of the agricultural sector

The latest Grains Industry of WA harvest estimate has risen 600, 000 tonnes on last month

While many growers are rejoicing about how big this year's crop is looking, the same can't be said when it comes to prices

A neighbouring pastoral family will take over Anna Creek station in South Australia within days, as it sets about expanding its own cattle empire

WA's cherry farmers are getting up to $20 a kilo for their fruit in the lead up to Christmas as supermarkets scramble to fill the shelves due to a nationwide shortage

The vegetable lobby Ausveg has chosen a fertiliser executive for the role of Chief Executive

Treasurer Scott Morrison has approved the sale of the iconic cattle company S. Kidman & Co and its vast outback holdings to mining magnate Gina Rinehart, and her Chinese joint partner Shanghai CRED

The state's main grain handler the CBH Group says its grower members have spoken and overwhelmingly voiced their support for the co-operative to remain a non distributing co-operative

The head of a Western Australian crop breeding company doesn't think WA farmers will lose out if it ends up getting bought out by a big brother

A rare earths mine planned for Western Australia's Gascoyne Junction area is expected to employ up to 500 people during construction and two to three hundred when production starts in about three years' time

Grain Producers Australia has raised a number of concerns about the proposed acquisition of WA based plant breeding company Intergrain by Adelaide based rival Australian Grain Technologies

Community landcarers are worried that dismantling the Green Army will mean less money for conservation projects

An Aboriginal Corporation in the Kimberley is hoping the Green Army program will be saved, arguing that it's been one of the region's most successful employment initiatives

The mango season is wrapping up in the Kimberley's Ord Irrigation Scheme and unfortunately it's been another below-average year

A Western Australian canola processor is hoping a recent significant investment in cold pressing equipment will give him a marketing edge over his competitors

Dr Mia Carbon has been appointed as the Department of Agriculture and Food of Western Australia's new Chief Veterinary Officer

Trevor and Tania Gellatly spend summer shearing alpaca across WA with their son Ethan, but come the off season, they head over to the US to do the same

Virtual fencing may soon be a reality for cattle producers.

A new 46 million dollar Centre for Crop and Disease Management has been officially opened at Curtin University, allowing scientists to safely extend their crop disease research

CBH's first ship for the Albany Port Zone is due to arrive, and will be on its way to Europe full of canola.

Trials are about to get underway to figure out the best way to deal with excessive trash left behind after a big harvest. The research is being conducted by the South East Premium Wheat Growers Association (SEPWA).

Women from regional Western Australia have been recognised for their courage, tenacity, and community spirit, as part of Business Women Australia's annual Women on the Rise event.

Gina Rhinehart's Roy Hill Holdings is looking to hire up to 600 new workers over the next 18 months, as part of plans to bring its workforce to 2,000.

Melon growers will soon be paying a levy to help fund R&D projects and better biosecurity.

Albany based wagyu beef farmer Peter Gilmour is keen to get into the Chinese market, so has hopped on a plane to Shanghai with a few boxes of prime cuts, on the hunt for investors.

Meat colour will be removed as a Meat Standards Australia eligibility requirement after research has confirmed there is no evidence that meat colour has an impact on eating quality.

Some Western Australian farmers are saying this is the dustiest crop they've ever seen and that could explain why there have been so many header fires this season

The national commodity forecaster ABARES has confirmed it believes the Australian grain harvest will be the largest on record

Long before South Australia's much publicised blackout, research was underway to transform the nation's electricity systems. The CSIRO and Energy Networks Australia have today released a road map to bring that about

The commercial rollout of three new mango varieties has begun, with growers signing up to get their hands on the varieties, which have been bred to look and taste better than mangoes currently on the market

Local stone fruit will be easier to identify the supermarket this summer with the Western Australian stone fruit committee encouraging local growers to individually sticker all fruit with WA logos

For two northern New South Wales friends, Andy Pierce and Peter Fleming - both chefs and sons of beef and dairy farmers, bone broth is now their livelihood

A young farming family in the Kimberley's Ord Irrigation Scheme says government bureaucracy has ruined their plans to develop a new farm in the region

If passed the "Contentious effects test" will allow smaller operators, like farmers or processors to challenge anti-competitive conduct by larger rivals, namely supermarket chains

Lex Stone, delivered his last ever load of grain in his little red truck to the CBH site at Bulyee. After a tragic year with several deaths in the family and hard hit by frost he has sold the farm

The industrial production of nitrogen fertiliser has revolutionised farming - and it's credited for producing enough food to support an extra two billion people in the world. But, it's believed that synthetic nitrogen fertiliser is compromising soil, marine, and human health