Ross Wood, was evacuated from Rawlinna Station by helicopter on Wednesday. He said when the flood water started seeping through the floorboards in the living room he knew this was a unique event.

Australia's commercial gardening and nursery sector has gone public with its concerns about Bunnings. It's raised serious allegations against the company's market power and how it treats growers.

Deputy leader of the Nationals WA has called on the Premier to sack the state agriculture minister over her dealings with Canberra on the future of the live sheep trade by sea.

Unprecedented rain has fallen in WA's south east and more is on the way. Rawlinna station, Australia's largest sheep station has had 200 millimetres of rain and station manager Jimmy Wood said "I don't turn my back on rain very often, but if it stopped raining now I'd be pretty happy."

Tim Carmody and his family run Prenti Downs station, around 900 km north east of Perth. He says it started raining last Tuesday and since then he has recorded 136 millimetres of very welcome rain.

Merino SA president believes there would be far reaching consequences if the shut-down of the live sheep trade by sea goes ahead as planned. 

Australian charity BlazeAid is rebuilding fences on farms north of Geraldton after a devastating fire just before Christmas.

Leader of the federal National Party and shadow minister for agriculture says the WA Premier needs to get on a plane to Canberra and use his political capital to ensure a future for the live sheep trade.

Some of the biggest and most welcome rains across WA's agricultural region over the weekend fell around Hyden, about 300 kilometres south east of Perth.

The only abattoir in WA's north has just gone into voluntary administration. What will that mean for northern pastoralists?