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25.01.2022 The bull selling season kicked off on Tuesday with the first sale of the year, the Nutrien Livestock Great Southern Blue Ribbon Female and All Breeds Bull Sale at Mt Barker and it didn't disappoint.

25.01.2022 A New Zealand report highlighted an opportunity for Australian lamb to achieve greater penetration across key markets.

24.01.2022 Any regular attendee on the stud stock circuit each spring will tell you that a quality yarding of rams always draws a crowd, a truth proven once again at the annual Coromandel Poll Merino on-property sale down at Gairdner.

24.01.2022 Despite a couple of 30 plus degree days in the middle of September, the Fitzsimons' crops in Buntine are holding on.

24.01.2022 The rewards for climate-smart red meat businesses are well known. Consumer and community support, market access, reduced risk of government regulatory intervention, access to funding or lower-cost capital, and, of course, climate resilience are driving the industry's push towards being carbon neutral by 2030.

23.01.2022 A 1.4 million tonne ammonia and urea manufacturing facility has been slated for the Midwest after a year of feasibility studies.

23.01.2022 The strength of growing global demand for high quality, safe beef produced in an ethical and environmentally conscious way is underpinning expansion plans for Australia's largest privately-owned feedlot business during these turbulent times.

22.01.2022 Buyers were out to grab the genetics on offer at the San-Mateo Merino and Poll Merino ram sale at Brookton.

21.01.2022 Weaner cattle values reached 486c/kg in another red-hot market at the weekly WALSA weaner cattle sale at Boyanup last week.

21.01.2022 The novelty of attaching a fitbit-like device to a mob of cattle and watching them go through their days from afar is now on the brink of wide scale commercialisation.

21.01.2022 The welfare standards of Western Australian livestock during transportation, at saleyards and depots has changed to be in line with the national standards and guidelines which were agreed upon as far back as 2012.

20.01.2022 Buyers were spoilt for choice at the Arra-dale Merino and Poll Merino and Sandown Poll Dorset and White Suffolk ram sale with a top line-up of rams on offer from the Sutherland family.

19.01.2022 Giving consideration to the psychology of a lamb at weaning will not only give them their best possible start, it will set them up for a lifetime of productivity.

19.01.2022 It was a record-breaking day at the annual Shirlee Downs and Dongadilling on-property ram sale recently with big numbers being the order of the day from the outset.

18.01.2022 In only its third year the Barooga Merino and Noorla Dohne ram sale at Williams once again attracted a good contingent of 17 buyers, with all of them active and securing their requirements for the season.

17.01.2022 Graziers in search of large scale pastoral land could be in luck with a new listing by Elders Real Estate.

17.01.2022 If everything continues as it is, the Australian sheep industry will be in a good position going into 2021, according to Sheep Producers Australia chief executive officer Stephen Crisp.

17.01.2022 An expanded cropping program this year triggered a decision by Esperance farmer John Wallace to buy a second CLAAS Lexion combine harvester.

17.01.2022 Another layer of complexity has been added to the State's emergency service operations should WA require interstate assistance this coming bushfire and cyclone season.

16.01.2022 Arguably, the South Coast is the place to be if you want to test how a header can handle a variety of harvesting conditions.

16.01.2022 A Rural Bank report, investigating China's share of Australian agriculture exports in light of the ongoing trade tension, found the barley industry, which has suffered from Chinese tariffs implemented in May, is the most exposed to China, with 66 per cent of its export value coming from the Asian giant.

16.01.2022 About 78 lives are lost each year on Australian farms, with children accounting for 15 per cent of these deaths.

16.01.2022 Australia's potassium fertiliser sector quite literally faces a major turnaround from the first half of next year.

16.01.2022 The CBH Group board seats held by chairman Simon Stead and deputy chairwoman Natalie Browning are both up for grabs in 2021, with nominations open for district three and district five elections.

16.01.2022 Attracting and retaining the correct staff is an ongoing issue for many grain growers and the need to plan is even more critical in 2020 as COVID-19 has changed the way people live, work and travel.

16.01.2022 As China continues its economic return to health, demand is predicted to reappear for wool as yarn production in Chinese mills increases.

15.01.2022 With four generations before him contributing to building White Rocks Farm, Benger, into one of Western Australia's top performing dairy farms, it was always a fair bet Harrison Partridge was going to be a dairy farmer.

15.01.2022 Katanning, Northam, Merredin and Kalgoorlie will experience the joys of Burlesque, with all the glamour, glitter, feathers, sequins and fabulousness as the Perth International Burlesque Festival is hitting regional roads this October.

15.01.2022 A staunch group of long-term buyers were enthusiastic in their bidding, taking prices to a $2700 high at the 55th annual Rutherglen ram sale at Narrogin.

14.01.2022 Farmers are increasingly able to do more with less rain, something that has been proven in Brookton this season with Murray Hall expecting to make at least average yields despite receiving 60 millimetres less rain than last year.

13.01.2022 The Nutrien Livestock store cattle sale at Boyanup last week continued the upward trend of prices, breaking the $2000 barrier for both beef, beef cross and Friesian steers.

13.01.2022 Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment officers were busy during 2020 with 45,000 risky seed parcels intercepted at Australia's international mail centres throughout 2020, with reports that unsolicited seeds being received through the mail have continued in the new year.

13.01.2022 Three rams selling for more than $10,000 and a total clearance of 150 head for a healthy $2129 average were highlights of a strong sale at East Mundalla stud, Tarin Rock.

13.01.2022 For Sam Reynolds, fourth generation farmer on Wonnerup farm, Miling, there was a fairly compelling reason to buy a new spreader a little over a year ago.

13.01.2022 #YoungGun Things have been getting woolly in Wyalkatchem lately after local girl Mikahla Wells finally weaved the beginnings of her business Lana Vello together.

12.01.2022 Coupled with the heartache of having a child with a life-threatening illness, the Sherlock family, Marradong, have the added pressure that rural families often face, particularly navigating the logistics of regular trips to Perth and ongoing financial pressure made worse by having to reduce work hours to care for their sick child. But the Michael Manion Wool Industry Foundation was able to make such a difficult time much easier for the family.

11.01.2022 Solid buying support from a long list of old and new clients at the Claypans on-property ram sale at Corrigin pushed prices to a sale high $3200.

11.01.2022 Amid improved seasonal conditions, a complicated global market and a pandemic, and in the face of a changing climate, there has never been a more important time to promote leadership in agriculture, according to Syngenta's Paul Luxton, who last week announced the 26 regional winners of the 2020 Growth Awards.

11.01.2022 An extensive catalogue of quality Poll Merino rams saw buyers compete strongly on their selections to record one of the sales of this ram selling season at Wiringa Park's annual on-property ram sale at Nyabing.

11.01.2022 It wasn't quite a group hug, but Elders Real Estate rural team members were able to share a bit of camaraderie at a one day conference at the Swan River Hotel, Ascot, last week.

11.01.2022 A large tender from Saudi Arabia and a falling Australian dollar has caused the price being fetched for Western Australian barley to rise to about $260 per tonne.

10.01.2022 Unless you are fortunate enough to inherit a farm or have significant capital backing, starting out as a farmer is an incredibly difficult task nowadays. But there's a program that has made farm ownership more achievable for hopeful farmers.

10.01.2022 More than 90 per cent of Australian sheep producers said they would either increase or maintain their existing flock sizes in 2021, according to the October 2020 results of the Meat and Livestock Australia and Australian Wool Innovation Wool and Sheepmeat Survey.

10.01.2022 A fertiliser storage facility at the Kwinana grain terminal and an expansion into liquid urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) products is on the cards for CBH Fertiliser.

09.01.2022 Former Westonia wheat and sheep farmer Peter Johnston loves his 1953 Ford truck which he proudly presented at the WA Mack Muster and Truck Show last month at Quarry Farm, Whitby.

09.01.2022 Two Northern Territory pastoral offerings are expected to draw the attention of national and international investors and corporate farmers.

08.01.2022 More people staying home for Christmas this year because of uncertain interstate or overseas travel arrangements due to COVID-19, may have put Western Australia's fresh milk supply under pressure.

08.01.2022 A farmer and agtech expert have joined forces to develop a framework to help growers understand how to adequately utilise their on-farm data, which will in turn enable them to make informed decisions with precision.

08.01.2022 Harvest is officially underway in Western Australia with deliveries being made at CBH Group sites in the Geraldton, Esperance and Kwinana South zones, but overall excitement has been spoiled by the latest tonnage predictions.

07.01.2022 The telehealth revolution is here, but what does it mean for doctors in regional Australia if a consultation can just as easily be done from the closest capital city? Listen on Apple Podcasts or your preferred app. https://www.farmweekly.com.au//why-this-town-is-booming-i/

07.01.2022 Keen caber, sheaf tossers and stone putters donned their traditional Scottish kilts recently to compete in the Swan Valley Highland Games 2020.

06.01.2022 "Several" pastoral properties will be divested from mining and agricultural magnate Gina Rinehart's Hancock Agriculture's vast land holding portfolio.

06.01.2022 Beverley cropper and GreenShirts WA spokesman Alan Sattler has fallen into another role, this time to do with machinery.

05.01.2022 The Murujuga Cultural Landscape with its 45,000-year-old petroglyphs, has been added to Australia's World Heritage Tentative List by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre.

05.01.2022 CBH Group is negotiating with Arc Infrastructure and a second train operator to run extra grain trains to clear the better than expected harvest in the Geraldton port zone.

05.01.2022 The number of cattle on feed across Australia for the July to September 2020 quarter has held above one million head, despite challenges in the industry.

04.01.2022 WA sheep continue to be trucked to the Eastern States in large numbers, with 41,000 sheep and lambs crossing the border in August - for a total of 1.1 million head for 2020 - the highest on record.

04.01.2022 The genomes of 16 wheat varieties that represent breeding programs from around the world have been sequenced and analysed as part of a landmark study conducted by an international team of scientists.

03.01.2022 WA's live cattle trade has continued a strong run with more than 213,000 head exported to Indonesia, Vietnam, Israel, China and other markets this year from the State - about a quarter of the national export figures.

03.01.2022 "One Nation applauds the PGA for representing the views of many decent, honest people of WA, who want the best for the region and the State."

02.01.2022 Vendors penned 218 Merino and terminal sires at this year's Wagin ram sale but none expected the rampant prices of past couple of years.

02.01.2022 WAFarmers members and industry stakeholders met to discuss and workshop a climate change policy for the organisation, based on its members' feedback late last month.

02.01.2022 A quality line-up of Poll Merino and Merino rams sold to $8100 at the annual Ejanding on-property ram sale at Dowerin.

02.01.2022 A little bit of ingenuity, a little bit of spice and a little bit of help from friends is all it took to start Melissa and David Welsh's small business, The Bloody Good Biltong Co.

02.01.2022 A new $4100 national record top price for PTIC commercial Angus heifers headlined extremely strong results at the annual Nutrien Livestock Mated Beef Female sale at Boyanup last week.

01.01.2022 The Australian barley industry is continuing the momentum in developing a potentially strong market for our malt barley in India.

01.01.2022 Buyers in the hunt for store cattle and quality weaners should look no further than next week's Nutrien Livestock Boyanup store sale as the Boyanup saleyards will be full to capacity with quality lines.

01.01.2022 IT'S FARM WEEKLY THURSDAY! This week's edition is jam packed with good yarns, including: A special feature for International Day of Rural Women with stories in 12 WA women who work in rural industries.... Our annual Grains & Harvest special publication. All you need to know on the State & Federal budgets And much more!