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A farmer who died in a tragic accident in WA's South West last week has been remembered by his family as an "absolute larrikin who didn't have a mean bone in his body."
The Department of Agriculture has received footage from Animals Australia showing alleged non-compliance with ESCAS for sheep in Jordan during this year's Eid al-Adha.
Mining giant BHP has been defeated in a landmark test of the federal government's "same job, same pay" laws and ordered to pay 2,200 of its Central Queensland coal miners an average of $30,000 more.
The state government says on-shore wind projects will be a critical part of the energy mix if WA is going to switch off all state owned power stations by 2030.
Is the GRDC spending grain farmers levies wisely? Lots of listeners wanted to have their say today on the $680 million the Grains Research and Development Corporation has sitting in the bank.
Two in-depth discussions on the grey area associated with animal welfare legislation and why agri-business is now getting taught in some WA high schools.
A farmer who had to kill over half a million of his own chickens, to control an outbreak of bird flu on his properties in northern Victoria, has spoken about the ordeal for the first time.
Traditional owners, in a far-flung corner of the Western Australian desert, are concerned the decisions made by a city-based land council could put their country at risk.
High tomato prices are due to supply shortages caused by recent floods in parts of Queensland and the detection of a plant virus in South Australia and Victoria.
A significant milestone at the Geraldton Port last night, with the first bulk shipment of grain exported outside of the state's main grain handler, the CBH Group.
The former CEO of the WA Fishing Industry Council says members of the seafood and farming industries need to modernise the way they represent themselves to government by forming one primary producer based interest group.
