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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.
The operators of the Boyanup saleyards in Western Australia's south west are being accused of animal cruelty, after an unfit cow was shot at least five times to put it down.
The former owner of the Port Hedland Export Depot says he wants to appeal the recent Federal Court ruling on the compensation claim for the live export ban to Indonesia in 2011.
One of the veterans of the WA livestock sector says sheep producers, who've decided to stay in the industry, are going to be well rewarded over the next two to three years.
