Nearly $1.9 million from Labor’s $139.7m package to help sheep farmers transition away from live exports has been spent on a new advertising campaign, sparking outrage among industry leaders.
Olivia Ford
Livestock owners in bushfire prone parts of WA are being urged to put emergency plans in place this summer to minimise the risk to animals and people.
Staff reporter
The National Farmers’ Federation says Australian governments have a chance to rebuild trust with primary producers after all agriculture ministers agreed to pursue science-based approaches to animal welfare.
Smallgoods producer D’Orsogna has welcomed a $1 million State Government grant to expand and upgrade its salami and fresh meat production facilities at its Palmyra headquarters.
Bob Garnant
A 21-year-old Rockingham man has been jailed for eight months after deliberately running down multiple calves in a ‘disturbing and barbaric’ incident that was captured on video.
Jessica Moroney
A better-than-expected harvest has lifted farmers’ spirits in WA, where rising sentiment has bucked the national trend in the final quarter of 2024.
WA Agriculture Minister Jackie Jarvis has confirmed her department is not working with Federal Labor in its search for a live sheep export ban ‘transition advocate’.
WA sheep producers have an unprecedented chance to tap into demand for lighter lamb carcasses in the UK, as sheepmeat exports boom after a free trade agreement took effect last year.
Adam Poulsen
Garry Edwards and Adam Coffey have been re-appointed for a further 12-months as chair and deputy chair of Cattle Australia.
Rebecca Turner
A premiere stock feed business in the heart of the Great Southern will soon be able to increase its capacity to supply bulk grain pellets across the region as recipients of a State Government grant.
Melissa Sheil
One supermarket chain remains the cheapest option for a general basket, but those looking for a deal on a holiday banquet should try the two big retailers.
Kat Wong
Farmers are keeping a close eye on US president-elect Donald Trump's commitment to impose tariffs on imports.
Stephanie Gardiner
The Keep the Sheep campaign has unveiled a clever new tool in a bid to drum up support in metropolitan Perth for WA’s embattled live export industry.
WA Nationals candidate and Keep the Sheep campaigner Paul Brown has labelled Federal Labor’s plan to hire a $1600-a-day live export “transition advocate” an “outrageous misuse” of taxpayer funds.
Mutton prices and demand remain firm in WA with saleyard and hook prices climbing.
Rob Kelly
It’s the $1600-a-day job WA’s agriculture sector thinks no one will want: the Government is searching for someone to advocate for its live sheep export ban.
Katina Curtis
Urbanisation, increasing wealth, westernisation of diets and improvements in cold chain supplies are all adding to increased demand for retail beef in South-East Asia.
China has removed its last remaining ban on two beef exporters, ending a raft of restrictions and sanctions on Australian products which totalled about $20bn.
Jessica Wang
The Federal Government is officially on the hunt for a transition advocate who will assist with the phase-out of live sheep exports by sea, set to come into affect May 1, 2028.
Live export leaders have visited key customers in the Middle East in a bid to retain strong relationships in the region, as the Albanese Government pushes ahead with plans to ban the sheep shipping trade.
Aboriginal pastoralists and beef industry representatives from the Kimberley had a chance to better understand the local beef supply chain as part of a tour across southern WA.
Mutton prices have increased during the past few weeks in WA with bids back above $3 and booking space available in the near term.
A Manjimup-bred Angus bull sold to a top of $20,000 at the Gandy family’s season opener for Angus bull sales, that resulted in a first-time Queensland stud buyer taking home a pair.
Farmers have been reminded to be on the look out for starlings, which have been detected again in south-eastern parts of WA.
