Western Australia Country Hour
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Western Australia Country Hour
1d ago
A high profile farmer from the wheatbelt says it's tragic that a global certification system has approved a modification for WA growers that is more lenient on the rules around aerial spraying ..read more
Western Australia Country Hour
1d ago
The WA Livestock Exporters Association says a proposal to reduce the moratorium period on the live sheep trade by sea this year could see an extra 20-thousand head shipped out of Western Australia, but that comes with a number of caveats ..read more
Western Australia Country Hour
3d ago
Over the weekend, a convoy of 8 trucks loaded with fodder travelled from Esperance on the south coast to stations based in the Mid West and Gascoyne ..read more
Western Australia Country Hour
6d ago
Rural news and events from Western Australia and the nation ..read more
Western Australia Country Hour
6d ago
One of the organisers of a dry season update meeting held in the state's south west yesterday says he was very pleased to see hundreds of farmers at the event, but was disappointed no one from the state government attended ..read more
Western Australia Country Hour
1w ago
Woolworths and Coles executives have been grilled in Canberra today at a Senate Select Committee inquiry on supermarket prices. ..read more
Western Australia Country Hour
1w ago
The state government has established a dry season taskforce to help address the challenging seasonal conditions ..read more
Western Australia Country Hour
1w ago
Tassal is best known for farming salmon in Tasmania but it's moved into prawns in New South Wales and north Queensland and has now bought up big in Western Australia's Kimberley region. It has options to expand but some locals are uneasy at that prospect ..read more
Western Australia Country Hour
1w ago
Farmers happily travel hundreds of kilometres a week to play in the Old Fellas Football League ..read more
Western Australia Country Hour
2w ago
Farmers are worried any changes to the Working Holiday Maker visas will create a labour shortage crisis reminiscent of the COVID years ..read more