12+ hour, 5+ min ago   (523+ words) A prestigious agricultural award needs a medal to match the level of honour it will bestow upon its recipient. That's where medal maker and coin designer Tony Dean comes in. Mr Dean created the medals for the inaugural Australian Agriculture…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (804+ words) For Western Australian growers and exporters, Southeast Asia has always been more than a distant market. Perth sits closer to Jakarta than it does Canberra, or east coast major hubs, and the State's ports have long-served as a gateway into…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (170+ words) Western Australia's top agricultural trailblazers have been officially celebrated at the state awards dinner in Perth on September 3, following the announcement of the five major winners at the inaugural Australian Agriculture Awards. Launched earlier this year by ACM Agri and…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (455+ words) An important key to the sustainable future of farming is measuring and understanding your emissions and finding ways to mitigate, while maintaining high levels of production. Nutrien West Region Sustainable Ag Field Manager, Joe Batten, said carbon farming had a…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (462+ words) "Tradition is almost the enemy of innovation". Those words, from David Thompson, Moojepin Merinos, Katanning, summed up an evening celebrating his own innovation at the WA state awards evening as part of the Australian Agriculture Awards. David and his son…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (308+ words) From: Sydney to London via Singapore Duration: 24 hours and 50 minutes, including transit time Price: From $11,238 return Under the distinctive code of QF1, Qantas's daily flagship "kangaroo route" whisks passengers from Sydney to London via Singapore on an Airbus A380. I'm on the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (992+ words) The long-awaited reopening of northern Western Australia's only major abattoir has been pushed into 2027, following a change in processing priorities for skilled worker visas. Pindan Beef Co, formerly the Kimberley Meat Company (KMC), had been on track to reopen in…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (504+ words) The sun shone brightly upon the 2026 Dowerin Machinery Field Days, and with a forecast of rain on the way, the opening ceremony of the biggest event in the WA agriculture calendar kicked off without a hitch for another year. The…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (365+ words) In 1976, then 19-year-old Kim Main started out as many do in Western Australia, as a CBH Group receival point operator at Moora. In 2026, he celebrated 50 harvests with the company. Plenty has changed since then, including the Moora site itself, and…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (424+ words) A second-generation grain producer at Esperance, John Sanderson, has just taken delivery of a Case IH 9250 harvester from Farmers Centre to replace his 8240 model. But it is not just any old Case IH harvester; it is a second-hand machine with…...