Western Australia Country Hour

Elders Wool says it's exploring alternative options for the handling and sale of WA wool.

An agricultural security company says more people are starting to worry about fuel theft as prices continue to rise. 

Peak industry body Vegetables WA says the war in the Middle East could have critical consequences for the state's carrot export industry with some companies forced out of business.

The war in the Middle East has pushed up the price of farm chemicals.

One of the biggest grain growers in the state is considering cutting his seeding program by as much as 50 per cent, following ongoing concerns about supplies of fuel and in particular fertiliser.

The author of the GIWA crop report says any delays in getting fuel supplies to the grains sector this season will have a significant impact on the state economy.

Today you'll hear from some farmers who are wondering why the onus seems to be on them to solve the problem of stray untagged cattle wandering onto their property.

The state government has developed a seven point plan to address growing concerns about our fuel security.  

The federal chemical regulator is recommending much tighter controls on some rat poisons over concerns about their impact on wildlife.

David Littleproud has announced he is going to resign as leader of the National party.

This season's winner of the Muster Dogs competition is West Australian Courtney Moir. 

Narrogin local Casey Jacobs is looking to continue his photographic work after his debut photography exhibition in the Great Southern.

WA's largest dairy farmer has decided to go off-grid to power his irrigation system.

The Federal Trade Minister Don Farrell says his key focus is ensuring trade can continue despite war in the Middle East. 

WA's biggest sheep and lamb co-operative WAMMCO has stopped all exports of chilled and frozen meat products into the Middle East, as the war in the region continues to intensify.

A typical day at the beach doesn't usually include seeing a Brahman bull cool-off in the waves, but that's exactly what you get at Nanarup Beach in the south of Western Australia.

Australia's horticulture industry has reached its highest production value on record with total output climbing to $18.4.

On the same day the state agriculture minister announced $20 million in Supply Chain Capacity Program grants for producers and processors, a WA abattoir announced it was temporarily closing its doors, due to ongoing livestock shortages.

Primary producers in the Esperance region say they are fighting an influx of wild pigs.

There is a lot of uncertainty over when the east-west rail line might be operational.

Micro-abattoir gives Kimberley cattle producer 'alternative' when markets get tough.

Grain Producers Australia hasn't given up on its plans to reduce grower levies paid to the GRDC, despite the proposal being knocked back by federal agriculture minister Julie Collins.

Farmers in Western Australia's Midwest are calling on the Australian Defence Force to remove, or clarify the risk from, potential unexploded military ordnance from as far back as World War II.    

A WA marine biologist says she doesn't think temporary fishing closures in several select areas delivers results.

WA hop growers are gearing up for the 2026 harvest season, which is expected to start in coming weeks.

Albany Woollen Mills' 101 years celebrated via shared love of blankets.

The billion-dollar Kemerton refinery, near Bunbury, is set to be placed into care and maintenance, effective immediately, impacting almost 300 jobs. 

There's a renewed push for a full review of the way fires are managed in regional Western Australia, after what volunteers are calling "decades of mismanagement." 

The Kimberley Cotton Gin has just completed its first operational season. 

Some Pilbara pastoralists are relieved after finally getting some rain.

Fisheries minister Jackie Jarvis has hinted that the West Coast Demersal fishery may re open in the future to commercial fishers, if there is a significant recovery of stocks. 

The head of the WA Fishing Industry Council says demersal fishers have been 'starved out' by the WA Government and forced into accepting an inappropriate compensation pay out. 

The transition advocate, helping the WA sheep industry adjust to the closure of the live sheep trade by sea, says it takes time to assess how best to allocate the $139.8 million assistance package.

One of the veterans of the WA livestock sector says for the first time in a long time there's some real optimism about the future of the sheep industry in Western Australia, especially among those who've stayed in sheep.  

A staple in the Aztec diet has become a viral TikTok trend sweeping social media — the "chia seed challenge" promising weight loss, improved gut health and digestion.

Carnarvon farmers are hoping a heatwave forecast for next week isn't as severe as the last one which has cost them about a million dollars in losses. 

Home owners living next door to the world's biggest lithium mine, in the state's South West, are calling on the miner to create a home buyback or relocation scheme.

The long term trend of people drinking less wine globally is evident in Wine Australia's export report for last year. 

WA competitors performed well at Australia's biggest rodeo event at Tamworth, in north east New South Wales, over the weekend.

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Luana has brought heavy rainfall to stations across the north.

The charity group Farmers Across Borders is preparing to take truck loads of straw and hay to pastoralists in the Gascoyne and Murchison.