Western Australia Country Hour

Community groups involved in controlling invasive pests and feral animals say their work is being compromised by the state government's new firearms legislation.

The local bee industry is using cameras and artificial intelligence to try to keep the destructive varroa mite out of Western Australia.

In the last four to six weeks there's been a significant increase in the number of WA sheep heading to the eastern states.

The Western Australian government has announced plans to create a new marine park that spans the whole of the Exmouth Gulf, about 1200 kilometres north of Perth.

The Bee Industry Council of Western Australia is urging all Western Australians to remain vigilant following the recent detection of varroa in South Australia's Riverland region.

A new ABC Science podcast, out today, reveals horses and cows are being cloned in Australia.

Six months after Consolidated Pastoral Company purchased Rawlinna Station the WA government is yet to sign-off on the pastoral lease and finalise the sale.

The Australian avocado industry has its eye on China as the next major export market.

WA producers have shown very little interest in the V and V Walsh forward contracts on offer since the start of the month.

Industrial action continues at CBH's  Kwinana Grain Terminal, where workers and the union, currently negotiating an enterprise agreement, intend to engage in rolling 24 hour work stoppages from Monday to Saturday next week.

The Australian Conservation Foundation and Greenpeace want Australia's supermarkets to have access to the National Livestock Identification System to ensure deforestation free beef meets the label specifications.

The owner of three struggling dairy companies in the state's South West has been handed a financial lifeline to keep the businesses afloat.

Mining company Ausgold has acquired over 800 hectares of land to advance the development of its Katanning Gold Project in Western Australia's Great Southern region.

West Australian riders Lucy and Brandon Fiore have finished as the third team in the 2025 Mongol Derby, the world's toughest horse race.

The head of a national pig hunting group believes the recent prosecution of two hunters in Western Australia's South West highlights the need for humane hunting practices.

The WA record price for lambs was smashed at the Muchea saleyard, just north of Perth yesterday, with a pen of 33 lambs selling for $400 a head, up $30 on the previous record set a couple of weeks ago at Katanning. 

Two feral pig hunters have been fined a significant amount of money for animal cruelty in Western Australia's South West.  

A Queensland couple who left the city life behind and wanted to strip back to basics in the bush are now running a full-time nudist camp.

Thanks to some recent good rain, WA is now on track to grow 22 million tonnes of grain.

Canada's canola seed has just been effectively locked out of China. Agricultural industry analyst Andrew Whitelaw says that's good news for Aussie farmers. 

The head of the Northern Biosecurity Group says the Mid West is anecdotally one of the worst locations in Western Australias for feral pig infestations. 

Todays we'll take a close look at calls for future grains research to be funded and coordinated by a farmer owned and lead organisation.

The first half of today's show comes direct from Kununurra for the grand opening of the Ord's new cotton gin. 

An acclaimed cattle breeder, affectionately known as "the Brahman lady", has offered a stern warning to anyone working with livestock. Get tested and vaccinated for Q Fever.

A South West baker is on a mission to change the way people think and cook, when it comes to food waste.

A prominent WA livestock producer says trespassers are often to blame for livestock straying out of their paddocks and onto local roads.

The mining industry's peak body, representing explorers, says tensions are starting to rise over land use in regional Australia with resource companies and the renewable energy sector competing for land.

A WA based grain marketing specialist says prospects for the state wheat harvest have significantly improved in recent weeks, which can only put more downward pressure on wheat prices.

A pastoralist left reeling after Western Australia's worst-ever flood thinks the government should make it much easier for people to access assistance in such trying circumstances.

  Western Australia's only commercial sheep milk and cheese farm plans to expand.

The state fisheries minister has being urged to take immediate action to protect WA's iconic dhufish, after confidential documents revealed its sustainability risk has escalated from high to severe. 

Western Australia's beekeepers are now stepping up to help drought affected farmers in South Australia.

A new program designed to support the mental wellbeing of veterinarians has secured the funding it needs for a national roll-out. 

Country town residents relive AC/DC/Sherbet tours of the 1970s.

Australia has lifted biosecurity restrictions on beef imports from the United States. 

The WA record price for lamb was broken at the Katanning sheep market today reaching $320 per head. 

A Victorian dairy farmer and former livestock agent has has been banned from owning cattle for 10 years, after being convicted and fined $75,000 for extensive animal cruelty offences.

Western Australia's first targeted aerial cull of feral deer has started in the state's south. 

The Kelpies for Kids project will feature on Landline this week. 

A new national record price for lambs was set yesterday at the Forbes saleyard, in the central west of New South Wales, with a pen of second cross lambs sold for $454 dollars a head.

The transition advocate for phase out of the live sheep trade by sea is confident the funds and assistance available, in the lead up to the end of the trade in 2028, offers a bright future for the WA sheep industry.

The federal agriculture minister Julie Collins visited Western Australia to announce further details of the $139.7 million transition assistance package to support the phase out of live sheep exports by sea.