Western Australia Country Hour

There have been widespread reports of increased sheep flystrike in parts of Western Australia. 

Australia's new environment legislation became law this morning after the Greens support allowed the bills to sail through the senate yesterday.

Labor has struck a deal with the Greens to overhaul Australia's "broken" environmental laws.

This year the Country Hour celebrates 80 years on air, making it Australia's longest-running radio program.

The head of Australia's Invasive Species Council says bureaucratic delays are crippling pest control efforts nationwide, leading to an increase in rabbit numbers. 

Western Australia is officially set to harvest a record grain crop of twenty-six-point-six million tonne, according to the latest Grains industry association of WA crop report.

Today is 'Back to Market Buyers' Day' at the Canning Vale markets. 

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he makes no apology for a government backed program buying fishing boats for illegal fishers in Australia's north.

Meat and Livestock Australia has just released its official lamb and beef production figures for the last quarter.

A Victorian crop assessor, who spent the past week touring farms across the Midwest and Wheatbelt believes the recent storm that swept through key grain-growing regions has caused substantial damage.

Rural news and events from Western Australia and the nation.

The Liberal shadow ministry has agreed to dump net zero by 2050 from the party's platform.

Plans for another large-scale wind farm in WA's wheatbelt have been revealed, this time at Dandaragan, 160 kilometers north of Perth.

Cane toads are on the move again, and this time specialists say it's only a matter of time before they reach the Pilbara.

Foreign-owned aquaculture company Tassal has recorded another fish kill, this time at its barramundi farm at remote Cone Bay, on the Kimberley coast.

The formal resumption of Australia's canola trade to China would be an incredible market gain for Australian farmers. 

Wild weather, over the past few days, has caused widespread damage across the state's agricultural region, with everything from extensive crop damage, to some sheep being struck by lightning.

A Great Southern farmer is heading to Parliament House in Canberra today to urge the federal government to start taking prostate cancer more seriously.

Andrew Forrest has launched a fresh legal bid to build an irrigation system along part of the Ashburton River, which flows through his Minderoo Station, in WA's Pilbara.

The $55 million sale of Yeeda Pastoral Company and its subsidiaries, including the Kimberley Meat Company, near Broome, is now complete.

Victorian flower farmer Caitie O'Grady has watched her black bearded irises bloom just in time for Halloween.

The owners of the biggest cattle station in the world - Anna Creek Station - have been charged over allegedly building illegal dams on inland rivers and waterholes.

Carol Mudford has been named the AgriFutures Rural Woman of the Year.

The Bureau of Meteorology has defended its new $4 million website. 

Premium wine producers say the export door to China may be open again but it's proving to be very challenging to get a real foothold in the market.

Mount Gibson Iron has decided to pull up stumps on its mining operation on Koolan island in the Buccaneer Archipelago, off the northern Kimberley coast

The Kimberley Agriculture and Pastoral Company has struck an agreement with a Northern Territory abattoir and has started producing its own branded beef.

A South West shire says a new critical minerals deal, which supports Alcoa's development of a gallium refinery, could strengthen the company's case to keep mining in WA's jarrah forests.

A critical minerals specialist is convinced the new multi-billion dollar deal between Australia and the US is an opportunity for Australia, particularly when it comes to processing the minerals.

A small town in Western Australia's Great Southern was recently transformed into a culinary tasting ground, as part of an international push to get more Australian lamb on plates around the world.

Western Australia is on track for a 'cracker' grain harvest, potentially delivering a record crop to rival the 25 million tonne crop in 2022.

The Firearms Inquiry Committee has concluded there was little wrong with Western Australia's new firearms act and regulations or the subsequent implementation of them. 

Victorian farmers are cutting their crops for hay as the drought continues to bite across south-east Australia.

Hot on the heels of Australia's largest sheep station, Rawlinna, getting the green light from government to sell, another massive sheep station, in the same region, has hit the market, this time Madura Plains, 700 kilometres east of Kalgoorlie.

Wool Producers says there's been a complete lack of transparency around the development and funding of the Future Flock Strategy and the DAFF should consider putting it on hold until there's a better understanding and acceptance of the concept.

Elders managing director and CEO Mark Allison says it's great to finally have the green light from the ACCC, a year after the deal to merge with rival Delta Ag was first announced.

The process and fairness of awarding grants, under the Federal Government's $139.7 million package, to support the phase out of the live sheep trade by sea, was questioned in Senate Estimates this week.

Australian taxpayers will fund a $600 million rescue package for mining giant Glencore to keep copper processing facilities operational in North Queensland until the end of 2028.

The Ord Valley's northern food bowl 'pipe dream' struggles amid changing climate.

Two amateur prospector mates, who found a centuries-old, rare Buddha statue in the Shark Bay region, are calling on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to diplomatically return the figurine 'home' to China.

Kojonup wool grower and director on the board of Australian Wool Innovation, Neil Jackson, is quietly confident the wool market will hold, if not rise, between now and Christmas.

State agriculture and food minister Jackie Jarvis says the new $55.7 million primary industries research and development facility at Jandakot is a short term fix, until a location is identified for a new $320 million metro facility.