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Harvest Road is part of the Forrests’ Tattarang private investment arm.

CEOsCommentsPremiumForrests’ agribusiness group Harvest Road names new CEO

Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s agribusiness group Harvest Road has named Harvey Gaynor as its new chief executive, bringing with him over 35 years’ experience.

Cheyanne Enciso

Katanning Agricultural Society secretary Tamara Ford, former president Jill Kowald with president Mark Patterson, vice-president Elizabeth Nicholson, and vice-president and treasurer Rosalie Baxter.

Ag Show timePremiumKatanning Agricultural Show saved by new volunteer leaders

The Katanning Agricultural Society’s new president Mark Patterson says “bring it on, it’s showtime” after stepping up and saving the town’s 135-year-old show.

Hannah Whitehead

Australian farmland values have grown for an 11th consecutive year and further rises are expected. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

AgriculturePremiumAustralian farmland values just keep on growing

Farmland values have surged in Tasmania and Queensland off the back of a rebound in cattle prices, while the market in drought-affected areas has slowed.

Stephanie Gardiner

Australia's alpaca industry is celebrating 35 years. (Stephanie Gardiner/AAP PHOTOS)

AgriculturePremiumNo llama drama, as Australian alpacas pack a punch

The alpaca industry is growing as farmers woo consumers with the woolly creatures, known for their unique fleece, sustainable qualities and cheeky character.

Stephanie Gardiner

Australian Livestock Exporters Association chief executive Mark Harvey-Sutton.

Federal PoliticsCommentsReview reveals amount spent on spruiking live export ban

Nearly half of the advertising spend by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry since 2022 as been spent on sharing the live sheep export ban, the Australian Live Export Council says.

Oliver Lane

Colin Barnett is seen at the WA Liberal Party State Conference 2022 held at The Pan Pacific on July 30, 2022.

Farming leadershipPremiumFormer premier Colin Barnett would ‘love to be Ag Minister’

Colin Barnett says he would have loved to have been the State’s Agriculture Minister and would dedicate the “attention” he gave to the resources industry to farming if he had his time again.  

Cally Dupe

Mishima Reserve Wagyu cattle operations vice president Jenny Tweedy, of Colorado, and Wild West Wagyu owner Matt Carrick, of Dongara, at Wagyu Edge '25 in Perth.

WAGYU EDGE ‘25PremiumWagyu Edge 2025: Demand for Australian genetics stays strong

The world is desperate for Australian Wagyu genetics, with farmers from down under increasingly being recognised for having the “best genetics in the world”. 

Cally Dupe

A DPIRD office in Kensington. Cally Dupe

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
ContractingPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Restricted contract for WA department’s dark web watch

A State Government department claims it is not keeping tabs on the dark web because of a cyber attack, despite the department’s staff being caught up in a recent hack.

Adrian Rauso

Mr Littleproud said the promise was aimed at giving WA sheep farmers, who are heavily impacted by Labor’s 2028 ban on export, certainty, with compensation not flowing until next financial year.

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
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Littleproud vows first act to restore live sheep export

The Nationals first acts in Government will be to resurrect the live sheep export trade and restore Australia’s international agricultural standing, David Littleproud will vow in an Easter campaign stop in WA.

Dylan Caporn

The Australian and New Zealand trade delegation in Vietnam.

WOOL TRIPPremiumWool industry sets sights on Vietnam textile market

Australia’s wool industry has its sights firmly set on Vietnam as a new market, with a week-long trade delegation recently promoting the fibre’s versatility.

Cally Dupe

BCI Minerals’ Mardie salt and potash project

MiningPremiumAustralia’s first salt project in 30 years wins approval

The federal green light for BCI Minerals’ Mardie salt project in WA’s Pilbara enables the group to complete filling its seawater ponds in preparation for first shipments next year.

Sean Smith

South-West WA Drought Resilience course is coming next month.

AgriculturePremiumSouth West WA drought resilience course coming next month

A five-part professional development series aimed at strengthening agricultural understanding is being run by the South-West WA Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub next month. 

Sofia Fimognari

US president Donald Trump, left. Pinjarra farmer Leigh McLarty, top right, and Australian Meat Industry Council chief executive Tim Ryan.

TRUMP TARIFFSPremiumAussie farmers say American consumers will suffer the most

Australian farmers singled out by US president Donald Trump and hit with a 10 per cent tariff on agricultural export markets say they it is America’s beef-loving consumers that will suffer the most. 

Cally Dupe, Simone Grogan and Katina Curtis

WAFarmers livestock president Geoff Pearson said it begged the question as to why the Australian industry had come under scrutiny.

TradeCommentsPremiumTariffs trump all as global turmoil sets in for WA

Trump’s global tariffs have bombed the Australian share market and thrown up new affronts for WA, which now has to assert its place in a new world left alienated politically and commercially by Uncle Sam.

Simone Grogan, Caitlyn Rintoul, Joe Spagnolo & Bloomberg

Business and Australian farmers have warned six billion American hamburgers a year will be more expensive amid US President Donald Trump’s 10 per cent tariffs on Australian exports. 

TradeComments‘Six billion burgers’: Farmers reveal cost of beef tariff

Business and Australian farmers are deeply disappointed about Donald Trump’s 10 per cent tariffs on Australian exports, warning six billion American hamburgers will be more expensive.

Katina Curtis

Gina Rinehart and Adam Giles.

TradePremium‘Moaning like petulant child’: Hancock CEO blasts ‘whinging’

The chief of billionaire Gina Rinehart’s massive agriculture empire has likened Australia’s ‘whinging and moaning’ over US President Donald Trump’s tariffs to that of a petulant child.

Cheyanne Enciso

Kalyeeda Station near Derby is among the group that had its rent reduced.

RENTS REDUCEDPremiumWA pastoralists win legal fight to have rents reduced

Kimberley pastoralists have claimed a significant victory in a legal battle with the State Government and had their pastoral rents slashed.

Cally Dupe

Brownes Dairy CEO Natalie Sarich-Dayton.

RetailCommentsPremiumBrownes’ revenue, profit lift boosted by overseas markets

WA’s oldest dairy, Brownes, has reported a lift in full-year profit and revenue in what boss Natalie Sarich-Dayton says was fuelled by the brand’s positive reception in the UK and South-East Asia.

Cheyanne Enciso

Pastoralists are heading back to court to try claim compensation.

Cattle ban compoPremiumPastoralists head back to court for export ban compensation

Northern Australia’s cattle industry is heading back to court to resolve a long-running class action against the Federal Government’s 2011 live export ban, with hundreds of pastoralists yet to see a cent.

Cally Dupe

The Keep the Sheep rally in Perth on March 28.

WA News‘Keep the Sheep’ truck convoy takes over Perth roads

Hundreds of cars and trucks took to the streets of Perth this morning to show their support for farmers and protest the Albanese Government’s plan to ban live sheep exports.

Cally Dupe

Four convoys left sites at Bedfordale, Mundijong, Neerabup and Fremantle at 7.30am and will crawl through the city to rally against the $80 million industry shutdown.

WA NEWSComments‘No major congestion’ despite huge truck protest in Perth

Hundreds of farmers and truckies are moving through Perth’s major arterial roads as they protest against the Federal Government’s live sheep export ban. 

Jessica Evensen and Cally Dupe

Curtin MP Kate Chaney has declared she will not be beholden to lobby groups following a fierce ultimatum by grassroots campaign Keep the Sheep. 

FEDERAL POLITICSCommentsPremiumKate Chaney says Keep the Sheep’s ultimatum ‘inappropriate’

Curtin MP Kate Chaney has declared she will not be beholden to lobby groups after being targeted by a fierce ultimatum by grassroots campaign Keep the Sheep. 

Caitlyn Rintoul

Kojonup farmer Steve McGuire. Daniel Wilkins

NEW PRESIDENTPremiumSteve McGuire named new WAFarmers president

Kojonup farmer Steve McGuire has been named the new president of WAFarmers, taking the reins from John Hassell who has stepped down after a “wonderful” four years. 

Cally Dupe

Donald Trump is being urged to impose tariffs on Australia’s wheat exports.

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
Federal PoliticsComments
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Now Trump’s being lobbied to slap tariffs on Aussie wheat

United States President Donald Trump is being urged to impose tariffs on Australia’s wheat exports, with the American industry arguing an over-reliance on imports was a risk to national security.

Ellen Ransley and Jackson Hewett

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