WA’s agricultural industry was a key topic at a State roundtable to discuss surging panic around fuel supplies, skyrocketing prices, and stockpiling concerns as the conflict in the Middle East rages on.
Georgia Campion
A portrait of the “Brahman Lady” Kathleen Lovelock has been unveiled, cementing the live export pioneer into the Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia Agricultural Hall of Fame.
A Newdegate grower said farmers are being left unable to plan for the seeding season and other cropping operations as diesel supplies dry up across parts of regional WA.
Amy Towers
An Albany business remains under a hazmat warning more than 24-hours after a fire was sparked in bags of agricultural fumigant and began releasing plumes of phospine gas on Wednesday morning.
Hannah Whitehead
A $200 million program to upgrade freight rail at two CBH Group receival sites and speed up the grain supply chain and market has been completed four years after it was first announced.
More than $3 million has been committed for a decade on the 10th anniversary of the Western Crop Genetics Alliance to keep helping farmers grow more grain with less rain.
A Bridgetown-bred Black Simmental yearling bull, Bonnydale Quadrant W54, sold to the top price of $21,000 at the Introvigne family’s 30th Annual On-property Bull Sale.
Bob Garnant
A Northampton-bred Angus bull rocketed to a top price of $25,000 at the “hot” 38th Annual Gingin Bull Sale where a quality multibreed line-up went under the hammer.
Australian Wool Innovation head of operations Scott Carmody included a visit to Wagin Woolorama to seek out growers’ sentiment as a new momentum gathers with the research and marketing body.
The Richardson family of Gnowangerup-based Mianelup Merino and Poll Merino stud celebrated their 118th year of registered breeding by taking out their first Supreme Champion sash at this year’s Wagin Woolorama
A seven-point plan has been announced to safeguard WA’s fuel supplies after Roger Cook was warned that farmers and small miners were within weeks of running out.
Jessica Page and Simone Grogan
A teenager has been flown to Royal Perth Hospital with serious injuries after crashing his motorcycle into a tree while travelling on Great Southern Highway in Cuballing on Wednesday.
Lake Argyle is holding enough water to fill Optus Stadium almost 12,700 times following heavy rainfall across the East Kimberley resulting in the closure of Pannikin Bay.
Cain Andrews
Perdaman has purchased 33 residential lots in Karratha’s Madigan Estate from the State Government to accommodate its permanent workforce and reduce the need for fly-in, fly-out workers.
The National Farmers’ Federation has called for calm amid panic buying of fuel and diesel stocks, after taking part in a ministerial roundtable in Canberra.
A service station in a small WA town is nearly entirely depleted of fuel, with workers counting down the hours before they have no choice but to turn away desperate locals.
Brooke Rolfe
Activists have been left reeling after the Federal Government gave the controversial Scott River wind farm the green light without a formal Commonwealth assessment.
Will Corbett
The ongoing conflict in the Middle East is introducing heightened uncertainty into WA and national livestock markets, particularly around live sheep exports and air freight lamb programs.
DEAN HUBBARD
An award-winning eco-tourism Mid West station, replete with roaming dingoes, is up for sale for the first time in 20 years.
Danielle Marsland
Wooleen Station in the Murchison took home a gong at the Qantas Australian Tourism Awards last week.
Kate Campbell
A trial to uncover underground water resources and improve security amid WA’s drying climate is underway across grain regions, with the State Government offering up to $20k for the “shared risk” project.
Venturon Livestock’s 10 month-old Charolais heifer won the Supreme Exhibit sash in the led cattle competition at the 2026 Wagin Woolorama.
A round-table will convened to tackle fuel shortages but the State Government insists it’s a result of panic buying and that there’s no actual supply issues as result of the war in Iran.
Wagin Woolorama, WA’s biggest sheep show, lived up to its reputation this year as being a showcase for excellence in agriculture.
Bob Garnant & Georgia Campion
