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Maremmas deal with fox losses at Cunderdin

2:00 AM | WITH wild dog and fox attacks on the rise, wool producers are taking matters into their own hands and fighting fire with fire.

Livestock - Sheep

Time to reap the beef market benefits

2:00 AM | THE WA beef industry had a gross value of production of over $600 million in 2010-11 according to the latest edition of the WA Beef Commentary.

Livestock - Cattle

Bulls sell to $7800 at Allegria Park sale

2:00 AM | NOT one bull even looked like being passed in at the Allegria Park annual on-property bull sale in Esperance last Wednesday.

Livestock - Cattle

Beating a path to Pathfinder

11 Feb 12 | IT IS not even finished yet but Australia's newest radio telescope is effectively booked out for the first five years.

Agribusiness and General - General

Pastoralists react to viability comments

11 Feb 12 | PASTORALISTS have accused Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Regional Development and Lands, Wendy Duncan of being out of touch after comments made in last week's Farm Weekly.

Agribusiness and General - Political

Strong bidding to $8000 at Ardcairnie

11 Feb 12 | A QUALITY line-up of Angus bulls with EBVs to match and strong competition from return buyers, saw prices hit a high of $8000 at last week's Ardcairnie on-property bull sale at Kojonup.

Livestock - Cattle

Tullibardine Murray Grey bull hits $15,500

10 Feb 12 | ONE of WA’s largest bull sales continued to set the benchmark for prices and averages when the Monterey Invitational sale saw a total of 64 Murray Grey bulls, 21 Angus bulls and 68 Murray Grey and Angus females sell under the hammer on Wednesday and Thursday.

Livestock - Cattle

Bonnydale Black Simmentals make $11,500

10 Feb 12 | BLACK Simmental yearling bulls sold to a top of $11,500 at the 16th annual Bonnydale Simmental Farms on-property bull sale at Bridgetown on Monday.

Livestock - Cattle

Asia Iron farm land deal no big deal

10 Feb 12 | ABOUT 3250 hectares of prime Three Springs farmland has been purchased by a subsidiary of mining company Asia Iron Holdings. |

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Agribusiness and General - Political

Diversity crops up in Kojonup

10 Feb 12 | CASH cropping at Kojonup has proved to be an adaptable and opportunistic venture undertaken by a large majority of the region's farmers.

Grains and Cropping - General

Customs confirms glyphosate inquiry

10 Feb 12 | WA company 4Farmers has dismissed claims of dumping as "nonsense" after Customs and Border Protection announced it would be conducting an inquiry into the alleged dumping of fully formulated glyphosate products imported into Australia from China.

Agribusiness and General - General

Crook concerned over trade future

10 Feb 12 | FEDERAL member for O'Connor Tony Crook said he has major concerns over the future of the live export trade.

Livestock - Sheep

WA govt launches new food initiative

09 Feb 12 | MUCH has been said about the issue of food security and how a projected population of 9 billion people by 2050 will be fed. |

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Agribusiness and General - Political

FMG's Cloudbreak expansion faces strict conditions

09 Feb 12 | FIRTESCUE Metals Group will have to meet strict conditions to minimise environmental impacts associated with an expansion of its Cloudbreak iron ore mine in the Pilbara, Western Australia's Environmental watchdog announced today.

Agribusiness and General - General

AWB 2011/12 wheat pools to close in SA and WA

09 Feb 12 | WITH harvest complete AWB will close its remaining 2011/12 season wheat pools in all South Australian and Western Australia port zones except for the Albany port zone at 5pm Friday 10th February 2012.

Grains and Cropping - General

Wheatbelt farmers give Iggy the spray

09 Feb 12 | LAST week's rainfall from remnants of Cyclone Iggy produced variable results throughout the WA Wheatbelt.

Grains and Cropping - General

Scientists tick lupins as super food

09 Feb 12 | THE WA-based Centre for Food and Genomic Medicine (CFGM) has declared lupins a new super food.

Grains and Cropping - Legume

Migrant workers could offer shear relief

09 Feb 12 | MIGRANT workers and changes to the 457 visa may hold the answer to shearing shortages in WA. |

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Wool - General

Angus impressive at Esperance

08 Feb 12 | THE Angus industry in Esperance kicked off to a an impressive start this year with all three of the Angus stud sales held in the region meeting strong competition and solid returns.

Livestock - Cattle

Growing lamb’s share of the meat pie

08 Feb 12 | THE question of how the Australian lamb industry will grow its share in the red meat market pie is the focus of a 12-month research project by WA sheep producer and Sheep CRC scientist Kelly Manton-Pearce.

Livestock - Sheep