Growers get multi-peril crop insurance
Western Australian grain growers have become the first in Australia to have access to multi-peril crop insurance.
View ArticleFarmers wait for frost fall out
Cropping farmers in the Wheatbelt had a nervous night waiting for a forecast frost.
View ArticlePoliticians hear state of agriculture from the 'horses mouth'.
It's very rare that politicians listen to farmers but this happened recently.
View ArticleRisk of a destroyed crops should be spread says agribusiness consultant
An agribusiness consultant calls for new approach to crop insurance that involves the whole supply chain, not just the farmer.
View ArticleCall for star safety ratings for quad bikes following hundreds of deaths in...
A spate of accidental deaths around the country prompts a call for a star safety rating system to be introduced for quad bikes and side-by-side vehicles.
View ArticleFlood assistance 'slow' as coordination issues dog federal-state response to...
A WA Government official says "our eyes widened" when faced with federal-state cooperative issues tackling the state's storm recovery.
View ArticleHaystack burns for days as lightning chaos strikes farmers and more stormy...
A farming family has lost a large hay and barley straw stack to a raging 12-foot-high inferno, still smouldering three days later, sparked by lightning.
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