The strain of a highly pathogenic bird flu detected on a New Zealand farm this month has been contained, authorities say.
Lucy Craymer
Construction work will begin next year on a $400 million expansion of Warradarge Wind Farm that is planned to come online before the State switches off coal power.
Matt Mckenzie
Two Indonesian illegal fishers are in jail and 14 others have been fined or posted bonds for thousands of dollars in the latest prosecutions by Australian authorities.
Katina Curtis
Australia’s long-haul trucking and maritime industries are crying out for low-carbon fuel alternatives in a race to decarbonise.
Rebecca Turner
Gun owners have been blindsided by a weekend update about what firearms will be banned under the Cook Government’s move to disarm WA.
Ben Harvey
Bunbury residents are being warned to look out for an invasive wasp species as the weather warms, after the first nest was detected in the region earlier this year.
Ezra Kaye and Melissa Pedelty
Don’t be an idiot. That was Fire and Emergency Stephen Dawson’s message to anyone contemplating deliberately lighting a fire as the State prepares to sizzle this weekend.
Joe Spagnolo
Grain growers could soon have access to better performing, more robust barley varieties thanks to groundbreaking genetic research by a team including scientists from WA.
Staff reporter
Nearly $1.9 million from Labor’s $139.7m package to help sheep farmers transition away from live exports has been spent on a new advertising campaign, sparking outrage among industry leaders.
Olivia Ford
China has notified Australia the live rock lobster trade can resume, following an earlier agreement and the lifting of final trade barriers on some abattoirs.
Jack Gramenz
Livestock owners in bushfire prone parts of WA are being urged to put emergency plans in place this summer to minimise the risk to animals and people.
An escalating strike is set to disrupt trade at a crucial WA port just days before Christmas.
The sedan — which has the Queensland registration ‘050JXR’ — was last seen in the Lake Argyle area in late October.
Jessica Evensen
Prominent farm industry leader Terry Hill has been appointed inaugural independent chair of the WA Agricultural Research Collaboration’s steering committee.
Three West Australians — two from the Kimberley and one from the Wheatbelt — have been announced as finalists for AgriFutures Australia’s 2025 Rural Women’s Award.
We’ve all seen the images of micro homes, or as the Australian Tiny House Association calls them, tiny houses.
Trevor Whittington
A budding agricultural science scholar based in WA’s Wheatbelt has scooped a prestigious award for his research into new alternatives to the chemical fertiliser superphosphate.
Adam Poulsen
Tom Curtain, two-time Golden Guitar winner and ambassador for Dolly’s Dream, will soon be performing to country audiences in WA as part of his ‘Good Life’ tour.
As another harvest draws to a close, the Countryman team is excited to share some of our favourite readers’ photos from this season.
Staff reporters
The Australian Trucking Association is calling for a review into the newly-released national Code of Practice for train visibility amid mounting demands for train lighting standards to be made legally binding.
For the Jones family, this year’s harvest has been made more efficient and productive with the help of Elmer’s HIVE Motherbin.
The WA Government has extended public consultation on controversial proposed changes to pastoral lease renewals after coming under fire from the State Opposition.
A new-generation satellite mission to study the colour of the ocean off Rottnest Island from space will provide vital information about the sea’s role in climate regulation
The WA lamb and mutton market has been stable leading up to the short weeks heading into the Christmas and new year period.
Rob Kelly
