Sunday, May 27th, 2012

Countryman News

District sees fire and rain

When 15 to 20mm of rain fell on Tim Cusack's property last Monday, the Narembeen farmer filled up the boomspray ready to get straight onto weeds.
December 15, 2011, 10:04 am
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Grain marketer spreads wings

The Emerald Group has made a play for dominance in the eastern states grain logistics industry, announcing a $120 million supply chain expansion last week.
December 8, 2011, 12:34 am
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Receival records, rain tumble down

As daily receival records tumble in WA, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARES) this week tipped Australia would bring home its biggest winter crop on record.
December 8, 2011, 12:33 am
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Wild dogs run amok

The last eight months at Pullagaroo station has been nothing short of a nightmare for Graeme Newton and Janet Winter because of wild dogs.
December 8, 2011, 12:32 am

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Hands off Ord water, Barnett warns east

Premier Colin Barnett has warned the eastern states to keep their hands off WA's water after a plan to pipe water from the Ord to struggling Murray-Darling irrigators was revealed last week.
December 8, 2011, 12:31 am

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Grain from growers can help ill children

Growers can now donate a portion of their grain to Ronald McDonald House (RMH).
December 8, 2011, 12:30 am

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Fire fury

A farm worker has been left severely injured and farm buildings razed after Scott River families say they were left in the dark about an approaching inferno.
December 8, 2011, 12:28 am

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Bumper yields in store for Joe

Joe Candeloro's massive 40,000 tonnes of on-farm grain storage might have been completed last year, but thanks to a less than stellar season the Toodyay farmer came nowhere near filling it.
December 1, 2011, 1:50 am

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More relief for bushfire victims

The Margaret River bushfire has been declared a natural disaster, triggering extra funding from the State and Federal governments.
December 1, 2011, 1:01 am

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Tourists urged to come on down

The flames might have been doused, but the effects of last week's Margaret River blaze are set to smoulder on amid fears the region's tourism industry will be hard hit.
December 1, 2011, 12:58 am
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Winemakers escape blaze's fury

Winemakers are breathing a sigh of relief following last week's bushfires, which caused only minimal damage to vineyards.
December 1, 2011, 12:57 am

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Additional GM tests ruled out

The Department of Agriculture and Food has ruled out further testing at a Cunderdin farm despite claims of GM canola contamination.
December 1, 2011, 12:56 am
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Hillside woes put industry on edge

Administrators for Hillside Abattoir are looking to find an investor or buyer to reopen the business after it was placed under voluntary administration more than two weeks ago.
December 1, 2011, 12:54 am

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Initiative of little benefit to farmers: economist

The Carbon Farming Initiative will do little to benefit farmers, according to Department of Agriculture and Food chief economist Ross Kingwell.
December 1, 2011, 12:53 am

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Winds of change at Kojonup

Construction of a 30-turbine wind farm near Kojonup has been given the green light by the local council despite calls for a moratorium by concerned neighbours.
December 1, 2011, 12:49 am

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Dairy levy bid divides farmers

Dairy Australia has banked on farmers supporting an increased levy for the next five years in order to implement its strategic plan for 2012-2016.
November 24, 2011, 12:58 am

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Fraccing in group sights

Community members are banding together to help protect WA's rural landscape from the impact of hydraulic fracturing (fraccing).
November 24, 2011, 12:57 am
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Yabby supplier feeling the pinch

Yabbies from farms across the Great Southern will soon be on plates in China.
November 24, 2011, 12:57 am

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Weather gods send a wedding gift

Late rains in October and November couldn't have come at a better time for Jerramungup farmer Simon Cullam.
November 24, 2011, 12:38 am

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Registration laws dog truffle owner

Pickering Brook truffle grower Trevor Matthews is challenging the State Government's failure to recognise his truffle-detecting dogs as working animals.
November 24, 2011, 12:34 am

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