Western Australia Country Hour

Today you'll hear from some farmers who are wondering why the onus seems to be on them to solve the problem of stray untagged cattle wandering onto th...

Western Australia Country Hour

The state government has developed a seven point plan to address growing concerns about our fuel security.  

Western Australia Country Hour

The federal chemical regulator is recommending much tighter controls on some rat poisons over concerns about their impact on wildlife.

Western Australia Country Hour

David Littleproud has announced he is going to resign as leader of the National party.

Western Australia Country Hour

This season's winner of the Muster Dogs competition is West Australian Courtney Moir. 

Western Australia Country Hour

Narrogin local Casey Jacobs is looking to continue his photographic work after his debut photography exhibition in the Great Southern.

Western Australia Country Hour

WA's largest dairy farmer has decided to go off-grid to power his irrigation system.

Western Australia Country Hour

The Federal Trade Minister Don Farrell says his key focus is ensuring trade can continue despite war in the Middle East. 

Western Australia Country Hour

WA's biggest sheep and lamb co-operative WAMMCO has stopped all exports of chilled and frozen meat products into the Middle East, as the war in the re...

Western Australia Country Hour

A typical day at the beach doesn't usually include seeing a Brahman bull cool-off in the waves, but that's exactly what you get at Nanarup Beach in th...

Western Australia Country Hour

Australia's horticulture industry has reached its highest production value on record with total output climbing to $18.4.

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On the same day the state agriculture minister announced $20 million in Supply Chain Capacity Program grants for producers and processors, a WA abatto...

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Primary producers in the Esperance region say they are fighting an influx of wild pigs.

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There is a lot of uncertainty over when the east-west rail line might be operational.

Western Australia Country Hour

Micro-abattoir gives Kimberley cattle producer 'alternative' when markets get tough.

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Grain Producers Australia hasn't given up on its plans to reduce grower levies paid to the GRDC, despite the proposal being knocked back by federal ag...

Western Australia Country Hour

Farmers in Western Australia's Midwest are calling on the Australian Defence Force to remove, or clarify the risk from, potential unexploded military...

Western Australia Country Hour

A WA marine biologist says she doesn't think temporary fishing closures in several select areas delivers results.

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Western Australia Country Hour

WA hop growers are gearing up for the 2026 harvest season, which is expected to start in coming weeks.

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Albany Woollen Mills' 101 years celebrated via shared love of blankets.

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The billion-dollar Kemerton refinery, near Bunbury, is set to be placed into care and maintenance, effective immediately, impacting almost 300 jobs. 

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There's a renewed push for a full review of the way fires are managed in regional Western Australia, after what volunteers are calling "decades of mis...

Western Australia Country Hour

The Kimberley Cotton Gin has just completed its first operational season. 

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Some Pilbara pastoralists are relieved after finally getting some rain.

Western Australia Country Hour

Fisheries minister Jackie Jarvis has hinted that the West Coast Demersal fishery may re open in the future to commercial fishers, if there is a signif...

Western Australia Country Hour

The head of the WA Fishing Industry Council says demersal fishers have been 'starved out' by the WA Government and forced into accepting an inappropri...

Western Australia Country Hour

The transition advocate, helping the WA sheep industry adjust to the closure of the live sheep trade by sea, says it takes time to assess how best to...

Western Australia Country Hour

One of the veterans of the WA livestock sector says for the first time in a long time there's some real optimism about the future of the sheep industr...

Western Australia Country Hour

A staple in the Aztec diet has become a viral TikTok trend sweeping social media — the "chia seed challenge" promising weight loss, improved gut healt...

Western Australia Country Hour

Carnarvon farmers are hoping a heatwave forecast for next week isn't as severe as the last one which has cost them about a million dollars in losses. 

Western Australia Country Hour

Home owners living next door to the world's biggest lithium mine, in the state's South West, are calling on the miner to create a home buyback or relo...

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The long term trend of people drinking less wine globally is evident in Wine Australia's export report for last year. 

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WA competitors performed well at Australia's biggest rodeo event at Tamworth, in north east New South Wales, over the weekend.

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Ex-Tropical Cyclone Luana has brought heavy rainfall to stations across the north.

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The charity group Farmers Across Borders is preparing to take truck loads of straw and hay to pastoralists in the Gascoyne and Murchison.

Western Australia Country Hour

Lumpy skin disease has been detected for the first time in the tourist hotspot of Bali, Indonesia.

Western Australia Country Hour

An adventurous American has trained and rode a horse across Australia.

Western Australia Country Hour

The Singaporean businessman behind WA's billion dollar Wagyu operation says China's tariff on beef exports should be viewed as an opportunity for Aust...

Western Australia Country Hour

A few hundred people participated in a car rally over the weekend over the controversial demersal fishing bans that came into effect at the start of t...