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WEBThe voice of the bush since 1885, Countryman provides WA’s best and most comprehensive agricultural news, with dedicated sections for news, livestock, wool, opinion, machinery, real estate, and social pictures. Our weekly newspaper offers up-to-date coverage of news and events, providing a powerful voice for those living in country WA.
WA rural confidence still in negative territory | Countryman
WEBSep 17, 2024 · Get exclusive discounts on movie tickets, dining and popular attractions. Subscribe and get instant access to West Rewards, our rewards program. Rural confidence in WA is up but remains in ‘negative territory’ — with more producers expecting farm business conditions to deteriorate rather than improve, according to Rabobank.
WAFarmers warns Woodside against ‘sterilising’ farming land for …
WEBAug 28, 2024 · Get exclusive discounts on movie tickets, dining and popular attractions. Subscribe and get instant access to West Rewards, our rewards program. The head of WAFarmers says Woodside Energy’s controversial method of offsetting emissions through carbon farming is locking up vast tracts of productive agricultural land …
Countryman Field Days | Countryman
WEBNext Generation Newdegate Machinery Field Days: Supporting Next Gen farmers. Newdegate’s Machinery Field Days will focus on youth with its themed ‘Next Generation’, an important and progressional changing of the guard in rural communities that supports the future workforce. Bob Garnant.
Cattle Australia welcomes Woolworths’ support for localised ...
WEBSep 2, 2024 · Australia’s peak grass-fed beef producer body has welcomed Woolworths’ announcement to work on localised definitions of deforestation as the supermarket giant moves towards its sustainability target.
Crime - Countryman
WEBRegional WA Accused bailed after Geraldton assault, man still in coma. A 27-year-old international traveller accused of assaulting a Geraldton man and leaving him on the street with severe head injuries will be released from custody as the alleged victim still fights for his life. Jessica Moroney.
Sheepmeat exports rise while Aussie lamb prices sink below …
WEBAug 22, 2024 · June and July marked an ‘uncharacteristic’ rise in Australia’s sheepmeat exports, with an almost 12 per cent increase to trade flows over the two months.
Best Australian Yarn 2023 short story competition | Countryman
WEBSep 29, 2024 · Best Australian Yarn Marla’s Magic Tree by Lee Sullivan. In the moist brown earth, a seed is dropped. It nestles into the soil, and every creature in the dark earth holds its breath, waiting. Above the ground stands a small girl with a spade.
The ‘lie’ at the heart of the live export debate | Countryman
WEBNov 2, 2023 · We heard it from Labor ministers. We heard it from the Labor and Greens MPs. We heard it from the animal rights activists: the West Australian sheep live export industry is supposedly in terminal decline
ABS data points to cattle herd destock and record lamb
WEBAug 27, 2024 · Combined sheep and lamb slaughter rose 2 per cent from 2024’s first quarter, according to the ABS. Credit: Cally Dupe/Countryman. She said Australia’s sheep flock had changed “significantly” over the last 50 years. “A move towards meat breeds, and more recently to shedding animals, has opened the door to a new way of production ...