The Western Australian government is prepared to ban alcohol from mine sites if companies don't make a concerted effort to tackle sexual harassment and bullying in the mining industry.

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The Indonesian government has suspended imports of live cattle from four Australian export facilities, following the detection of the virus Lumpy Skin Disease in livestock shipped from Australia.

A new 580 kilometre gas pipeline has been officially opened by state energy minister Bill Johnson.

The GRDC has announced it will invest more than a billion dollars over the next five years in research, development, and extension for the nation's grains industry.

There's some more rain on the way today for parts of the state's agricultural region and while some farmers have had quite enough for now, others are hoping for a decent downpour.

Federal Nationals leader, David Littleproud, says the government's plan to phase out the live sheep export trade could be stymied if cross-bench senators are educated about the trade.

The Federal Government's $215 million offer to settle the cattle industry's class action against the 2011 ban on live exports to Indonesia has been rejected for a second time.

Cattle producers supplying live export markets are hoping a huge correction in cattle prices will stimulate more interest from key export markets, like Indonesia.

Russia has doubled down on a decision to end a deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain from its Black Sea ports.

Scott River dairy farmer, Ross Woodhouse, was fined $10,000 in 2018 after building a dam which impacted a site of cultural significance.

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Russia has withdrawn from the Black Sea Grain Initiative, a pact brokered between Ukraine and Russia by the United Nations and Türkiye 12 months ago, which allowed food to be exported from Ukrainian ports during the ongoing war.

Lobby group, WAFarmers, is concerned a fresh inquiry into the APVMA could erode the chemical regulator's independence and see future decisions on the use of chemicals, like glyphosate, subject to government and public opinion, rather than science.

Canola has begun flowering in the south of Western Australia, much earlier than typical for the region, amid estimates of an 18 tonne grain crop for 2023/24.

Australia's agriculture ministers have agreed on Australia's first National Agricultural Traceability Strategy.

Farmer group, Grain Growers, says China's request for more time to consider the ongoing dispute over barley tariffs is nothing to worry about, and it remains confident a resolution will be reached.

Australia's grape growers have produced their smallest vintage in more than 20 years.

Some south coast farmers have copped an absolute drenching over the past month and paddocks are covered in puddles.

One of the biggest players in WA's fruit and vegetable industry is, for the first time, investing and expanding its business with hot houses.

Head of the livestock shipping company Wellard says he doesn't see any upside in export cattle prices.

The West Australian Pork Producers Association says it's disturbing to learn about the deaths of hundreds of pigs on a property in WA's wheatbelt.

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