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Cundinup artesian cheese takes out top award
22+ hour, 3+ min ago (319+ words) countryman. com. au Cundinup-based Cambray master cheesemaker Tom Wilde and his wife Maddie have backed up their 2025 champion overall dairy product title with a Washed Rind Brie entry at this year's Perth Royal Food Awards Describing the strong taste of…...
Ag sector under pressure, lack of mental health support
1+ day, 1+ min ago (319+ words) countryman. com. au Mental health care in regional areas remains hard to access despite the marked rise in psychological distress among Australian farmers over the past 10 years WA farmers are at greater risk with many located hundreds of kilometres from…...
WA ag industry mourns passing of farming legend Bob Iffla
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (230+ words) countryman. com. au Newdegate-Lake Grace farming legend and influential agri-politics player Bob Iffla has passed away after a lifetime of tenacity and hard work WAFarmers livestock section president Geoff Pearson tearfully announced Mr Iffla's passing at the organisation's grain conference…...
WA soon to be home to EOX's autonomous electric tractors
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (299+ words) countryman. com. au A Dutch-based autonomous electric tractor manufacturer is launching its sustainable tractors on the WA market after realising a demand for energy sovereignty across the country EOX manufactures two products, the Pioneer and Frontier, which have been available…...
Future sheep opportunities explored at Facey Group's Beyond the Flock forum | Countryman
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (376+ words) WA wool industry at a crossroads countryman. com. au Wool industry experts agree they have faith the industry has the ability to grow exponentially over the next 10 years but farmers say they are tired, leaving the industry at a crossroads…...
Gingin's Clifton family take on cattle breeding tradition
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (384+ words) countryman. com. au The Clifton family are literally running in the black at their Gingin-based cattle farming properties, maintaining a herd of 200-strong Angus breeders and carrying on a family tradition that goes back to the 1860s Shane and Angela Clifton…...
Wool professional launches business to drive change
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (298+ words) countryman. com. au Boddington's Justin Haydock has taken a leap of faith, moving from brokering to independent advisory to be part of the next generation of wool professionals driving industry change Mr Haydock made the difficult decision to leave brokering…...
PGA calls for structural reform to cattle transaction levy in review submission | Countryman
1+ week, 1+ day ago (377+ words) PGA calls for percentage-based fee to replace flat levy fee countryman. com. au A pastoral industry group has called to scrap the flat flee and structurally reform the cattle transaction levy as it undergoes its first review in two decades…...
WA dairy producers glean key information on specialised genetic selection at Noalimba Farms | Countryman
1+ week, 3+ day ago (503+ words) Dairy genetic selection hot topic at innovation day countryman. com. au...
WASIA meeting to feature the outlook for wool
1+ week, 3+ day ago (306+ words) countryman. com. au The WA Shearing Industry Association will host its annual general meeting this Saturday, which is open to all interested with updates to include many topics relevant to its theme "The Outlook for Wool" The half-day gathering of…...