Chair of the Australian Livestock Exporters Council says the industry's supply chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and the exporters were the weakest link during the 2017 voyage to the Middle East when 2, 400 sheep died on board the Awassi Express

WA based livestock exporter Wellard has called on the federal government to remove a clause that allows "substandard ships" to continue to carry livestock

The chairman of Western Australia's rural financial counselling service says uncertainty over the future of the live export trade has prompted a number of calls to his organisation from WA livestock producers who are worried about the financial viablity of their operations

The agriculture minister Alannah MacTiernan has announced $24 million of new money for grains research

Median farmland values grew by seven per cent last year, roughly the same growth the ASX200 achieved

A proposed salt-mine in the Pilbara has been put up for public comment for environmental approval

A processor on the Sunshine Coast has made its first batches of small freeze dried cubes of cheddar that will last for years without preservatives or refrigeration