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Lifetime Achiever John Edwards with Livestock Export Young Achiever of the Year Jack Webb.

Industry AwardsPremiumLivestock export young gun recognised at LIVEXchange

A Queensland-based livestock operations manager has been celebrated by the industry as one of its brightest young stars and awarded the Young Achiever of the Year Award at LIVEXchange 2025.

Georgia Campion

Premium lambs bound for Woolworths at V&V Walsh in Bunbury.

V&V Walsh $10+ forward contractsPremiumV&V Walsh releases $10-plus forward lamb contracts

One of WA’s major livestock processors V&V Walsh has released forward contracts of more than $10/kg for the supply of trade and supermarket lambs to its Bunbury abattoir over the Christmas and new year period.

Bob Garnant

Leschenault cattle producer Matt Horn, with Elgin cattleman Brad Cooper and his daughter Frankie, 12.

SEE THE PICS: Gandy Angus Bull SalePremiumSEE THE PICS: Gandy Angus Bull Sale attracts top interest

Cattle producers from a broad representation of WA’s premium beef growing regions were eager to participate in the Gandy family’s Annual Angus Bull Sale.

Bob Garnant

With the $21,000 top-priced bull, Gandy Wattle Street V215, is Gandy Angus stud co-principal Kim Gandy, flanked by his daughters Lola, 15, and Romy, 13, with Elders WA stud stock manager Nathan King.

Gandy Angus Bull SalePremiumGandy Angus tops at $21,000 for Wattle Street genetics

A Manjimup-bred Angus bull sold to a top of $21,000 at the Gandy family’s Annual Bull Sale which led off as the first beef seedstock sale of the new season.

Bob Garnant

WA-based Rumin8 has acquired ROAM Agricultural to advance its methane-reducing product range in cattle supplementation.

Rumin8’s ROAM acquisitionPremiumWA-based Rumin8 advances with new acquisition

WA-based Rumin8 has acquired ROAM Agricultural, a spin-off of Loam Bio focused on the development of solutions for methane abatement in cattle. 

Bob Garnant

A potential legal test of the Australian pork industry standards has been dismissed by a Victorian Supreme Court.

Industry StandardsPremiumAbattoir pig CO2 challenge dismissed by Supreme Court

A Supreme Court judge has told activist group Animals Australia to stop trying to “step into the shoes of the regulator”.

Georgia Campion

Holly Ludeman. Photograph: Daniel Wilkins

Media CampaignPremiumLivestock vet urges for community trust building

Veterinarian and The Livestock Collective managing director Dr Holly Ludeman encouraged against complacency in the agriculture industry and urged the sector to build trust with the wider community.

Georgia Campion

Tony Seabrook at his York farm.

NEW ERAPremiumYork farmer steps down after 11 years as PGA of WA president

The Pastoralists and Graziers Association of WA’s longest-serving president has stepped down. After 11 years, Tony Seabrook is handing the baton to Kojoup farmer Digby Stretch.

Cally Dupe

LiveCorp Chair Troy Setter presenting the Lifetime Achiever Award to John Edwards.

Recognising a StalwartPremiumLivestock export stalwart awarded for lifetime commitment

The longest-serving chair of the WA Livestock Exporters’ Association has been recognised as an industry champion at the nations largest livestock export conference in Perth.

Georgia Campion and Cally Dupe

Livestock and Rural Transport Association of WA chief executive Jan Cooper at the LIVEXchange 2025 conference, Perth.

Ewes and ViewsPremiumIndustry panel on WA’s sheep flock decline and future

Leading sheep export industry figures have flagged sector impacts as a result of WA’s declining flock following the devastating impacts of COVID and the live trade ban.

Georgia Campion

Former Federal Trade Minister Andrew Robb at the LIVEXchange conference at Crown Perth. Georgia Campion

‘Destructive Act’PremiumEx Trade Minister warns of sheep trade ban implications

Australia’s former Trade Minister has warned of the ‘profound harm’ the ban of the live sheep export trade will have on the agriculture industry and the national economy.

Georgia Campion

Moojepin Merinos co-principal Hamish Thompson and his family will host the WALRC's Livestock Forum in March.

LIVESTOCK FORUM PremiumMoojepin Merinos set to host WALRC forum

The WA Livestock Research Council will conduct a Livestock Matters Forum on March 18 at Moojepin Merinos, located 30kms east of Katanning.

Bob Garnant

MLA manager for Sheep Genetics Peta Bradley.

MLA partners with AuctionsPlus PremiumMeat and Livestock Australia collaborates with AuctionsPlus

Meat and Livestock Australia has announced a groundbreaking collaboration with AuctionsPlus, enabling sheep breeders to integrate Sheep Genetics data into online stud listings for the first time.

Bob Garnant

RaboResearch senior animal protein analyst Angus Gidley-Baird

Rabobank defines price swingsPremiumLivestock extreme price swings defined

Australian livestock producers have been faced with unprecedented period of market volatility in recent years, with swings in cattle and sheep prices reaching record extremes.

Bob Garnant

LiveCorp chair Troy Setter speaking at the LIVEXchange conference at Crown Perth.

Livestock ConferencePremiumNation’s biggest livestock export conference kicks off

Australia’s biggest livestock export conference has kicked off at Crown Perth for the first time since 2017 with a speaker line up featuring leading industry figures.

Georgia Campion

Police say the drugs were dropped into the ocean from a livestock carrier on its way to Fremantle.

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
CrimeCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Al Kuwait’s owners deny any knowledge of $170m cocaine haul

The owners of a livestock ship embroiled in the thwarted importation of $170m worth of cocaine off WA’s coast have launched an internal investigation and denied any knowledge of how the drugs arrived onboard. 

Caleb Runciman

Sea Forest chief executive, managing director and co-founder Sam Elsom.

Sea Forest’s IPOPremiumSea Forest scopes out WA locations

Tasmanian methane-reducing seaweed producer Sea Forest is scoping new WA sites as it launches a $20.5 million initial public offering on the Australian Securities Exchange.

Bob Garnant

A national survey found WA's lamb flock of 5.15 million head for 2022, will increase to 5.25M in 2023, up 2 per cent.

Flock PredictionPremiumWA’s sheep flock decline predicted amid industry confidence

WA sheep and wool producers are growing more confident in the future and growth of the industry according a recent survey, despite data projecting the shrinkage of the State’s lamb flock next year.

Georgia Campion

After the surgical removal of skin around their backsides, sheep are less likely to succumb to flystrike.

MULESINGPremiumWA set to mandate mulesing in move welcomed by farmers

Western Australia will make pain relief mandatory for lambs undergoing mulesing, joining Victoria and Tasmania in enshrining animal welfare protections into law.

Cally Dupe

Australian Wagyu Association president Laid Morgan, Irongate Wagyu managing director Peter Gilmour, and AWA chief executive Matt McDonagh.

WA’s Wagyu pioneerPremiumWA’s Wagyu pioneer Peter Gilmour recognised

One of WA’s Wagyu industry stalwarts has been recognised with a national award for his lifelong commitment to establish the breed and its governance through the Australian Wagyu Association.

Bob Garnant

ACIAR general manager Dr Suzie Newman, and Professor Appolinaire Djikeng, director general of the International Livestock Research Institute.

Livestock training supportPremiumLivestock training support for developing countries

Australia has joined forces with the International Livestock Research Institute to support the training of researchers from developing countries to advance sustainable livestock production. 

Bob Garnant

Gandy Wattle Street V148, offered as lot 5, was used in the stud as a yearling with 100 per cent conception rate, and ranks in the top of the breed for docility, claw, and foot angle.

Gandy Angus PremiumGandy Angus to offer exclusive sons of Wattle Street sire

Gandy Angus will offer impressive sons of AI sire Wattle Street Q127, which have gained interest from some of the most respected cattlemen in WA.

Bob Garnant

An artist’s impression of the abattoir proposed for Mt Barker.

ABATTOIR EXPLORATIONPremiumMt Barker multi-species abattoir to safeguard service kills

A new multi-species abattoir is on the cards for Mt Barker after more than $90,000 was awarded to explore the farmer-led project put forward in a bid to safeguard service kills for the region’s small producers.

Melissa Sheil

WA producers say they are in the box seat to benefit from US President Donald Trump’s decision to lower US tariffs on agricultural imports.

CanberraCommentsPremiumWhy WA producers first to benefit from beef tariff U-turn

WA producers say they are in the box seat to benefit from US President Donald Trump’s decision to lower US tariffs on agricultural imports.

Matt Shrivell and Oliver Lane