Agribusiness

An Aboriginal-owned sea cucumber processor in Denham puts a cosmetic twist on Australia's oldest trade.

OPINION: Measuring the agricultural sector's production is a useful marker, but perhaps not as meaningful as its profitability.

Austral Fisheries is enjoying a bountiful northern prawn season after a tough few years, but is carefully watching fuel prices which both limited competition and raised costs significantly.

The foreign owner of two mothballed abattoirs has put both facilities up for sale and will exit WA after two years of radio silence about its future.

The dire shape of the Tate family wine empire has emerged with debts estimated by liquidators reaching as much as $78 million across two companies.

A trial over WA controversial fishing ban continues in court, with the state claiming Sea Harvest failed to prove why the prohibition was legally unreasonable.

The Ord has been ripe with crop experimentation to make use of its vast water resource since the 1960s.

Sea Harvest has accused Fisheries Minister Jackie Jarvis of giving in to political pressure over the demersal fish ban, during a trial held at the state's highest court.

Australia's live export industry is facing a double whammy as war in the Middle East restricts shipping channels and forces up the cost of diesel for pastoralists and farmers.

WA's biggest winemaker has brought in Melbourne billionaire Anthony Hall as an equity holder, deepening an existing business partnership that started in Tasmania.

Gascoyne growers are bracing for flooding from the region's namesake river after being battered by severe winds and rain from Tropical Cyclone Narelle.

Premier Roger Cook has warned fuel suppliers that he could invoke legislative powers to get greater transparency over their market, in the latest WA fuel crisis development.

A Perth startup backed by Andrew Forrest and Bill Gates, which is developing a cattle feed additive which reduces methane emissions, has added a New Zealand investor to its books as it expands to the shaky isles.

Kathmandu co-founder Jan Cameron has lodged fresh legal action against Seafarms Group in the latest bid to recoup some of the millions she invested in the Project Sea Dragon prawn farm.

Fertiliser and explosives major Orica is shoring up alternative supply of ammonia amid two plant outages, after Yara's Pilbara operation was forced offline due to damage.

Mullewa farmer Rod Messina and his father are in a dispute with several family members over a multi-million-dollar agreement to split farmland in the Mid West.

Yara's fertiliser operations in the Pilbara have been damaged, with production to be impacted for two months as the nation's agriculture sector grapples with supply issues.

Former tomato king Michael Le has pushed back against a bid to strike out his claims in a legal dispute that has been ongoing for five years.

OPINION: US-Indonesia negotiations suggest politics may begin reshaping Australia's relationship with a longstanding market.

Technology is helping farmers save time and costs as they seek to grow their operations.

An assessment panel spent only 10 minutes to approve an oat mill in Oakford, a multi-million-dollar project backed by former international rugby player Dane Haylett-Petty.

Farmers are facing the prospect of needing another bumper crop to turn a profit should the rising costs of diesel and fertiliser not be brought under control.

OPINION: Agriculture will need to adapt in the event of a fuel shock, as petrol prices surge amid the Middle East conflict.

A Western Australian farm owner has been fined $22,000 over the death of a shearer who was caught in a decades-old wool press.

Overland Group will undertake a $65 million expansion of its abattoir near Bunbury to help meet demand for sheep meat processing.

OPINION: Retail prices for beef, lamb and pork are up, but the shift at saleyards has been even more pronounced.

Farmland in Western Australia is on the cusp of breaking the $10,000-per-hectare price tag after another year of nation-leading price growth.

Natalie Sarich-Dayton says Brownes is focused on new product lines amid a protracted sale by WA's oldest dairy's Chinese owners.

V&V Walsh has cleared a planning hurdle over its new wastewater treatment plant, with an assessment panel unanimously approving the $32 million proposal.

The Richardson family's investment in export infrastructure at Albany has caught the eye of farmers, traders and venture capitalists.

Western Australia's broadacre farmers have delivered another record crop, topping more 27.3 million tonnes.

OPINION: Grain growers will be watching with interest as unrest in Iran spreads to global markets for inputs including urea.