
Western Australia Country Hour
The science and economics research division of the Department of Agriculture, ABARES, is forecasting the value of agricultural production to fall by 5 per cent to $98 billion in 2026-27.
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Hosted by ABC Australia · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 98 episodes
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Hosted by Belinda Varischetti, the presenter of the Western Australian Country Hour, the country's finest hour
ABC Australia hosts Western Australia Country Hour, a business show with 98 episodes published.

The science and economics research division of the Department of Agriculture, ABARES, is forecasting the value of agricultural production to fall by 5 per cent to $98 billion in 2026-27.
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The Northern Territory's biggest bull sale was held in Katherine on Friday, with some buyers travelling from WA's Kimberley to take part.
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Rural businesses are worried they will struggle to find workers as the government comes under pressure to cut immigration numbers.
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The company behind one of the state's few biofuel refineries has plans to make renewable diesel fuel from canola, straw and wood residue for the WA market.
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Western Australia's total wheat area planted is expected to be down 14 per cent on last season.
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The main players in the WA scallop industry have turned their attention to the state's south coast, after a marine heatwave, early last year, wiped out scallop populations off the west coast at Shark Bay and the Abrolhos
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Holes in Australia's sovereign capability exposed by Iran war supply chain issues.
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The Federal Government has released a discussion paper on proposals to extend Australia's Right to Repair framework for agricultural machinery.
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After receiving some very generous donations, the charity group Farmers Across Borders is back on the road and about to deliver some much needed hay to pastoralists across the Gascoyne and Murchison.
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On World Bee Day, a moment to acknowledge their incredible work and the many threats they face.
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Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has ordered another six companies to divest their holdings in Northern Minerals as concerns grow in Canberra that Chinese-backed investors are trying to seize control of the rare earths min
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Australia's chemical regulator, the APVMA, has conditionally approved an emergency permit for double-strength mouse baits to be manufactured and used on grain paddocks.
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The Federal Court has dismissed the northern cattle industry's appeal on the scale of losses incurred following the 2011 live export ban to Indonesia.
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The state's Legislative Council has backed calls for the state government to investigate removing dingoes' classification as pests under WA biosecurity laws.
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What's in last night's federal budget for me?
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The Federal Court will today decide how much native title holders in the Pilbara will be compensated for mining without consent on their land.
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The Premier has confirmed DWER, the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation, is investigating the iron ore dust concerns raised at the Port of Geraldton.
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WA grain growers have been working around the clock to plant this season's crop, which will be the earliest start and finish to planting on record.
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The president of a Mid West shire says it's vital farmers are given access to stronger mouse baits this season to stem what she's calling a "mouse plague".
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A key case begins in the High Court today that will decide who owns footage illegally obtained in an abattoir in north east Victoria.
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