More illegal fishing vessels have been spotted off Western Australia's remote Kimberley coast.  

Cattle exports out of the Broome Port, in the west Kimberley, are significantly down on the five year average.

As the grain harvest gets underway across the state's agricultural region locals and tourists are reminded to be aware of the increase in heavy vehicle movements on WA roads.

The latest GIWA crop report is out and it says rain in the last month may end up adding  an extra million tonnes of grain to Western Australia's harvest this year.  

The Australian dollar gold price hit a record overnight, breaking through the $4000 mark for the first time in history. 

A farmer in the Great Southern says the Federal Government should stop interfering in WA's sheep market, keep its transition package and let the market determine the future of the live sheep trade by sea.

The federal agriculture minister Julie Collins is in WA today revealing an additional $32.7 million will be allocated to help WA's sheep industry transition away from the live export trade.

A petition calling for the Murchison Shire to scrap a wild dog bounty has attracted over thirteen thousand signatures from around the world. 

The CEO of the Western Rock Lobster Council says it's great to hear local lobsters may soon be back on the menu in China, but to be honest there's been a rather reserved response to the prospect of the market re-opening.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says China has agreed to lift a ban on Australian live rock lobster imports.  

The grain harvest has officially started in Western Australia.

The owner of the Corrigin Meatworks says the abattoir is not in a position to take-on new custom service kill clients and is actually on the verge of closure.

Tractor enthusiasts from all over the state were in Carnamah over the weekend for the official reveal and launch of the world's biggest model tractor.

A group of wine buyers from 10 Chinese companies are in WA this week tasting their way through some of the best wine the state has to offer.

Wholesalers are predicting prices for tomatoes, chilli and capsicum are about to increase in Western Australia. The price increase is due to a highly infectious tomato virus recently found in South Australia.

Westpork, the owner of the Dardanaup Butchering Company, will delay its plans to end its custom kill service until early next year.

Australia is exporting record amounts of sheepmeat to Indonesia this year.

$50, 000 has been paid for kelpie which was trained to be auctioned off at the Perth Royal Show. The money raised during the auction will go to charity organisation, Telethon, helping kids in care.

An inquiry by the consumer watchdog into Australia's supermarket sector has raised questions about whether the major chains are securing prime shopping locations, to try and disadvantage potential competitors.

A renewable energy company plans to build the largest land-based wind farm outside of China, in Western Australia.

The third biennial International Wheat Congress is currently underway at the Perth Convention Centre.

Tammin farmer Brad Jones says he is OK sending his spray records to Grain Producers Australia if it helps them explain to the APVMA how chemicals like paraquat are used when spot spraying on modern farms.

Western Australia's Kimberley and Pilbara regions received a fair amount of rain over the weekend. Overall, it's been welcomed.

A slowing Chinese economy may be one of the reasons why live Australian lobster have still not been officially welcomed back into China. 

A Western Australian farmer believes the scheduled shut down of Australia's 3G network next month will leave him with little to no mobile or internet coverage.