Stephanie Sinclair

The worker shortage forces Kimberley banana farmer Lachlan Dobson to rip up 50ha of banana crop and replace it with less labour intensive, and less profitable, cotton.

It has been almost six months since major funding was announced to seal one of WA’s most notorious tracks, but truck drivers say the condition of the Tanami Road has never been worse.

Despite having no experience in agriculture, this Kimberley couple have taken up mango farming.

An agronomist who forged a legacy in the Kimberley’s agricultural sector says the pioneering spirit of the region’s farmers will push the north to its full potential.

Pastoralists and farmers from across Western Australia will soon have to comply with tightened land management standards as the state government boosts efforts to reverse degradation.

Lumpy skin disease has moved another step closer to our shores and experts say if the disease is detected here, it could cost Australia’s agriculture sector $7 billion within a year.

Extensive flood damage across the region has left markets inaccessible and forces WA’s major northern abattoir to pause operations between Broome and Derby.

Traditional owners are working on a wet season seed smoking trial to restore native vegetation at the Argyle diamond mine site, closed by Rio Tinto in 2020.

With 90 per cent of its cattle supply cut off by flood-damaged roads, Kimberley Meat Company is thinking outside the box.

It could have been one of the world’s largest prawn farms, but administrators have been called in to wind up Project Sea Dragon on the NT/WA border.