The recent BOM seasonal outlook does not contain good news for northern Australian farmers looking for rain.

A government committee in WA threw out a push to implement legislation to protect growers from GM contamination, presented by the Greens.

The agriculture sector is abuzz with the news a trade agreement with Indonesia, which will deliver millions to farmers, is set to be signed.

It hasn't been a particularly cheery start to 2019 for the cotton sector and international pricing trends are not helping the situation.

Is a broadacre hemp industry all hype?

The Standing Committee on Environment and Public Affairs tabled its report in the WA Legislative Council yesterday and committee member and shadow minister for the environment Steve Thomas said the outcome was a pleasing result.

Grain end users in the north are using more barley in their rations as sorghum production estimates are cut.

A long awaited US Department of Agriculture report failed to give the wheat market impetus in either direction.

IT WILL not be a bumper year for fertiliser sales, but there will still be reasonable volumes put out due to high grain prices.

It's hot and dusty and the last thing you want to is go dig holes in the paddock, but soil tests can pay big dividends.