The WA Planning Commission is consulting on draft reforms to Local Development Plans — the site-specific planning tool that shapes setbacks, land use, and built form approvals for agritourism developments.
Beef, dairy and sheep producers in WA’s high-rainfall zones have until 22 July 2026 to register interest in the Soils – New Horizons program’s second year.
Year-two data from a national five-year narrow orchard systems trial is now in, and rootstock selection is emerging as the dominant variable in early tree performance. WA apple and stonefruit growers who heard the findings at Manjimup on 21 May got a preview — but the economic analysis comparing establishment costs and harvest efficiency against…
WA remains one of the few places in the world still free of varroa mite and DPIRD wants to keep it that way.