March 3, 2016

AgConnectWA, the state’s premier youth agricultural group, will host a sundowner event in Esperance later this month, which will attract young farmers and agri-professionals from the Shire and surrounding areas. President Kallum Blake said the opportunity to meet members in the state’s south would be invaluable to the future direction of the group. “Last year we held our first sundowner for AgConnectWA members which was held in Broome and was hugely successful, so we wanted

A series of workshops aimed at increasing farmers’ awareness of sheep health issues and providing disease prevention and identification information will take place at four locations across the Wheatbelt this month. Four workshops, conducted by WAFarmers and supported by a number of sponsors, will be held in Badgingarra, Boyup Brook, Tambellup and Wickepin, and will see guest speakers from the Department of Agriculture and Food WA and Zoetis, as well as private veterinarians and producers.