Western Australia has a rich history of regional towns that have risen rapidly in the pursuit of primary resource opportunities and declined just as fast when economic dreams turned to dust. Has this given rise to the Ghostbelt?

Feedlotting lambs, with self-feeders, is usually a straightforward job – but more fun in the dry. This year's heavy rainfall has brought with it several challenges for feedlotters.

Harvey local, Jess Andony, has recently joined the Milne Feeds team. She will begin work as an understudy to industry expert, and Milne ruminant feed manager, Dean Maughan.

A decrease in milk production, coupled with an increase in demand for milk has seen a competitive market return to the Western Australian dairy industry

Milne Feeds' Jerramungup Depot is ideally located to service sheep farmers in the region. With a background in farming and trucking, depot manager Leon Whittle ensures good stock availability and fast turnaround for loading trucks. Read more about his story here.

The Jerramungup area, in the Great Southern Ag Zone, approximately 450 kilometers southeast of Perth, has been amongst the driest areas of WA in recent years. This year's heavy rainfall has seen the scales tipped in the other direction.

Canola prices have reached all-time highs with global demand instigating rapid price growth in the past few months. However, improved weather and growing conditions in key areas of the Northern Hemisphere have seen prices ease more recently.

Many farmers relying on pasture for livestock enterprises, and grain production operations would be familiar with the term 'false break' and the challenges of determining whether early rain will be supported by follow up rain events to sustain germinating crops or pasture, or whether an extended dry period will follow.

After taking the unprecedented step of placing a 30-day ban on its beef exports in May, Argentina has moved to lift the ban, but several restrictive measures remain in place.

The Pieper family farm at Manypeaks, near Albany, running a mixed cropping and ewe operation. Read more about their experiences here.