Also known as sandplain lupin, blue lupin has hard seeds which persist in the soil and germinate to compete with narrow-leaf and albus lupin crops, particularly in the Geraldton port zone.

Last week, Industry, Science and Technology Minister Karen Andrews, Resources, Water and Northern Australia Minister Keith Pitt and Federal Durack MP Melissa Price jointly announced the $637 million Lake Mackay SoP project on the WA-Northern Territory border had been declared a major project.

In April 182,400 sheep were transferred east from Western Australia, down from 274,300 in March.

When Woodanilling farmer Damian Shackley and his family won their first WAMMCO Producer of the Month title in February 2013, their draft of 109 Suffolk-Merino prime lambs averaged 22.7 kilograms a head to return $79.42 a head.