Shannon Beattie

This is the first time the aphid has been detected north of the Great Eastern Highway since it was first detected in WA in August 2020 in the Southern wheat growing area.

Reports of higher than normal levels of mouse activity have been coming in over the past two months.

The image, titled 'Sharing a joke', was captured by Amanda Stewart of Buniche and features her husband and workmate sharing a moment while filling up the seeder.

The annual Perth pilgrimage was hosted by AgConnectWA and gave the next generation of agricultural professionals the chance to catch up with old friends and make new contacts.

The licence is a key element of LGP's entry into the burgeoning international field of psychedelic drugs to treat mental illness.

"This whole ordeal has been a failure of political leadership right across the country," WAFarmers grains section president Mr Fels said.

On Friday morning last week, Westonia reached a freezing low of - 5.1 degrees, followed by -2.9 on Saturday and -1.9 on Sunday.

The idea is that anyone who will have contact with a receival site during harvest - including staff, farmers and truck drivers - needs to have had their COVID-19 vaccination in order to enter.

"Wild turnip is considered a winter weed, but with sufficient soil moisture & mild temperatures it can also establish and set seed over summer," Dr Chauhan said.

CBH announced last week that Aurizon had been selected to take over the operation of rail services, securing the contract over Watco which was coming to the end of its 10-year agreement with CBH.