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State agriculture minister Jackie Jarvis has announced an $8.6 million funding package to support agricultural industries and rural communities impacted by the current drought conditions.

The WAFarmers grain section president has welcomed a modification approved by a global certification system which exempts WA farmers from some rules around aerial spraying, but he says it doesn't go far enough.

A high profile farmer from the wheatbelt says it's tragic that a global certification system has approved a modification for WA growers that is more lenient on the rules around aerial spraying.

The WA Livestock Exporters Association says a proposal to reduce the moratorium period on the live sheep trade by sea this year could see an extra 20-thousand head shipped out of Western Australia, but that comes with a number of caveats.

Over the weekend, a convoy of 8 trucks loaded with fodder travelled from Esperance on the south coast to stations based in the Mid West and Gascoyne.

Rural news and events from Western Australia and the nation.