Agribusiness

OPINION: Whether or not this is the time to sell, plenty of the cooperative's members will be wondering when, not if.

The WA Supreme Court has thrown out a seven year old legal action between the descendants of late Goldfields businessman Boss Jones and his brothers John and Burchell.

The use of artificial intelligence to count sheep has improved accuracy at one of Western Australia's largest abattoirs.

A South West fruit packaging business has received approval to build a multi-million-dollar facility closer to the metropolitan area, to cater for the growing operation.

English investor Guy Hands has agreed to buy Madura Plains Station three months after purchasing the nearby Rawlinna lease.

ANALYSIS: The dollar value may not match those of other states, but the tariffs will hit WA farmers.

The farming family wants to work with apple growers in WA to stabilise prices as they invest in orchards in the southern forests.

Wine entrepreneur Franklin Tate is selling two key private assets – a South West vineyard and an Eagle Bay pad – following the collapse of his business centred on Margaret River operations.

Anthony Heslewood opened a fish processor in Augusta. A few days later, the state government banned commercial demersal fishing off the west coast.

Industry representatives will lobby Jackie Jarvis for an independent fish biomass study and pause to the ban on demersal fishing off the west coast.

The Wandel family's independent grain export business is thinking big to overcome a transport problem.

Plans for a $500m canola crushing plant by US agribusiness Cargill in Kwinana have been lodged with the state development authority.

Peeved Quintis investors face a costs blow after failing to stop receivers from selling six properties.

Wholesalers are importing more snapper from New Zealand to replace lost supply after the state government's ban on demersal fishing came into effect.

A host of Western Australia's influential business leaders could find demand for their prized meat products clipped after China imposed a 55 per cent tariff on beef imports.

As WA's annual grain harvest nears 30mt, more businesses are seeing opportunity in providing avenues to export markets.

OPINION: The ag sector's performance this year was primarily influenced by three global and national events.

Seafarms Group Limited has completed its acquisition of assets and undertakings of Project Sea Dragon from the liquidator, paving the way for a return of the trouble-plagued prawn farm.

OPINION: The resumption of canola shipments to China after a five-year hiatus is good news for local growers.

Australia's biggest grain handler has reported a jump in profit in the past financial year, while receiving its third-largest crop.

Prominent farming families, wealthy individuals, an Olympian, and a state politician were among the biggest buyers of WA farms this year.

Mark Harvey-Sutton believes the campaign to save live sheep exports will have politicians thinking twice before shutting down any other industry.

Wesfarmers' fertiliser manufacturer has begun sourcing material from the only surviving and operating Western Australian potash project.

A Hopetoun farming family has emerged as the buyer of a major nearby farm, which was offloaded for $50 million by a company linked to the Malaysia-based BOH tea brand.

The state's commercial fishing lobby says affordable fish and chips could be a thing of the past due to reductions to demersal catches along most of Western Australia's coast.

OPINION: An ongoing state review of the sandalwood sector represents an opportunity to reform a broken system.

OPINION: Imports from the US won't change the fact that fresh, locally sourced beef provides the best value for consumers.

Northern Australia's cattle industry leaders are confident politicians are on their side in the wake of the federal government's decision to ban live sheep exports from mid-2028.

The buyer alleges he was tricked into overpaying for his portion of the farm by millions of dollars due to misleading marketing.

Prominent agribusinessman Tony Galati has signalled his intention to “bust” into the apple market to arrest rising prices for the popular fruit.

Live export is critical to Australia's influence in south-east Asia, former federal trade minister Andrew Robb says.

An industry group led by farmer Alan Richardson and project developer Enzo Gullotti has become the third outfit looking to build a canola processing plant in WA.