Grain grower lobbyist WAFarmers has had a win for its members, convincing the federal government to waive port regulations for grower co-operatives, on the same day CBH announced its estimated freight fees for next season.
New woodchip player Southern Pacific Fibre has struck a marketing and sales deal with Australia’s largest producer and exporter of high-quality hardwood chips, Australian Bluegum Plantations, despite a weak woodchip market.
The Australian agribusiness industry received a boost today with a major deal signed with China for the establishment of a multi-billion dollar investment fund.
Receivers have said there are more than two dozen potential buyers in the sale of WA’s largest locally owned mushroom farm, Jongro, with expressions of interest closing this week.
The state government today launched a two-year project to increase the supply of labour to the agrifood industry through migration, workforce development and training.
Western Australia’s grain handling cooperative CBH Group has announced a record $4.55 per tonne growers’ rebate after a year of strong harvest last financial year.
Agricultural lobby group WA Farmers will be releasing its own milk brand in November, with proceeds used to support market development in the farming industry.
Roleystone woman Hayley Goad has been selected by the Cattle Council of Australia as WA Beef Industry Rising Champion, and will head to Canberra for the NAB Agribusiness Beef Industry Rising Champions Initiative national final.
The state government has today unveiled the Northern Beef Futures project, a $15 million investment in supply chain and trade development that it says will have a flow on benefit of half a billion dollars across the community.
Western Australian farmers benefited from low interest rates, good crop yields and timely strength in commodity prices in the most recent financial year, according to the Planfarm Bankwest Benchmarks 2013-14.
Grain handler and marketer CBH Group has closed its Western Australian network after a male contractor died while carrying out maintenance work at Northampton.
Western Australia’s billion dollar agrifood export business with China has received another boost with the signing of a cooperation agreement between V & V Walsh and Grand Farm.
West Kimberley pastoralists have been promised $15.5 million in state funding to help the region become a major beef supplier to China and south-east Asia.
The state government has invested $2 million to support Western Australian agriculture by granting free entry to the IGA Perth Royal Show and local Royal Agriculture Society-affiliated shows for children aged 12 years and younger.
Australian beef producers are facing competition in emerging exports markets from low-cost Indian buffalo production, according to the Australian Bureau of Agriculture Resource Economics and Sciences.
Perth-based marine environment specialist BMT Oceanica has formed a partnership with aquaculture advisory group SmartAqua, ahead of major growth predicted in the industry.
A convoy of truck drivers headed by WAFarmers and the Wheatbelt Railway Retention Alliance drove through parts of Perth today to demonstrate their opposition to the closure of the Tier 3 rail lines.
Australian Sandalwood producer TFS Corporation predicts it will generate exports of $1 billion over the next decade as its oil fetches $5,000 per kilogram overseas.
The organic famer who unsuccessfully sued his neighbour for allegedly contaminating his crops with genetically modified canola has decided to appeal the Supreme Court judgment against him.
The state’s rural confidence is at its highest level in over two years after a rainy autumn has found 84 per cent of farmers expecting this year to be better or as good as last year's season.
Beverages giant Lion has confirmed about a third of workers at its Bentley milk processing plant will lose their jobs after the company was dumped as Woolworths' milk supplier in Western Australia for rival Brownes.
In its last move before being disbanded, a research centre has used vital funding from an unexpected source to potentially secure a new future for Western Australia’s mallee industry.
