WA’s $15.5 billion agriculture industry is the most heavily regulated in the nation, with the incoming Aboriginal cultural heritage laws expected to create more red tape, according to a report.
Barramundi farm operator Marine Produce Australia has received help from a Tasmania-based company to continue trading after exhausting funds, including from NAB.
The Federal Court has refused Quintis founder Frank Wilson's request to throw out a creditor's petition over his failure to comply with a $15 million bankruptcy notice.
Fisheries Minister Don Punch has been taken to court over management measures introduced by the state government stipulating new rules for recreational, charter and commercial fishers.
Agribusiness major Bunge will acquire Glencore-backed rival Viterra in a merger that could spell a noticeable shift at the top end of Western Australia’s largest grain exporters.
Seafarms Group says it is committed to developing Project Sea Dragon after it regained control of the collapsed prawn farm from administrators in March.
Agriculture technology company RLF AgTech has struck a $3.3 million contract with another distributor in Vietnam, expanding its network in South-East Asia.
Kimberley Cotton Company has approved construction of WA’s first cotton processing gin despite needing to raise extra funds to cover a large cost blowout.
Australia is hopeful more trade sanctions will be lifted from key exports following a surprise announcement from Beijing, as trade relations begin to improve.
The federal government has announced grants to three big timber processing companies in WA in another sign the industry’s future rests with softwood plantation timber.
The WorkSafe commissioner has supported majority of the recommendations derived from the injury into the agriculture industry which has been described as the “most deadly” sector.
CBH has received its first shipment of liquid fertiliser at its new fertiliser plant in Kwinana, marking the exporter’s first time entering the liquid fertiliser market.
The federal government has temporarily suspended its appeal to the World Trade Organization over China’s tariffs on Australian barley after China agreed to undertake a review.
Gina Rinehart's Hancock Agriculture has sold four cattle stations under its S Kidman & Co portfolio, which is shared with joint venture partner Chinese-owned CRED Pastoral.
Agtech startup Agora Livestock has banked more than $1.1 million to fund commercialisation of its trading platform, after winning a major federal government acceleration grant.
New leadership is in store for Perth-based reforestation company Carbon Neutral after its decade-long chief executive Ray Wilson stepped down from the role.
CBH has officially opened its new fertiliser plant in Kwinana with CBH chair Simon Stead and Agriculture and Food Minister Jackie Jarvis unveiling the facility this morning.
