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Tony York has been elected president of WAFarmers at the organisation's annual conference, replacing Dale Park who had reached the end of the maximum number of terms as president.

Sydney-based GrainCorp has emerged as a cornerstone investor in a bid to corporatise and list CBH Group, through a complex deal that would deliver up to $1 billion in cash plus share

Premier Colin Barnett has rejected calls for an independent inquiry into the deadly Yarloop bushfire to also include the recent Esperance bushfires, which killed four people.

The small Western Australian township of Yarloop appears to have been virtually wiped out and three residents are unaccounted for following an unpredictable bushfire, with the Insurance Council of Australia declaring it a catastrophe.

The state's largest agricultural lobby group has reported its first operating surplus since 2010, which was largely attributable to a reduction in costs.

Brookfield Infrastructure has suffered a blow in its contested takeover bid for port and rail provider Asciano, with the ACCC declining to accept a series of behavioural undertakings offered by the Canadian group.

A parliamentary committee report on fracking in Western Australia has found that there is misinformation in the public debate on the issue and made 12 recommendations to the state government for regulating the industry.

SPECIAL REPORT: Earnings for the state from the powerhouse minerals and energy industries have softened, but agriculture, among other sectors, will create opportunities. Business News also takes an in depth look at Bunbury port, where a big expansion plan needs community backing and solid regional demand growth.

The state government will receive a budget bonus of more than $300 million thanks to the fall of the Australian dollar, while farmers and exporters will also benefit from increased international competitiveness.

Australian rock star and face of a controversial Peta campaign against the wool industry, Jona Weinhofen, could be getting shearing lessons thanks to a successful crowdfunding project by WAFarmers.

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The state government has stuck to its position that maintenance of leased railway infrastructure is the responsibility of the private sector, in its response to the 2014 parliamentary committee report into the management of the state's freight rail network.

The federal government has announced it will increase scrutiny on incoming foreign investment in agricultural land, lowering the threshold at which purchases are reviewed by the Foreign Investment Review Board.

Coles stores in Western Australia will be selling WAFarmers branded milk from today, with part of the proceeds from sales going to development of the state's agricultural industry.

The state government must take action to amend its freight network lease, and should take action to recommission rail lines that have been put into care and maintenance, according to a report by the state parliament's Economic and Industry Standing Committee.

Drought-plagued farmers will be the beneficiaries of a new concessional loans scheme announced by the state and federal governments today.

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.

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.

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.

Peter Nolin has left WAFarmers to take on a role at KPMG's management consulting division as a director – strategy and business development, just six months after joining the farming federation as

Badgingarra cattle and sheep farmer Dale Park has been re-elected unopposed as WAFarmers president for a second and final two-year term.

Western Australia's peak farming lobby has welcomed the news that Australia will resume live exports of sheep to Bahrain, following the negotiation of a new health protocol between the two nations.

Gage Roads Brewing Company founder Peter Nolin has been appointed CEO of the WA Farmers Federation.

After nearly 15 years at WAFarmers, Andy McMillan has resigned as chief executive officer.

Things are looking up for WA grain producers, with a bumper crop on the way, but the outlook remains mixed for the state's live animal exporters.

Western Australia's peak farming lobby says the looming closure of two Tier 3 rail lines in the Wheatbelt will force thousands of trucks onto unsafe roads.

A peak farmers' lobby group is examining the possibility of administering the federal government's farm finance package outside of the state, amid concerns the lifeline could get derailed by the st

Vern Dempster has replaced Clancy Michael as deputy chairman of grain handler CBH Group.

The prime minister's aid package for farmers has carried the day when compared to the Barnett government's more modest offering.

FARMING groups are taking a cautious view of the Barnett government's promises to make legislative reforms to benefit the sector if it wins the March 9 election, given the lack of action they say h

WA farmers are playing catch-up in canola while the rest of their sector remains GM free.

The state's biggest industries are watching closely as water reform bubbles away below the political surface.

Intergrain has withdrawn the $2 per tonne end point royalty imposed on farmers growing Carnamah wheat after WAFarmers warned it would launch a class action over the levy.

The Western Australian Farmers Federation and independent grains manager, Emerald have formed an alliance to help WA farmers take more control of their wheat marketing in the wake of Australian market deregulation.

WITH Labor in power, Unions WA is automatically elevated to a powerful position in policy making. The relationship between the two groups has not all been plain sailing.