Agribusiness

WA Agriculture Minister Jackie Jarvis has delivered a stunning rebuke of commentary suggesting she does not support the live export sector, in a passionate speech that earned her praise from what was expected to be a tough crowd.

Direct relationships between farmers and retailers are on the rise. For one Perth baker, a global search for good wheat led to the gates of a homegrown agriculture legend.

Should emissions from food production be considered in the same light as those generated by disposable consumer goods?

China will lift tariffs on Australian hay imports in the latest sign relationships between Canberra and Beijing are on the mend.

CSBP has appointed Ryan Lamp as general manager to replace Mark Scatena, who is moving on to the fertiliser firm’s parent company Wesfarmers.

One of the state’s biggest olive farm, representing more than one in every six commercially-cultivated trees, has been put on the block.

In the 2010s the state government backed three North West oyster trials. One failed, one is facing uncertainty, and one is on the cusp of success.

Marine Produce Australia has been placed into liquidation owing $73 million to unsecured creditors after its asset-rich subsidiaries were sold to Tassal Group last month.

Falls in crude oil prices and lower bulk shipping costs and volumes are pointers to a period of slowing growth.

A specialist training facility has opened at Muresk Institute, a major part of the $10.3 million upgrade for the Northam agricultural centre.

The state government has stepped in to fund a research program to futureproof WA’s scallop industry in the face of mounting difficulties caused by climate change.

The state’s third-largest vegetable producer and two of its directors have been fined more than $50,000 for using excess water at properties in Perth’s north east.

A Western Australian abattoir reopened last year will shut its doors in a major blow to south coast sheep farmers.

Western Australian wine producers have expressed cautious optimism about the potential reopening of China’s market after high level trade talks.

An Australian team will fly to Indonesia to work with authorities, as a key deadline over concerns around lumpy skin disease in live cattle exports draws closer.

The WA Nationals have called on state and federal governments to do more to push the case for WA cattle as a key deadline for Indonesian exports draws closer.

China is a major player in global grain markets and could become our most significant buyer of barley.

From cattle stations to burgers, the truffle’s image is getting a working class makeover.

Oysters at a Forrest-backed farm near Carnarvon have been rendered unsellable due to a natural parasite taking hold at the site.

Updated guidance on medicinal cannabis use in the workplace and removal of barriers for industrial hemp production will be pursued by the state government.

Chamber of Minerals and Energy of WA boss Rebecca Tomkinson has drawn synergies between the mining and agriculture sectors as both industries adopt new technologies.

The Federal Court has decided Frank Wilson did not breach his director’s duties after finding ASIC could not prove its allegations against the Quintis Sandalwood founder.

The chief executive of Andrew and Nicola Forrest's agribusiness branch Harvest Road has resigned after just shy of three years in the role.

Carnarvon has emerged as a potential new home for WA’s plantation sandalwood industry after a 15-year trial recorded better growth than experienced at its existing base in Kununurra.

A John Caratti-controlled company has failed to quash a costs order to pay some of major grain farmer Giovanni ‘John’ Nicoletti’s legal fees in the Federal Court.

The agriculture minister has confirmed the Chinese customs agency will reinstate barley producers CBH and Emerald Grain to the approved list of exporters.

Two WA companies have taken different approaches to controlling methane emissions from cattle.

There is a close link between the declining sheep flock and the reduction in overall emissions.

China’s scrapping of an 80 per cent tariff on Australian barley could prove a catalyst for the lifting of other trade sanctions between the two nations, according to Federal Trade Minister Don Farrell.

Tassal Group has acquired barramundi farm operator Marine Produce Australia's group of companies that has been in administration since May.

West Australian truffleries are toasting a bumper season as strong exports, booming local interest and favourable weather turns the tide after lean 2022 season.

Wide Open Agriculture has been awarded a $5 million grant from the state government despite the long-running suspension of its shares on the ASX.