23/03/2001 | COOPERATIVE Bulk Handling (CBH) announced a $65 million surplus at its AGM last week. CBH chief executive officer Imre Mencshelyi also announced a cash-in-bank figure of $42.5m (as at October 31, 2000) and a reduction of $2.77 in its 'per tonne' o
23/03/2001 | THE constant threat to the wool industry from the dangerous weed noogoora burr was highlighted recently, when the samples of the plant were found in horse feed in Geraldton. WA Inspection Service officer Greg Croker said analysis certificates of t
23/03/2001 | AFTER more than a century, the name of Dalgety will start to disappear from the Australian agribusiness scene. From this week, Wesfarmers Landmark becomes the new brand name for the business created by the recent merger of Wesfarmers Dalgety a
23/03/2001 | CHANGES to the structure of Australia's leading Damara group are being fueled by the attraction of international prices. With the world's supply of sheepmeat in decline over the past 10 years, and increasing demand for clean, quality assured sheep
23/03/2001 | FARMERS are being urged to be on the lookout for locusts after early sightings in the eastern Wheatbelt region. The move comes after graingrowers reported large numbers of locust hoppers (up to 100 per square metre) in the Mt Marshall, Mukinbudin,
23/03/2001 | AWB Limited A-class shareholders last week re-elected Lake Grace farmer Laurie Marshall as a director. Mr Marshall won from a strong field of candidates and secured 53.5 per cent of the final vote, after preferences, having secured 48.3pc of t
23/03/2001 | THE WA FARMERS Federation has agreed in principle to a "sleeping" zero-rated sheep and goat disease compensation plan that would only be activated to collect levies in event of a disease outbreak. Delegates at last week's WAFF conference discussed
23/03/2001 | WA is set to lead one of the world's most progressive networks for supplying sheepmeat following moves to restructure the Damara Breeders' Group (DBG). The moves, announced this month, will register all members as suppliers of animals for live exp
23/03/2001 | WHILE full results are not expected for another month, there are promising outcomes so far from a prime lamb carcase trial being carried out at Bindi Bindi. The Texel Producer Initiated Research and Development (PIRD) trial has been held at the Te
23/03/2001 | GRAINGROWERS who have harvested crop varieties that were not acquired according to the requirements of the Plant Breeders Rights (PBR) Act will have to move quickly to take advantage of an amnesty. The amnesty was put in place by Agriculture WA fo
23/03/2001 | WA'S best wool sale in years. That's how the wool industry is greeting last week's result, with the indicator up nearly five per cent in three days of selling. Good demand across all wool micron categories, a weak Australian dollar in relat
23/03/2001 | WITH the Woolorama speed shearing record established last year broken in a matter of months by a NSW team, WA was out on Friday night to show Australia just which was truly the quickest state. The WA team of Robin Ormsby, Kojonup, Gareth Michell,
23/03/2001 | DELEGATES to WAFF's annual conference last week were divided by the decision to suspend membership of the National Farmers Federation. Federation members from around the state expressed anger and concern over the decision to withdraw from the nati
23/03/2001 | WAMMCO chairman Dawson Bradford has denied rumours the Linley Valley abattoir was for sale. Speaking at the WA Farmers Federation annual meat section conference, Mr Bradford reiterated that the Linley Valley plant was closed on an extended seasonal b
23/03/2001 | MORE than 270 Wesfarmers Ltd shareholders attended the company's Ownership Simplification meeting at Albany last week as the company toured the state on an information campaign. The meetings were chaired by Harry Perkins, the chairman of both Wesf
15/03/2001 | PREMIUMS earned for Australian growers through AWB Ltd's management of the single desk for Australian wheat have been demonstrated in the first tranche result of the 2000-2001 Basis Pool. The basis of US46 cents per bushel represents an $A32 per t
15/03/2001 | CASE-IH is taking a measured approach to its new grain quality monitor, which is being tested in Australia. Following extensive trials during the recent harvest throughout Australia, research work will now shift to North America for further testi
15/03/2001 | It may come as a surprise to some farmers, but these models, a 4000 litre tank and a 28m (90ft) boom, have been used in Italy for the past five years, mainly in tramline cropping. In WA, bigger tanks are now in demand as farmers seek to push pr
15/03/2001 | WA graingrowers have within their means the ability to reach even greater heights in producing quality grain. A decade ago it might not have been a commonly held view, but Lake Grace farmer and AWB Ltd director Laurie Marshall says there is now en
15/03/2001 | RECENT pasture seminars in the northern Wheatbelt have identified the benefits of sowing and effectively managing new varieties to help rebuild existing pasture paddocks, control growing herbicide resistance and take advantage of rising livestock pri
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