30/07/2003 | THE State Government has come under fire over its modest contribution to the National Livestock Identification Scheme for cattle, which is due to be phased in from January next year and fully implemented by July 2005. Australian Beef Associati
30/07/2003 | DROUGHT and softening export markets have been blamed for increased quantities of eastern Australian beef flowing into WA. Beef from the east usually arrived around June to August but it was believed more was being imported this winter. Harvey
30/07/2003 | ENSURING child safety on farms was a matter of conscientious parenting, according to WA Child Safety on Farms winner Christine Sadler. Last week Farmsafe WA recognised the child friendly environment Mrs Sadler has created on her family's 3850h
30/07/2003 | IMAGINE sowing faba beans with a granular inoculant one month before the opening rains. A new clay-based granular inoculant, Alosca ‹ which has a six-month shelf life ‹ will allow legumes to be sown dry next season if trials this year continue to
30/07/2003 | WA Hereford and Hereford cross cattle producers could soon be asked to supply beef under Hereford Prime brand names. In an interview with Farm Weekly at the recent WA Beef Cattle Assessment School, Hereford Prime chairman Ian Watson said the compa
30/07/2003 | AUSTRALIA was unlikely to benefit from a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) with the US, according to a leading policy analyst. Policy think tank ACIL Tasman has published a new report "A Bridge Too Far" which seriously questions the benefit
30/07/2003 | JAPANESE opposition parties were pushing for legislation to trace the origins of imported beef. The proposal, called The Bill Concerning Information Disclosure Related to Quality Assurance of Imported Beef, comes hot on the heels of new tracea
30/07/2003 | AN Elders field day at Northampton gave producers an opportunity to hear the latest in prime lamb and live export opportunities. Topics included grass seed damage to carcases and skins, lamb and live sheep export forward contracts, the domesti
30/07/2003 | PLANS are under way to proclaim the Whicher region in the South West as part of a new surface and ground water security strategy. The Whicher Water Resource Management Committee endorsed proclamation two months ago, at the same time the Enviro
30/07/2003 | WE haven¹t heard the last of firebrand Sandy Lewis, who last week retired as an official industry identity. After 27 years consecutive years of providing a secretariat for the Farm Machinery Dealers Association of WA and 15 years as executive dire
30/07/2003 | THE men in red from Broome to Esperance descended on the Hyatt last week for Elders Real Estate's annual conference. There were about 190 representatives present at the big event, which concluded with a gala dinner where football and TV identity C
30/07/2003 | THE sheep versus cattle equation is no longer a problem for a Golden Hill farmer. Don Nekel farms 260ha of high rainfall, perennial pasture country northwest of Denmark. He took up his block in 1964 as a woolgrower. The Nekel family, of whic
30/07/2003 | AUSTRALIA'S single desk marketing systems would come under severe pressure as the United States and Australia tried to reach agreement on an historic unilateral free trade agreement by the end of the year. US Ambassador J Thomas Schieffer told Far
30/07/2003 | WITH the world's population expected to reach 7.8b by 2025 and 9.2b by 2050, demand for animal protein globally is expected to triple by 2030, driving demand in the animal feed industry. Stock Feed Manufacturers Association of Australia executive
30/07/2003 | SKILLS Australia is set to tackle the looming labour crisis in rural areas. Education and training advisor Fred Chambers said the agriculture industry would not have access to enough workers to meet its potential production capacity within five ye
30/07/2003 | DUMBLEYUNG farmer Shayne Smith has beaten strong interstate competition to win the National Young Farmer of the Year title. WA has entered the competition twice for two wins, with Andrew Schilling of Beverley victorious in 2001. Mr Smith, 2
30/07/2003 | THE WA Regional Manufacturers Association (WARM) wants to form an exporting arm to promote WA-made agricultural products overseas. Members voted unanimously for the WARM executive to pursue the initiative at last week¹s WARM annual general mee
30/07/2003 | WITH Merino season well and truly knocking at the door, last Friday's Narrogin Long Wool day provided an appetiser for what is just around the corner. This year 46 studs lined up 150 rams for the event at the Narrogin ram shed and Roy and Coral Ma
30/07/2003 | THE PGA and WAFarmers will decide next week on what rate they will recommend their members support for the 2003 WoolPoll. WAFarmers will discuss the rate at its wool council meeting on Monday after studying supporting documentation for each ra
30/07/2003 | THE implications are huge for WA farmers, as there is the potential of a cheap management practice to control soil-borne diseases at seeding. This year farmers using Triadimefon 125, commonly called Triad, have struck problems mainly concerning bl
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