30/09/2004 | WAFARMERS hopes to simplify the environmental protocols facing farmers with $100,000 in federal funding. The lobby group was one of the beneficiaries of the latest round of Environmental Management Systems (EMS) spending. WAFarmers farm bus
30/09/2004 | AUSTRALIA and China are in the initial stages of considering a free trade agreement (FTA). China is seeking from Australia recognition as being a market economy, as a condition of its agreement to start the formal negotiations. Australia recog
30/09/2004 | LOCKRIDGE Senior High School students honed their cattle parading skills in preparation for the Perth Royal Show which starts on Saturday. Students competed for the chance to qualify for the school's team to take part in the student paraders c
30/09/2004 | DAVID Taylor might best be described as the equivalent of an Aussie battler. He found his feet 10 years ago when he established his own transport business in the rural township of Bredasdorp, located in the Western Province, two hours from Cape To
30/09/2004 | WA shearing legend Don Boyle has been awarded the WA State Training Board Medal for outstanding achievement in training. Mr Boyle received the award at the WA Department of Education and Training Excellence presentation night. A strong feeling
30/09/2004 | THE long-term profitability of the Australian grain sector will depend on how well it can meet changing demands in both export and domestic markets, according to a Rabobank report. It said the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Na
30/09/2004 | A NEWLY-FORMED Arthur River oat pool has got off to a promising start in its first year of operation, with 14 growers supplying the pool's new receival site with 7500 tonnes of oats. A similar amount Is expected this year. Most of last year's
30/09/2004 | THE Australian pork industry now has a nationally coordinated approach to environmental management following the launch of the National Environmental Guideline for Piggeries, according to Australian Pork Limited (APL). APL Research and Innovation
30/09/2004 | NAREMBEEN farmer John Hall claims CALM is wasting time and money in its approach to repairing Seagroatt Reserve. CALM will investigate, at a cost of $50,000, 11 options for alleviating the damage to the area, which it believes is linked to was
30/09/2004 | FARMERS and researchers are battling the challenge of herbicide resistant weed populations because of the increase in continuous cropping over the past decade. Leading the charge is consultant Bill Roy who has been managing an eight-year study
15/09/2004 | THE Australian dairy industry has received $345,000 for its best practice natural resource management strategy, Dairying for Tomorrow. The funds were received from the National Landcare Program after the Federal Government approved a joint pro
15/09/2004 | ACTION Supermarkets entered the WA Q Lamb alliance in 1997 and have been selling and promoting WA Q Lamb ever since. When the WA Q Lamb alliance started in 1995, 11 producers belonged to the alliance and supplied 20,000 lambs on an annual basis an
15/09/2004 | THE advantages of natural wool harvesting were promoted at the eastern districts Merino breeders field day last week where BioClip representative Anthony Shepherd gave an detailed demonstration of the procedures. During the display, nets were
15/09/2004 | THE State Government would continue to support the control of wild dogs through the use of 1080 by authorised and trained landholders in WA, according to Agriculture Minister Kim Chance. Mr Chance confirmed the government¹s position after discussi
15/09/2004 | REPRESENTATIVES of WA's dairy farmers, processors and retailers have met for the first time to discuss the future of their industry as a group. The Dairy Industry Forum focused on building trust, confidence and equity among the various sectors to
15/09/2004 | THE latest Meat and Livestock Australia lamb survey indicates ewe numbers mated to produce Merino lambs is set to rise 16pc and WA is leading the charge in flock expansion. Record prime lamb prices and improved seasonal conditions did not yield th
15/09/2004 | AFTER a successful inaugural sale last year, the Great Southern Dohne Sale is back on the calendar this year again. The sale is scheduled for Monday, October 4, starting at 1pm, and will be held at the Summerfield property, 12km north of Katanning
15/09/2004 | THE directors of Challenge Dairy Co-operative last week briefed shareholders on a proposed joint venture with Singapore¹s QAF Limited. QAF is a diversified, publicly listed Singaporean company with significant interests in consumer manufacturing,
15/09/2004 | WORKSAFE will monitor WA¹s hay industry this year to ensure occupational health and safety (OHS) standards are being met. A boom in the export hay market in recent years, and competitive returns, saw many traditional graingrowers turn to growi
15/09/2004 | A SENATE rural committee has recommended amendments to federal legislation that would allow the Livestock Export Corporation (Livecorp) to introduce compulsory levies. Livecorp is in a race against time to put compulsory levies in place follow
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