31/05/2006 | AWB has bowed to industry pressure and is now committed to making further changes to the management of Australia's single desk wheat marketing system. Last week's announcement by AWB that it will adopt all the additional governance recommendat
31/05/2006 | THE Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX) board has decided to move away from providing wool auction rooms in Sydney and Melbourne by the end of the year. By discontinuing the provision of auction rooms, AWEX will no longer operate as a landlord.
31/05/2006 | AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation (AWI) maintains generic wool promotion is not on the board's agenda as the company prepares to release the recommended levy rates made by the 2006 WoolPoll panel this month. WoolPoll chairman John Keniry confirmed wi
31/05/2006 | AUSTRALIA'S highest ranking police official and commissioner Terence Cole may discuss this week whether or not to lay charges against those involved in the Iraqi wheat scandal. Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner Mick Keelty is schedu
31/05/2006 | WITH cattle prices firm, and the highest rainfall recorded in six years; for many pastoralists it is a dream come true. Yearling, steer and cow prices firmed by 5c at Monday's Midland sale, reaching the highest prices for the year. While ma
31/05/2006 | ABB Grain chief Michael Iwaniw claims the Wheat Australia sale of 350,000t of wheat to Iraq valued at an estimated $90 million is back on. The deal's apparent rejuvenation comes a week after Wheat Australia announced it would not be able to do bus
31/05/2006 | WA growers are concerned that the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) is ignoring farmers' priorities in its pursuit of private investment. The GRDC generated $110 million revenue in 2004-05, spending $106.4m on research and dev
31/05/2006 | THE WA Meat Industry Authority (WAMIA) has appointed Dubbo-based Atlex Stockyard designers to build the Muchea saleyards. The stockyard design company confirmed this week that they had been appointed to design the yards. Completion date is Jun
31/05/2006 | AWB announced a modest profit for its 2006 half year results, despite operating in a shadow cast by the Cole inquiry. In making the announcement, AWB Limited chairman Brendan Stewart acknowledged the company had experienced difficulty operatin
31/05/2006 | EMANUEL Exports will continue to defend charges made against it under the WA Animal Welfare Act at a court hearing on a date to be set at the July 26 hearing. Emanuels and two of its directors were charged with animal cruelty over the transpor
31/05/2006 | AGRICULTURE Department molecular geneticist and barley breeder Chengdao Li is developing a new variety of barley aimed at producing low-calorie beers. According to Mr Li, it is a common fallacy that beer is fattening. "Beer contains no fat
31/05/2006 | A MORATORIUM on the production of genetically modified (GM) canola is agitating the progress of WA's canola industry. Speaking at the launch of Oilseeds WA's latest venture, senior representatives agreed with questioning that suggested the mor
31/05/2006 | AWB'S venture into the Indian market has been complicated by India's State Trading Corporation (STC) refusing to budge from the terms of its latest contract to import Australian wheat. STC has ruled out retrospective changes to its contract wi
31/05/2006 | THE WA Meat Industry Authority (WAMIA) hopes producers will be attracted back to the auction system when the state-of-the-art Muchea saleyards is up and running. WAMIA acting chief executive officer David Saunders said the number of sheep sold
31/05/2006 | JUST less than 500 pigs were registered and sold under Primaries agents at the return of the Midland pig sales last Wednesday. It is five weeks since the pig selling complex closed ‹ a decision unpopular among small producers and butchers.
31/05/2006 | ALPACA breeders were quick to buy selected females at the Fairbridge Village Alpaca Sale Day on May 27. While a few sheep farmers searched for alpaca wethers to act as flock guards the chequebooks came out from breeders for good quality female
31/05/2006 | HIGH goat prices and favourable trapping conditions in pastoral regions have created a great start to WA goat figures. WA's biggest goat processor Geraldton Meat Exporters (GME) has seen a movement towards consistent supply of goats ov
25/05/2006 | REPRESENTATIVES from Dyson Jones travelled through China recently and returned with an insight into the relationship between China and the Australian wool industry. Marketing director John Stothard and trading director Peter Howie went on the week
25/05/2006 | LOWER micron wool can achieve high wool cuts and good values. Lewisdale stud principal Ray Lewis was at the Dyson Jones wool selling centre last week to see part of his wool clip go under the hammer. Mr Lewis sold 17 bales of wool that had been
25/05/2006 | THE seventh AWI World Merino Conference in Perth on July 13 will go down in WA's history books as the premier agricultural event in its history. An impressive line-up of keynote speakers will cover an extensive range of topics to delegates fro
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