31 Jan 07 | Wellard managing director Steve Meerwald said it was important that Wellard continued to back its modern image with actions, through the adoption of the best technology, to ensure the company was at the forefront of the live export industry in Austra
31 Jan 07 | If Mr Iffla¹s application is successful, the review committee meetings scheduled for that week will be brought forward by a day, leaving Thursday free for those people wishing to make both events a priority. Growers will be keen to attend the AGM
31 Jan 07 | As well, those involved in modifying farm machinery have been left vulnerable to higher insurance premiums. Industry insurance specialists suggest premiums could range up to $80,000 a year for profes-sional indemnity cover. And while a review
31 Jan 07 | ³We don¹t tolerate cruelty or irresponsible animal welfare practices which may lead to unnecessary suffering by pigs and we condemn the actions of anyone neglecting their responsibilities to the animals in their care.² Mr Dent made the comments fo
31 Jan 07 | The first load of de-hulled lupin kernels left the plant on January 17, 2007, and will be used for stock feed. ALP plant manager John Doncon said that while the plant was still to be officially commissioned for operation, the test samples indicate
31 Jan 07 | AWB Limited chairman Brendan Stewart said in the company¹s annual report that the board accepted ultimate responsibility for the actions of management and the company¹s culture during the scandal-tainted oil-for-food (OFF) program. But so far ther
31 Jan 07 | On the same day in 1907, a meeting of interested parties convened by shipowner, timber merchant, gold entrepreneur and pastoralist Maurice Coleman Davies, appointed William Thorley Loton as inaugural president of the Pastoralists Association of WA.
31 Jan 07 | Pastoralists and Graziers Association (PGA) livestock chairman Tim D¹Arcy said producers had informed him that they could not get their cattle killed. ³Lotfeeders are being affected the most; they have cattle going over weight because they can¹t g
31 Jan 07 | WoolProducers and the Australian Woolgrowers Association (AWGA) have not always seen eye-to-eye, but both groups have had serious concerns about the lack of a strategic plan for more than two years. The anxiety among the groups has increased on th
24 Jan 07 | The Canadian plebiscite will poll farmers about their views on barley marketing, which accounts for the smallest portion of CWB¹s business. Voting will start next week with results announced in mid-March. Accounting firm KPMG will manage the vo
24 Jan 07 | Under the new system, around 50 beef producers will be invited to submit weekly offers for the provision of boxed beef. Farm Weekly revealed exclusively last year that Coles¹ WA supermarkets did not stock beef sourced locally. Coles spokesman S
24 Jan 07 | The notice was directed to the Hazelmere-based Talloman rendering plant to either empty or cover one of its wastewater ponds following complaints from residents in the area about odour levels. Gingin abattoir owner Ned Borrello, who runs Gingin M
24 Jan 07 | While those growers who took advantage of the additional returns offered by CBH¹s wheat pool will be content with the performance of its current directors, single desk supporters have made it known they will be seeking change. While the WGA has co
24 Jan 07 | ³We have seen increased demand from the local market and in exports to Singapore,² Mr Penn said. ³We are underselling by 1000 bacon a week. ³Our current throughput is 10,000 a week and we have a capacity of 14,400. ³At our current rate we pu
24 Jan 07 | The controversial letter recommended to Prime Minis-ter John Howard that WA wheatgro-wers wanted AWB stripped of its power of veto on bulk wheat exports for last season. Mr Marshall is now defending Mrs Newman, who is also in hot water for an
24 Jan 07 | The organisation acknowledged that many of the responses highlighted the important role diazinon played in the wool industry. But the APVMA said none of the responses contained information or data sufficient to alter the basis for occupational hea
24 Jan 07 | WA Livestock Exporters Association chairman John Edwards said PETA continued to run a global campaign against the Australian sheep industry, based on grossly distorted claims of cruelty, particularly in the wool and livestock export industries. ³W
24 Jan 07 | Jack and Vick Burton run stations in the west and east Kimberley and said they have had a brilliant start. ³Most of the Kimberley had green feed before Christmas and while it is not our best start, it is probably in the best 10-15pc,² he said. ³In
11 Jan 07 | ³The strike is pretty serious, in as much as it¹s having quite significant effects on the domestic situation with all abattoirs and other veterinary requirements in Israel having ground to a stop,² Mr Stinson said. ³It is my understanding that t
11 Jan 07 | The rescheduled sales follow last week¹s storm, which hit the area on the day scheduled for the Landmark Esperance beef weaner sale. Consequently the sale was cancelled, however, Landmark agents sold by private tender nearly 700 head of cattle tha
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