28/11/2007 | GRAIN growers could be banned from using 2,4-D high volatile esters (HVE) again this summer unless chemical manufacturers can raise $100,000 for self-funded field trials. The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) put the
28/11/2007 | WITH the deadline for the Productivity Commission’s accelerated report just two weeks away, pork producers have been submitting their views on the impact of pigmeat imports on their industry. Farmers from around Australia have agreed the impact i
28/11/2007 | FARMERS who have not made the switch to Telstra’s Next-G network better get a move on if they do not want to be cut off. Telstra plans to shut down the CDMA service at the end of January and the telco has urged anyone who has not changed over to t
28/11/2007 | WA’S two farm representative groups are split on the merit of establishing a producer-owned abattoir. The push for such an abattoir has gathered momentum since the idea was raised at the recent red meat crisis meeting held in Bunbury. Producers
28/11/2007 | A RED Meat Crisis Committee has been formed to put strate-gic plans in place to try and combat the low prices being dealt to WA cattle producers. At this stage the committee will consist of WAFarmers meat section president Mike Norton, PGA meat s
20/11/2007 | THE State Government will soon have $70 million in its coffers after an announcement last week that the sale of the 33ha Midland saleyards has been finalised to the Goodman Group. The price tag was significantly more than many senior livestock ind
20/11/2007 | PASTORALISTS and Graziers’ Association wool committee chairman Digby Stretch said last week’s Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) elections reflected levels of uncertainty and discontent among woolgrowers. He said the poll also risked unwanted change
20/11/2007 | A WA man charged with the theft of cattle embryos has pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement with six other charges dropped. Chris Wyhoon was put on an 18-month bond without conviction after a magistrate at Albury Local Court in NSW said h
20/11/2007 | THE WA National Party has copped a hammering over its decision to preference minor parties ahead of the Liberals on the Senate ticket for this weekend’s federal election. The Nationals grabbed headlines last week after announcing they had distribu
20/11/2007 | THE restored Chamberlain tractor and its crew which commemorated a 1950s trans-Australia car rally have finished a long, arduous journey around Australia after more than a month on the nation’s highways. The weary group pulled into Melbourne on S
20/11/2007 | GRAIN growers in WA’s drought stricken north east Wheatbelt are considering sueing farm and financial advisers over the huge losses they suffered on their forward grain contracts this season. The move was foreshadowed exclusively in Farm Weekly la
20/11/2007 | YOUNG, progressive farmers support the single desk and don’t want to see deregulation introduced in any form. That was the clear message delivered by a group of determined young farmers at a special meeting held in the central Wheatbelt last week.
13/11/2007 | TERTIARY students across Australia are eligible for the 2008 Blackwood Agricultural Scholarship award launched in WA this week. The $40,000 scholarship started in late 2005 as a joint sponsorship between Blackwood Murray Grey and KDM Angus princip
13/11/2007 | FARMERS around the state are giving what they can to help their colleagues whose properties are affected by drought. For some this will be the second or third year they have gone without a sufficient income and their situations look dire. How
13/11/2007 | FERTILISER prices are expected to climb higher again in time for next season’s crop plantings. Shipping shortages and spiralling international demand for foods have combined to force another surge in local prices to take them well above the record
13/11/2007 | A RARE move was made by Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) chairman Ian McLachlan last week when he openly endorsed candidates for this week’s board elections. “I will be supporting Kevin Bell of WA and Hugh Nivison of NSW, who have been excellent b
13/11/2007 | CBH has cleared the first major hurdle in its bid to bring about the structural reform it craves to enhance its capacity to operate efficiently for the grains industry’s rapidly evolving future. Last week, CBH directors voted overwhelmingly to sup
13/11/2007 | A NEW rail freight agreement has been reached, resulting in a maximum 21pc increase in grain transportation costs. Australian Rail Group (ARG) chief executive officer Ken Lewsey confirmed a one-year deal was struck last week after negotiations bet
13/11/2007 | WHEAT Export Marketing Alliance deputy chairman Derek Clauson claim money has been rolling into its fighting fund during the past two months, but single desk critics remained unconvinced. Mr Clauson last week said the alliance had received $210,00
13/11/2007 | AGRICULTURE Minister Kim Chance is hoping a new campaign launched by the State Government will entice Coles supermarkets to start stocking more WA-produced products. The $1 million, three-year Buy West, Eat Best program promotes WA-farmed and proc
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