30 Jan 08 | NEW Federal Agriculture Minister Tony Burke pledged his support to the live export industry during a visit to WA last week. Mr Burke, who was in WA for the Federal Government’s community Cabinet meeting, took the opportunity to meet with various s
30 Jan 08 | NEW Federal Agriculture Minister Tony Burke has reaffirmed Labor’s pre-election promise to implement a more competitive system for bulk wheat exports for next harvest. Mr Burke visited several farms in WA last week for meetings with representative
30 Jan 08 | WOOL producers have been warned that a strong wool market could be short-lived if prices got out of hand. The AWEX market indicator recorded its fifth consecutive weekly rise last week when it jumped 9 cents to settle on 1045c/kg. Things were
30 Jan 08 | UNITED Farmers Co-operative (UFC) has released details of its proposed merger with heavyweight New Zealand fertiliser co-operative Ravensdown, ahead of a critical shareholder vote next week. Ravensdown is New Zealand’s largest fertiliser supplier,
30 Jan 08 | CBH is in the process of implementing radical new technology to help reduce staffing issues and decrease delivery times at grain receival points during future harvests. CBH operations manager Colin Tutt said the innovative technology being trialle
30 Jan 08 | WHILE the Federal Government’s announcement last week that it has directed the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to inquiry into grocery prices has been aimed at ensuring fair prices for consumers, fresh food producers are hoping
30 Jan 08 | WESTERN Australia’s only wool selling centre in Spearwood could close this year. Elders is pushing for the WA and NSW and centres to shut in favour of a single operation in Melbourne. Elder’s wool general manager Mark Rodda said the industry
30 Jan 08 | THIS year’s WA bull selling season kicked off in a positive fashion last Friday when a Simmental bull attracted a $10,600 top price tag at the 12th annual Yates Caringa on-property bull sale, Bindoon. A tight team of 26 Simmental and polled Simmen
30 Jan 08 | WAFarmers grains council president and Wheat Export Marketing Alliance (WEMA) deputy chairman Derek Clauson said he was left angry and frustrated after a meeting with new Federal Agriculture Minister Tony Burke last week. Mr Clauson said he had ho
23 Jan 08 | WA Agriculture Minister Kim Chance joined former AFL footballer and outspoken media personality Sam Kekovich on the front steps of Parliament House in Perth on Tuesday to promote the production and consumption of lamb to a national audience. Mr Ch
23 Jan 08 | AUSTRALIANS could find themselves consuming meat and milk deriving from cloned animals after United States and European food authorities a week ago found the products would be safe to eat. A report released by the US Food and Drug Administration
23 Jan 08 | HARVEY Beef is now processing 700 head of cattle a day and is keen to maintain that capacity throughout the year. New chief executive officer Michael Rapattoni spent last week on the road meeting producers as part of a new strategy to broaden comm
23 Jan 08 | WA’s ability to produce food is becoming a concern as farmers in the South West consider selling their land and leaving the beef industry because of price squeezes. High input costs and low returns are making it difficult for cattle farmers to sta
23 Jan 08 | THERE will be an all-out war between the two major political parties for ascendancy in the populous coastal strip from Mindarie to Margaret River after last week’s change of the WA Liberal Party leadership, WA National Party leader Brendon Grylls has
23 Jan 08 | THE five remaining members of the Wheat Export Marketing Alliance (WEMA) will continue to push for an orderly wheat marketing system to continue despite a gloomy outlook. WEMA’s latest attempt to retain the single desk under a grower-owned and con
15 Jan 08 | UNREST over the recent performances of AWB Ltd chairman Brendan Stewart could see tensions boil over at the company’s Annual General Meeting next month, with calls for his resignation now starting to grow in volume. Mr Stewart replaced Trevor Flug
15 Jan 08 | LIVESTOCK producers could be in for a long wait before they know how much of the money from the sale of the Midland saleyards will be invested back into their industry. The major priority for the money according to many in the industry should be a
15 Jan 08 | WA’S only AWB board nominee Colin Nicholl has backed moves from the WAFarmers grains council and the Wheat Growers Association (WGA) to thwart the AWB’s plans to reform its constitution and normalise its share structure. Mr Nicholl said the unanim
15 Jan 08 | THE Shire of Toodyay has raised safety concerns about the condition of some roads to the new Muchea Saleyards. Toodyay Shire president Charlie Wroth said he expected more livestock carriers to use Julimar Rd to access the site and the road was not
15 Jan 08 | THE number of cattle on feed in WA has dropped significantly in the December quarter, as predicted by WA Lot Feeders Association president Paul O’Meehan. In last week’s Farm Weekly, Mr O’Meehan estimated that cattle on feed in WA could be down by
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