29/11/2008 | Average organic beef prices on the east coast of Australia remain at 410c/kg for milk and two-tooth domestic (200-260kg), beast with some producers reporting a best preferred supplier price of up to 440c.
29/11/2008 | Ram breeders are being urged to take part in a new initiative to help detect one of the genes responsible for recessive black pigmentation in sheep.
28/11/2008 | FIERCE competition between buyers reflected the excellent quality of the cattle on offer at the sixth annual Elders Pinjarra-Waroona weaner and feeder sale last Wednesday.
28/11/2008 | RIVALRY between WA's two main farm lobby groups has been cited as one of the main reasons young people are not getting involved in the grain industry, a young Lake Grace farmer in a program to create industry leaders says.
28/11/2008 | DOWERIN Shire president Dale Metcalf has urged CBH senior management to plan for innovative bulk handling in the future when grain is packed into containers at the local grain receival site and loaded on rail for ports to be directly shipped to customers.
28/11/2008 | The latest three-month rainfall outlook from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology points to a wetter than average summer throughout Western Australia.
28/11/2008 | Thanksgiving is usually a time for American farmers to look back on harvest and give thanks for the year's crops.
28/11/2008 | AFTER adjusting barley receival standards to compensate for quality issues and allowing more malt barley into the market, the CBH Group has announced no more changes.
28/11/2008 | COBBLER canola's premier season strong performance is being praised by northern Wheatbelt grain growers and other industry members.
27/11/2008 | GRDC supported studies in WA are reviewing the impact different barley coleoptile lengths have on emergence and production when seed is sown at different depths.
27/11/2008 | GRDC, in conjunction with the Australian Oilseeds Federation, has released a publication ’Raising the bar with better canola agronomy’, as part of the GRDC/AOF supported 'Better Canola' project.
27/11/2008 | Insect contamination in grain from swathed crops is more common than in direct harvested grain, according to DAFWA entomologist Svetlana Micic.
27/11/2008 | Northern sheep producers need to watch for the toxic effects of perennial pastures containing panic and signal grasses.
26/11/2008 | SEVERE thunderstorms that hit the WA wheatbelt this week have caused heavy crop losses across a variety of areas.
26/11/2008 | CBH introduced an innovative design for its storage and handling network when it unveiled a raised grid facility at the new Dowerin receival point last week.
26/11/2008 | ONGOING rain delays have continued to frustrate grain growers and other sections of the industry across WA as the 2008 harvest limps along.
26/11/2008 | THE threat of a recession is causing more students to return to agriculture studies.
26/11/2008 | AWI director Dr Kevin Bell has labelled the election result a disaster, but says he will remain on the board for the time being.
26/11/2008 | One-off rainfall event is helping future flood planning.
26/11/2008 | An innovative approach to recycling by the Craig Mostyn Group has been recognised with the inaugural Food Industry Association of WA Environment and Sustainability Award.
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