What has been flagged to be WA’s biggest grain harvest has started early and in earnest with a 55 tonne canola delivery at CBH’s Geraldton Port Terminal today.
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Gina Rinehart has sold off three of her WA pastoral stations in deals tipped to be worth just under $100m.
Jenne Brammer
The Gascoyne food bowl is expanding following the release of almost 300 hectares of Carnarvon land to horticulture businesses, plus the start of billionaire Andrew Forrest’s mango development.
WA’s biggest hardwood timber operator has revealed ambitious growth and value adding plans were in the pipeline, prior to the State Government’s shock announcement it would axe native logging by 2014.
WesTrac is targeting new industries and offering long-term career plans as it is ramps up its search for 300 new employees.
Kate Purnell
The Candidate Assessment Panel aims to help the co-operative improve its governance standards, and follows a review triggered last year following a turbulent period on the board
WA Forestry Minister Dave Kelly says the native forest industry’s biggest player warned it would close down this year without almost $26m of Government funding.
A South American food giant planning to pump $50 million into developing a WA meat export business will kick-start its operations by the end of the year.
There is a new bulk grain exporter on the scene in WA after locally grown business AAAX signed a long-term port terminal services agreement with CBH Group.
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After an almost perfect grain-growing season, farmers have been hit by frosts and a dry spring, taking the shine off a bumper forecast.
WA farmers are missing out on funding from a Federal drought resilience scheme, because the State Government refuses to sign up.
Northern Territory farmers are exploring new tropical fruit growing methods in a bid to cyclone-proof the Top End food bowl.
Aaron Bunch
Plans for a game changing cotton gin in the Kimberley have moved closer to reality, after the industry received a $32 million cash boost via a loan from the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility.
Mundella Foods, established by Peter and Anne Hector, was sold to China’s Bright Food Group in 2014. Now the Hectors are selling their blue chip farm to retire.
WA’s timber industry warns the $50 million transition package for the sector is inadequate and more is needed, following the bombshell announcement to end native forestry logging.
Frosts have wiped some potential from an otherwise strong season, but farmers are still confident about the year ahead.
The Hutt River Province north of Geraldton is unlikely to reopen to tourists after selling to a local farming family, with the ATO waiting in the wings to collect years of unpaid taxes.
Jenne Brammer and Neale Prior
Six Wheatbelt machinery showrooms and offices have hit the market, just months after farmer John Nicoletti sold his AgImpelments John Deere dealerships to rival AFGRI Equipment.
The State Government’s decision to phase out native logging after 2023 is seen as an opportunity for the understaffed WA resources sector.
Stuart McKinnon
Following a huge marketing campaign that targeted the metro area CBH has landed the 2000 workers it needs for the upcoming harvest.
A WA timber company that came to WA in 2019 said the State Government encouraged it to invest $50m before announcing this week it would now end native forest logging.
Former Australian Defence Force members are signing up to help Australian grain growers facing worker shortages to harvest bumper crops during the pandemic.
Tiffanie Turnbull
Beef farmers have expressed outrage over fake meat products they say mislead consumers and piggyback on their hard work.
Helena Burke
WA grain growers are putting pressure on the Prime Minister to intervene in the sector’s woes by addressing the shortage of skilled workers.
Kimberley Caines
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