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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Western Australia awaits record grain crop
August 17, 2011 Western Australia awaits record grain crop The northern grain growers of Western Australia are expected to deliver a record breaking crop this harvest. Grain handler CBH Group is expecting farmers in the Geraldton region to ...
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Western Australia set to ship live cattle to Indonesia
August 9, 2011 Western Australia set to ship live cattle to Indonesia   Western Australia-based International Livestock Exports (ILE) has two live-cattle export shipments heading for Indonesia this month. ILE managing director Mike Stanton ...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Western Australia struggles to sell GM rapeseed
July 19, 2011 Western Australia struggles to sell GM rapeseed Western Australian grain marketers have admitted that they are struggling to sell last year's genetically modified rapeseed crop. About 49,000 tonnes of the GM product was harves ...
Friday, November 19, 2010
Sow stall ban to badly hit Western Australia's pig sector
November 19, 2010 Sow stall ban to badly hit Western Australia's pig sector A Western Australian pork producer says the costs associated with phasing out the use of sow stalls will be felt by consumers and could force some farmers out of th ...
Friday, October 22, 2010
Northwestern Australia mulls abattoir establishment
October 22, 2010 Northwestern Australia mulls abattoir establishment The Australian and Western Australian governments recently released a jointly-funded pre-feasibility study into establishing an abattoir in northern Western Australia. The ...
Monday, October 18, 2010
Western Australia wheat crop forecast drops to 3.9 million tonnes
October 18, 2010   Western Australia wheat crop forecast drops to 3.9 million tonnes Production from a drought-affected wheat crop in Western Australia was revised sharply lower on Friday (Oct 15) to 3.93 million metric tonnes, down 28% fro ...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Western Australia cuts wheat output estimate
September 22, 2010 Western Australia cuts wheat output estimate The grain sector forecasting group of Western Australia cut its state wheat production outlook by 18% due to dry weather and warned that crops may deteriorate further as rain f ...
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
CBH sees lower wheat crop in Western Australia
September 8, 2010   CBH sees lower wheat crop in Western Australia     Australia's largest grains handler, CBH Group, has slashed its wheat crop estimate to a four-year low following poor rainfall in key growing regions. CBH expects Western ...
Monday, July 26, 2010
Western Australia eliminates aquaculture red tape
July 26, 2010 Western Australia eliminates aquaculture red tape The Western Australian (WA) government has announced existing and proposed aquaculture developments will no longer need approval under the Environmental Protection (EP) Act. Th ...
Friday, July 9, 2010
Rainfall a good sign for Western Australian farmers
July 9, 2010 Rainfall a good sign for Western Australian farmers   Heavy rainfall across the agricultural region has broken the dry spell for Western Australia's wheat and livestock farmers. There has been significant rainfall throughout th ...
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Cell Aquaculture acquires processor in Western Australia (Press release)
June 23, 2010 Cell Aquaculture acquires processor in Western Australia Press release     Cell Aquaculture on Tuesday (June 22) announced that it purchased the assets of an existing food processor and established a new facility in Osborne Pa ...
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
GM rapeseed booming in Western Australia
June 16, 2010 GM rapeseed booming in Western Australia   Plantings of Roundup Ready rapeseed in Western Australia (WA) have far exceeded expectations with more than 70,000ha now being sown.   This is more than double the early estimates fro ...
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Western Australia delays crop sowing on dry weather
June 9, 2010 Western Australia delays crop sowing on dry weather Dry weather is gaining traction as a threat to crops in Western Australia, the country's biggest grain and canola state, with officials warning that many fields will be left f ...
Friday, May 21, 2010
Western Australia gets funding support for GM crop research
May 21, 2010 Western Australia gets funding support for GM crop research   Western Australia (WA) will soon have some new facilities for genetically-modified (GM) crop research after an AUD9 million (US$7.4 million) funding commitment from ...
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Western Australia's farmers welcome failure to ban GM crops
May 20, 2010 Western Australia's farmers welcome failure to ban GM crops   The West Australian Farmers Federation said it is not surprised that the move to ban genetically modified crops in Western Australia was defeated in the upper house ...

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