Gender equality in the workforce continues to rise as 50 per cent of of the CBH senior leadership team in Geraldton are female, Geraldton zone general manager says.
Jessica Moroney
A seeding season buoyed by gentle rain and sunny skies is under way at Beverley, with hopes for a much more “normal” year after waterlogging somewhat dampened the yields of last year’s harvest.
Cally Dupe
A national mining lobby group says the successful development of a new potash industry in WA is being put at risk by the State Government’s intransigent stance on royalties.
Stuart McKinnon
A fertiliser trailer tipping over and sending urea sprawling between Quairading and Dangin has sparked concerns about the volume of trucks travelling Wheatbelt roads.
WA grain farmers are on track to plant about nine million hectares of crop this year, just shy of last year’s total record area of all crops of 9.2 million hectares.
Grain Producers Australia has labelled Labor’s Federal election victory an opportunity to “engage constructively in renewed discussions” on key policy priorities for the Australian grains industry.
Staff Reporter
A South Coast cropping trial run during an unexpectedly bone dry summer has given good indication farmers can grow grazing fodder with solid biomass using soil moisture alone.
New research showing oats could be safe for people with coeliac disease and gluten intolerance to eat has been heralded as an important “first step” in changing Australian food labelling laws.
Australian farmers are set to be the first in the world to access a new group one herbicide for grass weeds as part of a production system flagged to “change how barley is grown”.
ASX listed grain handler GrainCorp is handing shareholders a special dividend and launching an ag-tech venture capital fund after a record half-year profit.
Derek Rose
A new organisation designed to amalgamate good functions within Australia’s grains industry is growing bigger, with the peak industry body for barley this week merging into Grains Australia.
The head of a global commodity fund ramping up investment in Australia says the nation is crucial to “feeding the world” and flagged plans to export more than 1.5mt of grain from various Australian ports.
Australia's farming sector will see cost increases across the board in 2022 due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, according to a new report.
Liv Casben
A ban on wheat exports from India is a further blow to the world's food markets, after supplies from Ukraine were disrupted.
Rajendra Jadhav and Mayank Bhardwaj
A Russian blockade of Ukraine's ports has prompted the European Commission to devise systems to export millions of tonnes of grain stuck in the country.
Jan Strupczewski
Where there was once two machinery sheds, filled with the machinery and equipment to run their family farm, is a blackened scene of utter devastation.
EXCLUSIVE Shannon Verhagen
A team of international scientists has discovered a way to produce higher quality wheat, which could increase protein content by up to 25 per cent.
Established in 1999 — the same year WA became Australia’s biggest producer of canola — the Agricultural Hall of Fame pays tribute to renowned agricultural achievers.
Shannon Verhagen
With more than 20 years with the DPIRD and two years with the Grower Group Alliance, a passionate Wheatbelt local is perfectly placed to “translate science into practice” on-farm.
A deposit system, diversifying seed growing locations and pro rata allocations have been suggested as ways to help fix WA’s “unfair” and “disorderly” canola seed supply chain
Paul Channon has placed efficiency and staff culture at the top of his priority list after being appointed to fill the big shoes of former CBH Esperance Port Zone manager Mick Daw.
Bruce Rock farmer Jane Fuchsbichler — arguably WA’s most passionate Tier 3 rail campaigner — says this week’s mega grain on rail investment is welcome but fears some farmers have been forgotten.
A series of workshops held across the Great Southern, Wheatbelt and Mid West will help determine the “state of play” for farming communities in the face of a changing climate.
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