Agribusiness

Lawson Grains, which owns about 53,500 hectares of arable land in WA, has been purchased by New Forests and Alberta Investment Management Corporation.

Perth-based farm management system Agworld has been bought by Canadian firm Semios for $100 million.

WA went against the national trend in terms of feedlot cattle numbers in the period to June.

Tasmania’s Huon Aquaculture has sunk to a full year loss of $128 million despite scooping up 39 per cent more tonnage of salmon.

Andrew Forrest has called on federal regulators to stop JBS Group’s proposed takeover of Huon, one day after the board of the Tasmanian fishing business affirmed its support of the deal.

Tasmanian business Huon Aquaculture today confirmed it had received a takeover proposal from Andrew Forrest’s Tattarang, lower than that of Brazilian meat processing giant JBS.

Migrant farm workers from Asian nations will be offered a path to permanent residency under a long-awaited agriculture visa.

The state government will allocate $15.1 million in the 2021-22 budget to protect Western Australia’s primary industries from biosecurity risks.

Increased yields, improved water-use efficiency and strong grain and livestock prices contributed to a successful 2020 for broadacre farmers, despite trade tensions and the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Western Australia could produce a record-breaking 20 million tonnes of grain this season, according to the Grain Industry Association of Western Australia's crop report.

Andrew Forrest's Tattarang has lifted its stake in Huon Aquaculture to 18.5 per cent, less than a week after the fish-farming business received a takeover offer from meat processing giant JBS.

Australia's agriculture minister has declared the start date for a dedicated farm work visa will be announced imminently.

Aurizon will operate CBH Group’s rail service for the next six years, after the co-operative decided to end its contract with its current provider Watco Companies early.

Despite the ongoing trade dispute, Australia has some inherent advantages in the meat trade with China.

Alterra has hired Pendulum Capital to manage the next stage of its south-west avocado project and announced chief executive Oliver Barnes is leaving the company.

The state’s largest grain handler will go ahead with its $50 million Kwinana fertiliser project after the proposal received development approval today.

Despite official figures from China, doubts remain over that country’s herd rebuild.

Growing trade diversity will benefit Australia’s primary producers.

Chief financial officer Doug Warden and chief project delivery officer Pieter Vermeulen are leaving CBH Group, six weeks after chief executive Jimmy Wilson resigned.

Aquaculture company Seafarms Group has raised $90 million and is seeking to raise $15 million more to start construction of its black tiger prawn operation, Project Sea Dragon.

There’s speculation Perth’s only remaining direct flight to Jakarta will be cancelled, potentially hitting local agribusiness exporters.

Hancock Prospecting will own a 10 per cent stake in Western Australian medicinal cannabis company Little Green Pharma after participating in a $27.2 million capital raising.

When China enforced a hefty tariff of 73.6 per cent, it was a real kick in the guts that left little time for Australian producers to change seeding plans.

Third-generation Western Australian pearl farmer and managing director of Cygnet Bay Pearls, James Brown, has been named Australian farmer of the year for his forward-thinking approach to pearling.

Australian agricultural and forestry company Pentarch is suing businessman Desmond Blechynden over allegations that he failed to declare conflicts of interest and gifts.

Australia's farm production has been forecast to surge past $66 billion with a bumper crop pushing forecasts $400 million higher than expected.

Australia plans to lure more than 10,000 farm workers from South-East Asia under a new agriculture visa farmers have long campaigned for.

More Australian beef and lamb will be exported to the UK as import taxes are phased out over a decade under a free trade deal between the two nations.

Australian farmers are on track to plant the biggest winter crop in the nation's history with strong rainfall and high global prices outweighing a mouse plague.

Wally Newman has fallen short in his bid to return as member director at CBH Group, losing out to Lake Grace-based farmer Royce Taylor.

Wally Newman is eyeing a return to CBH Group’s board, with the former chair in a four-way race to regain a position he held for nearly 20 years.