Agribusiness

The state government has stepped in to fund a research program to futureproof WA’s scallop industry in the face of mounting difficulties caused by climate change.

The state’s third-largest vegetable producer and two of its directors have been fined more than $50,000 for using excess water at properties in Perth’s north east.

A Western Australian abattoir reopened last year will shut its doors in a major blow to south coast sheep farmers.

Western Australian wine producers have expressed cautious optimism about the potential reopening of China’s market after high level trade talks.

An Australian team will fly to Indonesia to work with authorities, as a key deadline over concerns around lumpy skin disease in live cattle exports draws closer.

The WA Nationals have called on state and federal governments to do more to push the case for WA cattle as a key deadline for Indonesian exports draws closer.

China is a major player in global grain markets and could become our most significant buyer of barley.

From cattle stations to burgers, the truffle’s image is getting a working class makeover.

Oysters at a Forrest-backed farm near Carnarvon have been rendered unsellable due to a natural parasite taking hold at the site.

Updated guidance on medicinal cannabis use in the workplace and removal of barriers for industrial hemp production will be pursued by the state government.

Chamber of Minerals and Energy of WA boss Rebecca Tomkinson has drawn synergies between the mining and agriculture sectors as both industries adopt new technologies.

The Federal Court has decided Frank Wilson did not breach his director’s duties after finding ASIC could not prove its allegations against the Quintis Sandalwood founder.

The chief executive of Andrew and Nicola Forrest's agribusiness branch Harvest Road has resigned after just shy of three years in the role.

Carnarvon has emerged as a potential new home for WA’s plantation sandalwood industry after a 15-year trial recorded better growth than experienced at its existing base in Kununurra.

A John Caratti-controlled company has failed to quash a costs order to pay some of major grain farmer Giovanni ‘John’ Nicoletti’s legal fees in the Federal Court.

The agriculture minister has confirmed the Chinese customs agency will reinstate barley producers CBH and Emerald Grain to the approved list of exporters.

Two WA companies have taken different approaches to controlling methane emissions from cattle.

There is a close link between the declining sheep flock and the reduction in overall emissions.

China’s scrapping of an 80 per cent tariff on Australian barley could prove a catalyst for the lifting of other trade sanctions between the two nations, according to Federal Trade Minister Don Farrell.

Tassal Group has acquired barramundi farm operator Marine Produce Australia's group of companies that has been in administration since May.

West Australian truffleries are toasting a bumper season as strong exports, booming local interest and favourable weather turns the tide after lean 2022 season.

Wide Open Agriculture has been awarded a $5 million grant from the state government despite the long-running suspension of its shares on the ASX.

A transition to the next generation involves more than just new management.

A series of share transfers and company restructures over the past six months mean that Andrew and Nicola Forrest will have a roughly equal split of their $34 billion fortune.

Regenerative farming and produce traceability are good for business and consumers.

Grain markets seem to be balancing the bearish with the bullish, despite unpredictable weather and political events.

WA agribusiness Milne Agrigroup will supply a range of pork products with a carbon neutral footprint to Coles stores after developing the offering with the major supermarket chain.

National cold meats supplier D’Orsogna has appointed CBH chief marketing and trading officer Jason Craig to be its managing director, starting next year.

CBH group has reached two agreements with international rail equipment manufacturers to significantly increase the co-operative’s rail fleet.

WA’s $15.5 billion agriculture industry is the most heavily regulated in the nation, with the incoming Aboriginal cultural heritage laws expected to create more red tape, according to a report.

Barramundi farm operator Marine Produce Australia has received help from a Tasmania-based company to continue trading after exhausting funds, including from NAB.

Woodside spent $18 million on property near Lancelin last month, adding to 20,000 hectares landbanked in Western Australia for carbon abatement.